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.
Read MoreAt 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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At the September 21, 2023 BPAC meeting, Colin Piethe and Cathy DeLuca, transportation planners from OakDOT’s Planning & Project Development team, provided an introduction to a paving project on Seminary Avenue between Sunnymere Boulevard and Foothill Boulevard. Staff is seeking commissioners’ feedback on initial conceptual designs, including a potential new bikeway between Sunnymere Boulevard and MacArthur Boulevard.
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At the September 21, 2023 BPAC meeting, Charlie Ream and Cathy DeLuca, transportation planners from OakDOT’s Planning & Project Development team, will provide an introduction to a paving project on Telegraph Ave between 52nd Street and Woolsey Street. Staff recently kicked off the project and is seeking commissioners’ feedback on initial conceptual designs.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
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At the August 17, 2023 BPAC meeting, 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.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
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At the August 17, 2023 BPAC meeting, Heath Maddox, Manager of Bicycle and Micromobility Access Programs at BART, gave an overview and update on relevant BAR T customer access efforts in Oakland.
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At the August 17, 2023 BPAC meeting, OakDOT Transportation Planner Michael Randolph provided 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.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
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