September 2022 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

2022.08.31.Reading time 2 minutes.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2022, 3:30-4:30pm online and by phone.
Agenda topics include:

HSIP applications support/discussion
Slow Streets/Neighborhood Bike Routes (NBRs)
Relations of Bike/Ped Plan to EJ and Safety Elements in the General Plan Update

July 2022 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

2022.07.06.Reading time 1 minute.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2022, 3:30-4:30pm online and by phone.
Agenda topics include:

Developing a Slow Streets Network:
OakDOT Bicycle & Pedestrian Program staff will share initial thinking on reframing Neighborhood Bike Routes (NBRs) as Slow Streets and updating the NBR Implementation Guide to be a Slow Streets Implementation Guide.

May 2022 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

2022.05.02.Reading time 1 minute.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2022, 3:30-5:30pm online and by phone.
Agenda topics include:

Parklet Guidelines
Utility Projects – Bike/Walk Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Neighborhood Bike Route & Paving Plan Coordination

17th Street Bikeway Connection Project

2022.02.15.Reading time 3 minutes.

At the February 3, 2022 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Pablo Miras and Shirley Kwan gave a presentation on the concept plans for the 17th Street Bikeway Connection Project, which covers 17th Street in West Oakland from West Street to MLK Jr Way. The concept design [PDF] is below, followed by notes.

14th Street Safety Project 65% design review

2022.02.10.Reading time 8 minutes.

At the January 27, 2022 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Charlie Ream gave an overview of the 65% design of the 14th Street Safety Project. The project was last presented at the August 5, 2021 Infrastructure Committee meeting. An excerpt of the plans is below, followed by notes. The full plan set is available here [47mb PDF].

Rapid Response Program update

2022.02.07.Reading time 7 minutes.

At the January 27, 2022 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Joe Wang, Megan Weir, Brian Sukkar, and Mandana Ashti gave an update on the Rapid Response program. The presentation [PDF] is below, followed by notes.

Activation:
A Rapid Response may be activated for traffic crashes resulting in pedestrian or bicyclist fatalities, or severe injuries to pedestrians or bicyclists who are youth or seniors. A Rapid Response may be activated for additional crashes based on the individual circumstances of a crash.

Investigation:

Engineering staff will conduct site visits and review already available data, plans, and policies to make recommendations in one or more of the following four categories:

Maintenance Treatment
Quick-Build Improvement
Current Capital Project to coordinate with
New Capital Improvement

February 2022 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

2022.01.30.Reading time 1 minute.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022, 3:30-5:30pm online and by phone.
Agenda topics include:

17th Street Bikeway, West Street to MLK Jr Way, concept design
TOWN for All, waterfront connection project

January 2022 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

2022.01.10.Reading time 2 minutes.

The January 6, 2022 BPAC Infrastructure Committee has been rescheduled toThursday, January 26, 2022, 3:30-5:30pm online and by phone.
Agenda topics include:

14th Street Safety Project – 65% design review
Rapid Response Program update

Leading Pedestrian Interval Downtown Project

2021.12.12.Reading time 3 minutes.

At the December 2, 2021 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Dean Hsiao gave a presentation [PDF] on the Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) project in Downtown Oakland. The red dots on map are traffic signals that are going to updated with LPI, and green dots are ones that can not be updated due to older technology. Notes from the presentation and discussion are below.

“Leading pedestrian interval” (LPI) — a walk light is provided a few seconds in advance of the green light for cars
- Studies show it can reduce car/pedestrian collisions up to 60%.
85 signals in the Downtown area being updated.
- 36 signals completed (northern half of Downtown)
- 49 remaining, to start in December (southern half of Downtown)
Other locations in Downtown need to have signal controller tech updates to allow for retiming, or to add pedestrian walk signal heads.

Sideshow Prevention Pilot Project

2021.12.11.Reading time 5 minutes.

At the December 2, 2021 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Joe Wang and Brian Sukkar gave a presentation [PDF] on the Sideshow Prevention Pilot Project.

The program started in late spring-early summer. Sideshow activities increased by a lot during pandemic.
Oakland PD reached out to OakDOT for help, and OakDOT reached out to other jurisdictions to learn from their experiences.

Notes from the presentation and discussion are below.

Oakland BPAC Blog

Category: Infrastructure Committee