Category: Infrastructure Committee

OakDOT Downtown Paving Projects Review

.Reading time 12 minutes.

At the September 7, 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, OakDOT Engineer, Ben Granberry, presented upcoming paving project plans, including those for E 8th St and Franklin St, and accepted comments and input from the committee on bicyclist and pedestrian design elements. 

An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation, presentation notes, and discussion notes.

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September 2023 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

.Reading time 6 minutes.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2023, 3:30-5:30pm in-person at the Lake Merritt Conference Room at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza building.
Agenda topics include:

  • OakDOT Paving Projects Review
  • Citywide Bicyclist & Pedestrian Spot Improvements Project (see more below)
  • Broadway and MLK Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements
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Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge Project

.Reading time 10 minutes.

At the July 6, 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, Rochelle Wheeler, Senior Transportation Coordinator at the City of Alameda, will lead a discussion about a bicyclist and pedestrian bridge proposal across the estuary between West Alameda and Jack London Square.

An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation [3.8MB PDF] and presentation notes and discussion notes.

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July 2023 Infrastructure Committee Meeting

.Reading time 3 minutes.

The BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, July 6, 2023, 3:30-5:30pm in-person at the Lake Merritt Conference Room at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza building.
Agenda topics include:

  • East Oakland Neighborhood Bikeways Project
  • Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge Project
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Adeline St Paving/Road Diet

.Reading time 5 minutes.

At the January 12, 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Meeting, Robert Prinz, committee co-chair, presented this project for discussion.

Robert noticed extensive utility work on Adeline Street in West Oakland which resulted in repaving for a long segment that was recommended for bike lanes in the bike plan.

  • Followed up with bike program staff to ask if coordination with the utility on re-striping with bike lanes was possible, instead up just re-striping to previous configuration.
  • Also followed up with some West Oakland resident contacts and a bike shop owner, who in turn followed up with Councilmember Fife, who in turn followed up with the DOT to express support for the effort.

    • Robert checked in a few times with staff for updates, but for the most part stayed out of their way from that point on.

    Several months later, the new striping was installed, including a road diet with buffered bike lanes from 35th St to 18th St, and new high-visibility crosswalks at multiple locations.

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Slow Streets Update

.Reading time 18 minutes.

At the January 12, 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Meeting, OakDOT staff Jason Patton to presented an update on Slow Streets before publicizing it in late January. An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation [PDF] and presentation notes and discussion notes.

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Grand Avenue Complete Streets Project – Draft 15% Plans

.Reading time 8 minutes.

At the November 3, 2022 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, Celina Chan and Charlie Ream of OakDOT presented the draft 15% design plans [PDF] of the Grand Avenue Complete Streets Project.

The survey is currently available in multiple languages. Postcards will also be sent to addresses on the corridor through December.

Notes from the presentation and discussion are below.

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