At the July 17, 2025 BPAC meeting, Jasmine Stitt, Caltrans District 4 Complete Streets Performance Coordinator, provided a presentation on the draft Caltrans Bay Area Bike Plan Update, with a focus on recommendations and priorities related to Oakland. This updated bike plan analyzed conditions for biking along and across the State Transportation Network in the nine county Bay Area, and identified priority improvements to provide a more connected, lower-stress bicycle transportation network in our region.
At the June 12, 2025 BPAC meeting, Caltrans staff will provide an update on the Vision 980 Study and upcoming summer outreach events. Caltrans is seeking public feedback on three potential scenarios for reimagining the I-980 corridor between I-880 and I-580. Interested members of the public can sign up for email updates on the project website, where the new public survey and details on June in-person events will be posted.
An excerpt is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the March 6, 2025 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, Jasmine Stitt, Caltrans District 4 Complete Streets Performance Coordinator, will provide a presentation on the draft Caltrans Bay Area Bike Plan Update, with a focus on recommendations and priorities related to Oakland. This updated bike plan analyzed conditions for biking along and across the State Transportation Network in the ninecounty Bay Area, and identified priority improvements to provide a more connected, lower-stress bicycle transportation network in our region. The draft plan details are available online, with public comments requested by the end of March 2025.
An excerpt is below, followed by the presentation, and notes (forthcoming) from the presentation and discussion.
Since it can be a long time (usually decades) between when Oakland streets get attention, the designs are usually very outdated, not in line with Oakland’s traffic safety and climate goals and serving levels of car traffic that no longer exist.
This means that design changes often involve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure upgrades. The higher level of scrutiny for proposed changes compared to the status quo then favors car traffic over bike/walk traffic, and has negative impacts on public safety.
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