At the August 15, 2024 BPAC meeting, OakDOT staff shared an overview of the crash data-driven HSIP grant program and the status of previously awarded completed and ongoing HSIP projects in Oakland. They also discussed and sought feedback on the current proposals to request funds to implement HSIP-eligible countermeasures that focus on intersection safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. The applications are due September 9, 2024. They requested a letter of support for the application from the BPAC.

An excerpt is below, followed by the full presentation.

HSIP Goal

The purpose of the HSIP program is to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads.

Safe Oakland Street Goals

• Prevent severe and fatal crashes and related disparities impacting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, seniors, and low-income populations;
• Eliminate severe and fatal injury inequities including racial disparities impacting BIPOC communities that exist today in Oakland; and
• Inform safety strategies that prevent injury and injury inequities, and do not have adverse equity impacts on BIPOC communities, seniors, and low-income populations.

Completed HSIP Projects

• Cycle 4 – Hegenberger at Edes, Baldwin, Hamilton, & 73rd
• Cycle 4 – Bancroft & 94th Ave
• Cycle 4 – San Pablo Ave at West St and W. Grand
• Cycle 5 – W. MacArthur between Market St and Telegraph
• Cycle 5 – Market St between 45th St and Arlington Ave
• Cycle 5 – 98th Ave Intersection Improvements
• Cycle 6 – Downtown/Lake Merritt BART Area Ped Safety
• Cycle 6 – Grand Ave Ped Safety
• Cycle 7 – Market St between 7th and 21st St
• Cycle 7 – Downtown Systemic Improvements
• Cycle 7 – Shattuck & Claremont Ave Bike/Ped Improvements
• Cycle 8 – Fruitvale Ave Road Diet and Crosswalk Enhancements
• Cycle 8 – 35th Ave between San Leandro and Sutter St
• Cycle 8 – High St between San Leandro St and Porter St
• Cycle 8 – Guardrails Oakland Hills
• Cycle 8 – Downtown Systemic Improvements
• Cycle 8 – Bancroft Ave Crosswalk Enhancements (66th to 98th)

Basics of HSIP

• Data-Driven: a project is to be identified based on the evaluation of collision history.
• Proven Countermeasures: a project is to implement countermeasures for roadways and intersections that substantially address the problem.
• Benefit-Cost-Ratio (BCR): HSIP selection is competitive and based in part on a project’s BCR that is a calculation of a countermeasures crash reduction factor, KSI data and costs, and overall project cost.
• Maximum Request: HSIP caps each agency at a request for $10 million.

Candidate Projects

• Theme #1: Seniors
  • Goal: Enhance pedestrian safety and accessibility at locations with a higher proportion of senior residents and senior-involved crashes
• Theme #2: NBRs – Uncontrolled Crossings at Neighborhood Bike Routes
  • Goal: Enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety and accessibility at uncontrolled crossings between major roads and Oakland’s Neighborhood Bike Routes.
• Theme #3: Transit Pedestrian Safety
  • Goal: Enhance pedestrian/transit rider safety and accessibility along major AC Transit bus routes in Oakland

Presentation