At the May 2, 2024 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, AC Transit will present an update of AC Transit Board Policy 501.
AC Transit Board Policy No. 501: Bus Stop Guidelines, sets forth AC Transit’s guidelines for future bus stop placement regarding spacing, location, and accessibility. The policy is due for its five-year update to clarify bus stop policy elements aligning with the needs and preferences of AC Transit riders and to reflect the latest in best practices and customer needs. Specifically, the goals of this update include making the policy more customer-focused, addressing safety concerns that affect bus stop placement, and ensuring rider access to the District’s service network.
At the April 18, 2024 BPAC meeting, OakDOT staff discussed the proposed Resolution 90051, City Council’s proposal for a three-year pilot program permitting community-led traffic safety projects on City streets. City Council District 3 staff and Transport Oakland members also attended to answer questions.
At the April 18, 2024 BPAC meeting, Colin Piethe from OakDOT’s Planning and Project Development Team provide an update on the Franklin Street Complete Streets Project, which will repurpose one lane of vehicle traffic to install a two-way separated bike lane on Franklin Street between 11th Street and 22nd Street/Broadway, extended down 22nd Street to connect to Telegraph Avenue.
At the April 18, 2024 BPAC meeting, Manuel Corona and Jane Mei from OakDOT’s Planning and Project Development Team will present on the design alternatives proposed for the 73rd Avenue Active Routes to Transit project. In addition, they will provide an overview of the outreach and engagement conducted to date and finalizing the design to move forward in developing this year’s ATP grant application.
At the March 21, 2024 BPAC meeting, Craig Raphael from OakDOT’s Capital Finance and Planning team and Charlie Ream from OakDOT’s Project Development team will present on the Department’s plans for Spring/Summer 2024 Grant Applications including the Transportation Development Act Article 3 (TDA), Active Transportation Program (ATP), and Safe Streets 4 All (SS4A) grant applications.
At the January 18, 2024 BPAC meeting, Yvonne Chan, Transportation Planner II with OakDOT’s Capital Finance team, provided an overview of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) process for the 2023-2025 fiscal year term and upcoming milestones.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the December 14, 2023 BPAC meeting, Joe Wang, OakDOT Safe Streets Division Manager, Brian Sukkar, OakDOT Transportation Engineer, and Joe DeVries, Deputy City Administrator provided an overview of non-traditional engineering approaches OakDOT has begun piloting in support of City violence prevention efforts led by the Oakland Police Department and the Department of Violence Prevention.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the November 16, 2023 BPAC meeting, AC Transit’s Maria Henderson, External Affairs Representative, and Owen Goetze, Transportation Planner will present AC Transit Realign, a comprehensive review of AC Transit’s bus network to respond to shifts in riders’ travel patterns. Each draft service scenario has been shaped by community input concerning crucial travel needs, and each scenario demonstrates how it will advance community mobility. AC Transit is seeking comments on the preliminary service scenarios between November 1 and December 13, 2023, to help inform the development of a single preferred service plan for implementation in August 2024.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the October 19, 2023 BPAC meeting, Craig Raphael, Senior Transportation Planner with OakDOT’s Capital Finance team, provided an overview of and requested a BPAC letter of support for an upcoming application to the Safe Routes to BART construction grant program for a cycle track at Lakeside Drive between International Boulevard and 19th Street.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the October 19, 2023 BPAC meeting, Becky Frank and Hunter Oatman-Stanford, transportation planners from the Office of Regional and Community Planning at Caltrans District 4, introduced Caltrans’ Vision 980 Study.
The study aims to improve connections between West Oakland and Downtown Oakland and will identify a new concept and vision for transportation and land use along the entire I-980 corridor.
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