The ECAP’s vision for Transportation & Land Use is:
Integrated land use and access to safe, reliable, low-cost, high-quality mobility options for every Oaklander enable an equitable transition away from cars. Auto use is minimized, and all remaining vehicles on Oakland roads are electric.
The ECAP puts forth 40 actions across seven sectors. The main action for the Transportation & Land Use sector is to “Reduce VMT through active mobility & public transit; electrify the rest.”
Download and view the full 2030 ECAP [PDF]. Here are a few excerpts from the Transportation & Land Use section…
At the September 17, 2020 BPAC meeting, Commissioner Dianne Yee will give an overview of the goals and features of the BPAC Blog, and will present ideas for discussion.
Goals of this blog
Make it easy to find and share things without a lot of clicks and scrolling through pages of PDFs
One-stop resource to find other City resources on transportation
Increase public access.
Additional features and info?
OakDOT staff — brief bio and contact info
BPAC commissioners — brief bios, include present and past commissioners
Add all Committees and Liaisons
“Deep dive” focused posts — introduce a topic/project and go into the history of it, beyond the agenda presentation materials
Past commissioners are welcome to contribute
“What it’s like to be a commissioner” posts — commissioners share their experience on BPAC. This can be helpful to recruit new commissioners.
Bike to Work Day this year is now renamed to Bike to Wherever Day, and will take place on Thursday, September 24, 2020. The entire week of September 20-26, 2020 is Bike to Wherever Week.
Ways to volunteer:
Commissioner Rides with Councilmembers, Mayor, Electeds
Bike Bag and Bikeway Maps distribution
Bike Route Suggestions – Online Maps
Put up signs on Slow Streets barricades
Media – Digital Storytelling
If you are interested in volunteering with WOBO for BTWD, please fill out this form.
Bike Bingo, info on BTWD tote bags, and the full presentation by Chris Hwang are below.
At the August 20, 2020 BPAC meeting, OakDOT Planning & Project Development Manager Emily Ehlers will review upcoming Active Transportation Program (ATP), Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP), and Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant candidates and request letters of support.
Active Transportation Program (ATP), Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP), and Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Grant Candidates – Request for Support
Garfield Elementary Safe Routes to School — There was a fatal crash here in 2019, which resulted in rapid response project around the school.
This application builds on top of the rapid response project with more expensive upgrades like signals—mast arm, left turn phase, pedestrian leading phase
Concept is 2 to 1 road diet with a buffered bike lane and high visibility crosswalks.
Project will be delivered with paving this fall.
Previous concept had a left side bike lane to avoid conflicts with bus stops—The new version has a right side bikeway instead, to avoid transition points at each end of the project.
Designs to be finalized within 2 months. Committee members asked for plans to be shared at that time.
OakDOT is finishing up a permanent design for Telegraph Avenue from 20th St. to 29th St. that will be constructed in 2021. In the meantime, the Department will install interim treatments in 2020 that address lessons learned from the 2016 street design currently on Telegraph Ave.
The interim treatments are:
Bollards between bike lane and parking, and around beige painted safety zones
Clear and more frequent stencils to indicate the lane against the curb is in fact a bike lane
Slower right turns with special turning speed humps
Restricting left turns and through movements at key intersections with bollards (23rd St., 25th St., and Sycamore St.)
7th Street from Mandela Parkway to Market Street is set to be repaved in 2022/23. As part of this paving project, the City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) will remove one lane of vehicle travel and install buffered bike lanes as called for by the West Oakland Specific Plan and the 2019 Bike Plan Update.
The 7th Street Connection Project is an effort by the City to target State or Local Grant funding to go above and beyond what is planned as part of repaving. OakDOT is conducting outreach to the West Oakland community to gather input on potential improvements to the full 7th Street Corridor from Mandela Pkwy to MLK Jr. Way, including sidewalk widening, new trees and lighting, and safety improvements for people walking and biking. These improvements would only be possible through a State or Local transportation grant application.
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