At the March 7, 2024 BPAC Infrastructure Committee meeting, OakDOT staff in the Safe Streets Division, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program will provide an introduction to the Lakeshore Ave Separated Bike Lanes Project. After a brief background, the presentation and discussion will focus on the concept plans for the proposed two-way cycle track on Lakeshore Avenue from East 18th Street to El Embarcadero.
Expected construction year: Expedited from 2027 to 2025
At the October 19, 2023 BPAC meeting, Craig Raphael, Senior Transportation Planner with OakDOT’s Capital Finance team, provided an overview of and requested a BPAC letter of support for an upcoming application to the Safe Routes to BART construction grant program for a cycle track at Lakeside Drive between International Boulevard and 19th Street.
An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation.
At the May 19, 2022 BPAC meeting, OakDOT Transportation Planner Colin Piethe presented on the 27th and Lakeside Streets Project. An excerpt of the presentation is below, followed by the full presentation [PDF], and summary of discussion.
The project includes:
Protected bike lanes on 27th Street
Buffered bike lanes on Bay Place
Two-way cycle track on Grand Avenue from Bay Place to Harrison Street
Simplified driving lanes and shorter crossing distances at the intersections of Grand Ave and Bay Place, Grand Ave and Harrison Street, and 27th Street and Harrison Street
“The Lake Merritt Bikeway Improvements Project proposes several changes to the roadway on Lakeside Drive from Madison Street to Lake Merritt Boulevard and on Lake Merritt Boulevard from Lakeside to E 12th Street. This section of street is set to be repaved in 2021. This presents an opportunity to extend the popular two-way protected cycletrack around Lake Merritt from Madison Street southward and over the estuary bridge to E 12th Street!”
—from the City of Oakland survey on the Lake Merritt Bikeway Improvements Project
Notes from the discussion and presentation, and 35% design plans (conceptual level) are below.
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