Thursday, August 17, 2023; 6:00-8:00 pm
In-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [25mb PDF].
Commissioners
Andrew Campbell, Alexander Frank, Grey Gardner (Vice Chair), Michael Lok, Phoenix Mangrum, David Ralston, Patricia Schader, Nicholas Whipps, Dianne Yee (Chair)
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AGENDA
| Time | Item # | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 | 1 | Roll Call/Determination of Quorum/Introductions (10 minutes) |
| 6:10 | 2 | Open Forum / Public Comment (10 minutes) Members of the public may comment on any issue within BPAC’s subject matter jurisdiction. Comments on a scheduled agenda item will be heard with that item. The BPAC’s Open Forum Committee tracks Open Forum issues raised by the public. The Committee reviews the public comments on a periodic basis to identify policy issues for discussion by the Commission. To request City services, please contact the City of Oakland Call Center (311). |
| 6:20 | 3 | Approval of meeting minutes (5 Minutes) Seek motion to adopt the July 2023 BPAC meeting minutes. |
| 6:25 | 4 | Recent Bicyclist- and Pedestrian-Related Crashes (10 minutes) below Commissioner Schader will lead the commission in a discussion of recent fatal and other high-profile traffic crashes in Oakland involving bicyclists and pedestrians. ● On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at approximately 5:03 PM, a 4-year-old female bicyclist on a trailered tag-a-long bicycle was killed by a driver who opened their door into the bicyclist’s 36-year-old father in the bike lane on southbound Lakeshore Avenue near Hanover Avenue. ● Shots were fired at a bicyclist on Clay Street on August 2, 2023. ● A pedestrian was killed crossing the Highway 880. ● A student was robbed of his mountain bicycle in the Berkeley hills on July 21, 2023. ● Maya’s grandmother shared the story of her granddaughter’s death due to a car door opened on her father. OakDOT learned on 8/16/23 of the fatality from the Oakland Police Department and is beginning to investigate the incident under the Rapid Response Protocol. |
| 6:35 | 5 | BART Bicycle Programs and Projects (25 minutes) Heath Maddox, Manager of Bicycle and Micromobility Access Programs at BART, will give an overview and update on relevant BAR T customer access efforts in Oakland. |
| 7:00 | 6 | Oakland E-Bike Lending Pilot Program Update (20 minutes) OakDOT Transportation Planners Kerby Olsen and Michael Randolph will provide an update on the Oakland Electric Bike Lending Pilot Program. This project will provide communities with access to affordable medium- and long-term rentals with approximately 136 e-bikes, cargo bikes, and adaptive bikes at launch, while supporting community-run bike shops to perform maintenance and educate users. This five-year project is funded by a $1,000,000 grant from the Clean Mobility Options Voucher (CMO) program. Staff has also applied for an additional $500,000 from the CMO Voucher program, to help support operations of the program. |
| 7:20 | 7 | Bike Plan Update (20 minutes) Bicycle and Pedestrian Program staff, Patrick Phelan and Pierre Gerard, will summarize progress implementing the projects and programs in “Let’s Bike Oakland,” the citywide bike plan adopted in July 2019. |
| 7:40 | 8 | Committee Report-Backs (10 minutes) Committees of the BPAC will provide brief updates to the Commission. City staff to the BPAC will provide an update on the format of committee meetings. A list of active committees is included in the agenda packet and on the BPAC webpage. |
| 7:50 | 9 | Three-month agenda look-ahead (below), suggestions for meeting topics, announcements (below) (10 minutes) |
Item 4 Recent Crashes — Summary of Discussion
- On Sunday, August 6th, 2023 at approximately 5:03 PM, a driver parked his vehicle and opened the car door into a bicyclist being operated by a 36-year-old Oakland resident with his 4-year-old daughter being trailered on a tag along bike behind him. The collision caused them to fall off the bicycle. Upon seeking medical attention, the 4-year-old suffered severe injuries and later passed on August 12th, 2023. Based upon statements from the involved and witnesses, the bicyclist was traveling southbound on Lakeshore Ave near Hanover Ave within the dedicated bike lane when the driver opened his car door into them.
- Shots were fired at a bicyclist on Clay Street on August 2nd, 2023.
- A pedestrian was killed crossing the Highway 880.
- A student was robbed of his mountain bicycle in the Berkeley hills on July 21, 2023.
- Hydeh Ghaffari shared the story of her granddaughter’s death due to a car door opened on her father. OakDOT learned on 8/16/23 of the fatality from the Oakland Police Department and is beginning to investigate the incident under the Rapid Response Protocol.
Three-month agenda look-ahead
September
- BPAC Commissioner Appointment Recommendations
- AC Transit “Transit Supportive Design Guidelines” (tentative)
October
- N/A
November
- N/A
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