Hercules

lewisgroupofcompanies.com apartments planned communities office/industrial retail The Lewis Group of Companies continues to- day as one of the nation’s largest privately held real estate development companies. The Lewis Group focuses on developing mixed-use planned communities and residential subdivisions in California and Nevada, as well as building and owning rental communities, shopping centers, and office and industrial parks. A Leading Developer In The Western States Transforming Central Hercules for Over 10 Years HERCULES, CALIFORNIA utilized for bus transit and informal car pooling.We have express buses operated by our transportation agency,WestCAT, into the San Francisco Transbay Terminal, and we also have express buses that go from here to connect to BART (BayArea Rapid Transit) at El Cerrito del Norte, about a ten to fifteen minute ride away. So, people are already used to getting off the freeway, here in Hercules, and access- ing alternate means of transportation.” When complete, the newRITCwill further reduce the need for vehicle travel while delivering afford- able and convenient alternative transportation op- tions and connections to local and regional destina- tions and activity centers. It will feature a new train stop along the Capital Corridor between Richmond and Martinez stations, as well as accessibility from the newly extended, John Muir Parkway,which is the terminus of Highway 4 in Hercules. The old refinery site has already been redevel- oped into an award-winning, new urbanist com- munity, called Victoria by the Bay, one of three new urbanist communities near the waterfront.New Urbanism is an urban design movement which pro- motes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighborhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types.NewUrbanists support: regional planning for open space; context-appropri- ate architecture and planning; adequate provision of infrastructure such as sporting facilities, libraries, and community centers; and the balanced develop- ment of jobs and housing.They believe their strat- egies can reduce traffic congestion by encouraging the population to ride bikes,walk, or take the train. Other planned and ongoing projects in Hercules state,meaning it’s been recognized as an example of how development could take place as part of a transit-oriented community.The centerpiece will be our Regional Intermodal Trans- portation Center (RITC),which is going to be the only place on the west coast where there will be a single connection point to bus transit, rail, and ferry. Biggs explains that Hercules’ location at the junction of State Highway 4 and Interstate Highway 80,which is the main east/west thoroughfare between Sacramento and San Fran- cisco,makes it an ideal place for such a transportation hub.“Highway 80 is one of the most congested highways in the United States, and the congestion, each morning in the commute, starts here in Hercules,”he says.“We already have an existing Hercules transit center,which is Unlike many former company towns that have become ghost towns when their main economic drivers moved out or closed down, today, Hercules is a thriving community of 25,000.