The September 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Committee is on Thursday, September 7, 2023, 3:30-5:30pm in-person at the Lake Merritt Conference Room at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza building.
| Item | Time | Topic | ||
| 1 | 3:30 pm | Introductions & Updates on Previous Agenda Items | ||
| 2 | 3:40 | OakDOT Downtown Paving Projects Review OakDOT staff, including Sarah Fine will review upcoming paving project plans, including those for E 8th St and Franklin St, and accept comments and input from the committee on bicyclist and pedestrian design elements. | ||
| 3 | 4:10 | Citywide Bicyclist & Pedestrian Spot Improvements Project (below) OakDOT’s Jason Patton, Jason Cook, and David Pené will lead a review and discussion of draft plans and candidate locations for spot bicyclist and pedestrian improvements anticipated for delivery through the City’s on-call construction contracts later this year. | ||
| 4 | 4:40 | Broadway and MLK Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements Transportation Engineer Beaver Boonsook and Transportation Planner Ruth Meza from the Major Projects Division will provide an update on the Broadway Streetscape Improvements and the MLK Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements. The presentation will include a summary of engagement, what was heard, and the current designs of the projects. | ||
| 5 | 5:20 | Future agenda item requests |
Citywide Bicyclist & Pedestrian Spot Improvements Project:
Summary of candidate locations by OakDOT, Safe Streets Division, Bicycle & Pedestrian Program (9/1/23)
Draft plans prepared for:
- Adeline St (35th St to 36th St) completing the PG&E-installed road diet and buffered bike lanes
- West St (35th St to 36th St) redesign
- Market St (18th St to 19th St) protection for curbside bike lane
- Mandela Pkwy northbound at Peralta St: green conflict zone and vertical element
- Broadway (38th St to MOB garage entrance) southbound bike lane
- Broadway at 25th St turn box
- Washington St: bike lanes from Embarcadero to 2nd St and from 7th St to 10th St
- Oakland Ave (Monte Vista Ave to Piedmont city limit): closing bike lane gap
- Harrison St slip turn approaching Grand Ave: adding delineators/plastic curb to bike lane buffer
- San Pablo Ave (63rd St to 63rd St) buffered bike lanes
- Martin Luther King Jr Wy (San Pablo Ave to W Grand Ave) buffered bike lanes
- City Council Earmarks
- Lakeshore/Prince St pedestrian safety island
- 96th Ave/Sunnyside St traffic circle
- 38th Ave/Penniman Ave traffic circle
- (In progress) MacArthur Blvd (55th Ave to Richards Rd): bike lane buffer hardening through 55th Ave curve and on the approach to Richards Rd
Caltrans encroachment permit applications required for:
- Adeline St (35th St to 36th St)
- West St (35th St to 36th St)
- San Pablo Ave (63rd St to 63rd St)
Potential ideas for adding scope (based on available time and funding):
- City Council earmarks: Suter St/Liese Ave intersection islands
- Candidates for upgraded curbside bike lanes to separated bike lanes:
- 17th St (San Pablo Ave to Telegraph Ave)
- Market St (3rd St to 7th St)
- 3rd St/Mandela Pkwy (5th St to Union St)
- MacArthur Blvd (High St to Calaveras Ave)
- 73rd Ave (MacArthur Blvd to Halliday Ave)
- Broadway (150 ft south of Pleasant Valley Ave to College Ave)
- 20th St (Harrison St to Broadway)
- Crosswalk upgrades at school crossing guard posts
- Utility trenching locations where OakDOT no longer has recourse to require striping restoration
- Maritime St Path: restriping of worn crosswalks
- Speed humps on NBRs without planned paving (including streets previously paved)
- 34th Ave/Peralta Hacienda Park: Path improvements connecting 34th Ave through Peralta Hacienda Park (e.g., two ramps, minor path widening, signage, markings)