August 2023 Policy & Legislative Committee Meeting
The August 2023 BPAC Policy & Legislative Committee is on Monday, August 14, 2023, 5:30-7pm in-person at the Lake Merritt Conference Room at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza building.
Read MoreApplications open for BPAC 2024 Term
There will be open seats on BPAC for the 2024-2027 term.
Meetings are held in-person every third Thursday of the month from 6-8pm in City Hall, Hearing Room 4, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
Interested applicants should submit their applications by Thursday, September 14, 2023.
The Oakland BPAC is holding a meet & greet event for interested applicants to meet current Commissioners and answer questions. It will be held at the Oakland Public Library: César E. Chávez Branch (3301 E 12th St #271, Oakland, near Fruitvale BART) at 6:30-7:30pm on Wednesday, August 23.
Read MoreEast Oakland Neighborhood Bikeways Project
At the July 6, 2023 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, Jesse Boudart, OakDOT Transportation Engineer, provided an overview of work done to date on community engagement and design for the East Oakland Neighborhood Bike Routes project covering four East Oakland corridors.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation [8.2MB PDF] and presentation notes and discussion notes.
Read MoreOakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge Project
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.
Read MoreFire Code Update
At the July 20, 2023 BPAC meeting, Felicia Bryant, Fire Marshal with the Oakland Fire Department, provided an update on amendments to Appendix D of the Fire Code. In September, the amendments will be presented to the Public Safety Committee of the City Council, following up on amendments adopted by City Council in 2022. Jason Patton, Senior Transportation Planner with OakDOT, helped explain the collaboration between the two departments on implementing traffic safety measures that are supportive of Fire Department operations.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
Read MoreResidential Speed Bump Program
At the July 20, 2023 BPAC meeting, Joe Wang, Supervising Transportation Engineer, and Matthew Reiter, Assistant Engineer II from the OakDOT Safe Streets Traffic Engineering Section presented on the residential speed bump program, which is the most popular program among other DOT workflows that have recently installed speed bumps as well.
Read MoreJuly 2023 BPAC Agenda
Thursday, July 20, 2023; 6:00-8:20 pm, in-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, and viewable online.
Agenda topics include:
- BPAC Commissioner Recruitment Outreach
- Conversation with OakDOT Director Fred Kelley
- Speed Bump Program Update
- Fire Code Update
Announcements:
- BPAC Agenda Sign-Up List
- The OakDOT Major Projects Web Map has been updated through 30 June 2023.
More details below.
Read MoreJuly 2023 Infrastructure Committee Meeting
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
Broadway Oakland Tech Pop-Up Crosswalk
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.
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