At the June 15, 2023 BPAC meeting, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland’s Board President, Chris Hwang, shared highlights from Bike To Work Day celebrations from May 18, 2023. Natalie Mall, a volunteer who coordinated the project with Oakland Tech High School and Traffic Violence Rapid Response group, also shared highlights from the pop-up traffic safety demo on Broadway, implemented over two days, May 17-18.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the June 15, 2023 BPAC meeting, Fred Kelley, OakDOT Director, Megan Wier, OakDOT Assistant Director, Craig Raphael, OakDOT Senior Transportation Planner, and Tony Dang, OakDOT Policy & Intergovernmental Affairs Senior Advisor, will provide an update on the Fiscal Year 23-25 budget process that is underway, including updates on department leadership, the vacancy rate, organizational challenges, and recent accomplishments.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the June 15, 2023 BPAC meeting, Manuel Corona, Transportation Planner II in OakDOT’s Planning and Project Development Section, will provide an overview of the Chinatown Complete Streets Plan. This Plan will identify a set of key corridors with multimodal upgrades through outreach to complete the conceptual designs necessary to advance the projects future construction grant funding.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the May 25, 2023 BPAC meeting, OakDOT Policy & Intergovernmental Affairs Senior Advisor, Tony Dang, provided the second annual update of the SOS initiative. The SOS Initiative was launched in 2021 with the primary goal of preventing severe and fatal crashes and related disparities impacting Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, persons with disabilities, seniors, children, and low-income populations. This presentation will focus on reporting on progress made in 2022.
The Safe Oakland Streets initiative’s second annual report was also presented at the City Council’s Public Works Committee on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, and Oaklandside covered the item.
An excerpt from the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation and list of projects that was referenced in the slides on Strategy 2: Engineering.
At the May 25, 2023 BPAC meeting, Laura Cohen, Western Region Director for the Rails to Trails Conservancy, presented results of recent work related to the East Bay Greenway: a Multi-jurisdictional Maintenance Strategy Report and a Low-Stress Connectivity Analysis.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the April 20, 2023 BPAC meeting, BPAC Chair Dianne Yee presented the BPAC 2023 Strategic Plan for adoption, which the Commission revised from the 2022 Strategic Plan at the March 30, 2023 Special Meeting. The Commission also continued discussion on the status of Committee meetings—whether the Infrastructure and Legislative Committees will begin to meet in-person.
2023 BPAC Goals
Be strong advocates for bicyclist and pedestrian safety and hold the city accountable.
Be a two-way conduit for information on bicyclist and pedestrian projects.
Encourage equity-driven investments and policies and increase community involvement in high-injury and historically underserved areas.
Build relationships with policymakers and provide feedback on policies that affect walking and bicycling in Oakland.
At the April 20, 2023 BPAC meeting, OakDOT Policy & Intergovernmental Affairs Senior Advisor, Tony Dang presented on AB 645 and requested a motion of support for the bill. An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the April 20, 2023 BPAC meeting, Christopher Tan, Planner IV in the Bureau of Planning, will present major project highlights for 2023, including the Town Tower, Howard Terminal Waterfront Ballpark District, 98th Ave and San Leandro St Planned Urban Development, Lake Merritt BART Transit-Oriented Development, and West Oakland BART housing development.
At the March 16, 2023 BPAC Meeting, Chris Hwang from Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) shared plans for and ways to get involved in Bike To Work Day 2023, Thursday May 18, 2023. This year’s Oakland BTWD celebrations in Oakland will include programming in partnership with Bike East Bay, The Crucible, and Oakland Central Business Improvement District; and bicycle rides with Councilmembers and Mayor Thao on BTWD and throughout the month of May.
At the March 16, 2023 BPAC Meeting, Julieth Ortiz, Transportation Planner III in OakDOT’s Capital Finance Section, provided an overview of the Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Program, followed by an update of existing TDA-funded projects and a draft project list for fiscal year 2023-24. This year’s recommendation is to fund the design of two stairs and paths projects, including the Comstock stairs (#103) and stairs #206 (Trestle Glen). This item needs BPAC review for this TDA cycle. OakDOT is still ensuring that there is staff and contracting capacity to implement the proposed projects before committing to requesting funds this cycle.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
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