9 22-0087 Subject: Update To Truck Routes And Truck Prohibited Streets Ordinance
From: Planning And Building Department
Recommendation: Adopt The Following Pieces Of Legislation:
1) An Ordinance Amending Sections 10.28.145 And 10.28.160 Of The Oakland Municipal Code To Limit Truck Parking In West Oakland; And Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; And
I live near McClymonds HS and support the proposed designated truck parking areas. The city should work with PG&E and the CA Energy Commission to build charging infrastructure at these designated areas to support drivers’ transition to electric trucks. Even with truck parking areas, pollution from vehicles idling and driving to/from these areas will impact West Oakland.
On the truck route plan, West Grand should not be a truck route east of Adeline. This is not an industrial area but a key road for pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars to travel across Oakland. This portion of road is even recommended in the city’s bike plan for a protected bike path.
I oppose all truck parking in residential parts of West Oakland. I live here and truck parking causes poor lines of sight for cyclists and motorists. Also, big rigs use Peralta, Adeline and Mandela as bypasses which causes noise in our mixed use neighborhoods and pollution.
I am strongly against the tractors and trucks parked along west Grand, especially between market street and filbert. As a resident In West Oakland, it makes it really hard and unsafe to turn left onto west grand from those streets.
Prescott is a residential neighborhood. Unfortunately, we experience too many large trucks passing through, polluting our air and bringing excess noise. Please restrict trucks from transiting through and parking in Prescott.
I strongly support. The commercial CABS/TRACTORS parked on West Grand are obscuring/blocking the views of cars, pedestrians, and cyclists trying to turn onto West Grand. This is very unsafe for my neighbors in West Oakland. Thanks for the opportunity to comment.
Please pass this legislation ASAP. I live along West Grand Ave., one trucking company uses the block I live on to park 3-5 cabs constantly. They do not own or rent property in the area, just use the street as their place of business. Causing pollution, noise, and making it unsafe to turn onto West Grand.
I agree with everyone below. Its a safety hazard for drivers and pedestrians. In addition, this is a significant barrier for a developing area/district because having those commercial trucks is not only an eyesore, but they contribute to the smog and pollution. This may cause downstream health problems including, but not limited to: irritation of the lungs and worsening asthma and coughing. Commercial trucks belong in commercial areas.
Strong support. Commercial trucks belong in commercial areas and directly cause deleterious health outcomes for residential neighborhoods. Additionally, commercial parking along West Grand is not only contributing to dangerous road conditions (blocking vision for incoming traffic) but also limiting the development of the area, which directly harms the local communities by discouraging new residents as well as potential new storefronts and restaurants. Ban these trucks, whether or not they are pulling a trailer or not!
I support this legislation. I live in a townhome complex in West Oakland with >200 adults and children. A trucking company parks their commercial big rig CABS/TRACTORS on West Grand avenue, adjacent to our residential community. This obscures the view of oncoming traffic creating a dangerous situation for residents exiting from the community. To add my personal experience to this story, I need to edge my car into oncoming traffic in order to view traffic and evaluate the potential to turn onto West Grand. This is frightening as once I am in a position to see traffic, I am also in a position to impede it. I have often had to quickly reverse my car in order to avoid a collision, at which point I am in the same predicament of being unable to see oncoming traffic. Many of my neighbors have experienced this and one has commented “there is a 50/50 chance of being in an accident” when turning here.
I oppose Frontage Road being designated a truck route, and ask that it be removed from the Truck Management report so that it can be properly evaluated. The Frontage Road traffic study that was conducted has several serious deficiencies which need to be addressed, including the following:
1: health equity data was purposefully omitted from the traffic study. Although the state and local environmental organizations have conducted a number of assessments on localized truck pollution in West Oakland neighborhoods (which show much higher pollution along Frontage Road than other streets in West Oakland), none were considered as part of this study. I have a 2 year old son and am afraid to open the windows. Our back patio is constantly covered in a thick black sooty dust from the diesel exhaust.
2: Second, the traffic study failed to conduct an assessment of Maritime Street, and instead concluded (without any evidence) that prohibiting trucks on Frontage Road would pose "significant congestion and operation delays" to other streets. Maritime Street is in the Port area. Frontage street has high density residential units along it. Trucks should stay near the related infrastructure, not people's homes.
I ask that the Frontage Road study be redone so that health equity and other crucial data can be considered before a decision impacting the community’s health is made.
Trucks should not be idling next to where people live. There are so many other places for them to go!
I live near McClymonds HS and support the proposed designated truck parking areas. The city should work with PG&E and the CA Energy Commission to build charging infrastructure at these designated areas to support drivers’ transition to electric trucks. Even with truck parking areas, pollution from vehicles idling and driving to/from these areas will impact West Oakland.
On the truck route plan, West Grand should not be a truck route east of Adeline. This is not an industrial area but a key road for pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars to travel across Oakland. This portion of road is even recommended in the city’s bike plan for a protected bike path.
I oppose all truck parking in residential parts of West Oakland. I live here and truck parking causes poor lines of sight for cyclists and motorists. Also, big rigs use Peralta, Adeline and Mandela as bypasses which causes noise in our mixed use neighborhoods and pollution.
I am strongly against the tractors and trucks parked along west Grand, especially between market street and filbert. As a resident In West Oakland, it makes it really hard and unsafe to turn left onto west grand from those streets.
Prescott is a residential neighborhood. Unfortunately, we experience too many large trucks passing through, polluting our air and bringing excess noise. Please restrict trucks from transiting through and parking in Prescott.
I strongly support. The commercial CABS/TRACTORS parked on West Grand are obscuring/blocking the views of cars, pedestrians, and cyclists trying to turn onto West Grand. This is very unsafe for my neighbors in West Oakland. Thanks for the opportunity to comment.
Please pass this legislation ASAP. I live along West Grand Ave., one trucking company uses the block I live on to park 3-5 cabs constantly. They do not own or rent property in the area, just use the street as their place of business. Causing pollution, noise, and making it unsafe to turn onto West Grand.
I agree with everyone below. Its a safety hazard for drivers and pedestrians. In addition, this is a significant barrier for a developing area/district because having those commercial trucks is not only an eyesore, but they contribute to the smog and pollution. This may cause downstream health problems including, but not limited to: irritation of the lungs and worsening asthma and coughing. Commercial trucks belong in commercial areas.
Strong support. Commercial trucks belong in commercial areas and directly cause deleterious health outcomes for residential neighborhoods. Additionally, commercial parking along West Grand is not only contributing to dangerous road conditions (blocking vision for incoming traffic) but also limiting the development of the area, which directly harms the local communities by discouraging new residents as well as potential new storefronts and restaurants. Ban these trucks, whether or not they are pulling a trailer or not!
I support this legislation. I live in a townhome complex in West Oakland with >200 adults and children. A trucking company parks their commercial big rig CABS/TRACTORS on West Grand avenue, adjacent to our residential community. This obscures the view of oncoming traffic creating a dangerous situation for residents exiting from the community. To add my personal experience to this story, I need to edge my car into oncoming traffic in order to view traffic and evaluate the potential to turn onto West Grand. This is frightening as once I am in a position to see traffic, I am also in a position to impede it. I have often had to quickly reverse my car in order to avoid a collision, at which point I am in the same predicament of being unable to see oncoming traffic. Many of my neighbors have experienced this and one has commented “there is a 50/50 chance of being in an accident” when turning here.
I oppose Frontage Road being designated a truck route, and ask that it be removed from the Truck Management report so that it can be properly evaluated. The Frontage Road traffic study that was conducted has several serious deficiencies which need to be addressed, including the following:
1: health equity data was purposefully omitted from the traffic study. Although the state and local environmental organizations have conducted a number of assessments on localized truck pollution in West Oakland neighborhoods (which show much higher pollution along Frontage Road than other streets in West Oakland), none were considered as part of this study. I have a 2 year old son and am afraid to open the windows. Our back patio is constantly covered in a thick black sooty dust from the diesel exhaust.
2: Second, the traffic study failed to conduct an assessment of Maritime Street, and instead concluded (without any evidence) that prohibiting trucks on Frontage Road would pose "significant congestion and operation delays" to other streets. Maritime Street is in the Port area. Frontage street has high density residential units along it. Trucks should stay near the related infrastructure, not people's homes.
I ask that the Frontage Road study be redone so that health equity and other crucial data can be considered before a decision impacting the community’s health is made.
Steven Zupan, 1515 Pullman Way