2.31 22-0510 Subject: ACTC's San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project
From: Transportation Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Sign A Letter Of Support For The San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project Led By The Alameda County Transportation Commission To Begin The Detailed Design Phase
Why make the traffic more congested? Is it patting somebody’s pocket? Why not just fix those darn sidewalks that I put in an order to four years ago and have received nothing, while people keep tripping on them.
There aren’t that many restaurants right along the Golden gate district on San Pablo Ave. Doing that much work is a waste of money and will only make traffic really bad and almost impossible to pull out of my driveway. The restaurant on the corner already has an outdoor eating section on Alcatraz Avenue they don’t need more. Please stop this and just Fix the things that need fixing don’t start tearing stuff apart
I live directly on San Pablo Ave and while giving up the parking spots in front of our building will take getting used to, and the impact on local businesses needs to be carefully taken into consideration, I think overall it would be a net positive for those who live and own businesses on the corridor. The truck and car traffic is so loud and oppressive, and cycling so perilous, that it’s at a minimum worth funding the full study.
After living in this area for 20 years I opened a business in a storefront 5 years ago. My bench faces San Pablo ave./Ca Hwy123. so I see the delivery trucks going to my neighbors business. I see the Parents load thier kids into cars during Maynards Pick up hours, emergency vehicles making thier way to the senior housing at the corner. I see the weddings, Funerals and worship services at the front of St. Columbas. I see the folks swooping in to pick up Cupcakes. I see my Neighbors pulling in and out of thier driveways, I see the musicians loading into play a concert next door. I see people hugging each other after lunch. I see trucks Delivering Tons of flour! I see my neighbors Loading thier bundles enroute to the Post office, I see a vacant Parking space in front of my shop as I load out for one of the two weekly craft events I do to support my beloved Shop. If there is no space I have to block traffic to load in. California state highway 123, San Pablo Ave. is frequently impacted when Hwy 80 is Blocked between 4 & 6pm. To throttle this roadway will be a Nightmare. There are parallel, Solely residential streets that are not as vital and much sweeter to ride along Herzog, Marshall, Fremont & Vallejo as well as E'villes Greenway. Post, Monitor & Double the traffic fines for running lights in School and senior zones, Put lights in the pavement for Bicycle crossings but don't kill opportunities for business to thrive here. Is there a Poll on how business are doing on Telegraph?
I have lived near San Pablo Avenue in District 1 for over 16 years. I strongly support the proposal to upgrade San Pablo Avenue with dedicated protected bike lanes, bus only lanes, and pedestrian crossing improvements. The current configuration just doesn't work well for anyone. As a pedestrian, it is often dangerous and time consuming to cross. As an occasional AC Transit rider, the ride is harsh, jerky, and slow. As a motorist, I dread negotiating traffic with aggressive drivers who treat S.P.A. as a freeway. And as a frequent cyclist, I often fear for my life! When there is heavy traffic, I will drive to destinations on S.P.A. due to safety concerns - even though it takes longer and emits CO2. I would much rather ride my bicycle without worrying about being hit by a car.
Please adopt this resolution. I live a few blocks from San Pablo in Oakland and drive, walk, and bike on it multiple times a week. The proposed changes would be a major improvement. They’ll make biking on and across the avenue safer and more enjoyable. They’ll make businesses on the street more accessible to all. They’ll speed transit, improving wait times. They’ll make the street a more pleasant place to be. All this will help us shift away from car trips to alternative modes that reduce carbon emissions and they’ll improve the quality of life in Oakland!
I live and work off of San Pablo in the Oakland-Emeryville area. San Pablo is in dire need of traffic calming infrastructure. As a pedestrian and cyclist, it is scary to cross San Pablo. Close calls with distracted and speeding drivers are disturbingly frequent. Just this morning, I used the crosswalk at 55th St. It didn't matter that one car stopped for me, it actually made it a more frightening situation to navigate because drivers sped around them in the other lane, unaware or uncaring of my presence. This happened again as I continued on to cross the second half of the street. Please move forward with this necessary project. Our safety depends on your actions.
I strongly support this project and the recommended improvements. My family has lived a 1/2 block from San Pablo Avenue at the intersection of 65th St. for ten years. We've always obeyed crosswalks and right of ways and have been in SO many near accidents as pedestrians and bicyclists. It is a dangerous street as designed. I would urge the City Council and all stakeholders to slow the speeds down on the street to avoid more deaths and approve the multimodal design to take more climate action.
Slower speeds are better for businesses and placemaking along the corridor. It's the responsibility of the City to acknowledge that high speeds results in more deaths. San Pablo Avenue is a community, and not an extension of I-80. Thank you for approving this Corridor project and doing everything we can to slow down vehicles in our neighborhood.
I am a senior cyclist, pedestrian and #72 bus rider who lives one block from the intersection of San Pablo and Stanford.After participating in two of the project study groups I fully support the proposed plans. The corridor, as it is, is extremely dangerous. I have stopped cycling on San Pablo because of the extreme speed of cars. I cross the above mentioned intersection on foot almost daily. SCAREY!!! with cars speeding through turns from all directions.It would be VERY beneficial to have bike and bus lanes share the road and ease the car traffic. Please authorize this much needed project.
I live on San Pablo Ave. and strongly support this project for two reasons: First, it will make this vital housing corridor more livable; Second, it will advance the City's climate goals by making it easier and more convenient for residents to bike and take public transportation in the area. With respect to livability, I have noticed that loud cars and motorcycles frequently drive fast and dangerously along San Pablo. Adding dedicated bike and transit lanes will serve as a much needed traffic calming device. There is also ample street parking in the area (I am near 65th Street). And having more foot traffic in the area would help with neighborhood safety and vitality. With respect to biking and public transit, I am currently deterred from riding my bike along San Pablo due to safety concerns--there's simply no enough room for cars and bikes to share a lane. I would love to ride my bike, or enjoy a smooth bus ride, along this important arterial. Please support this project!
I am a resident of North Oakland two blocks from San Pablo Avenue and frequently walk, bike, and drive along the San Pablo corridor. Crossing San Pablo by foot or bike is uniformly the most stressful aspect of my trips. I strongly support the the Alameda County Transportation Commission's San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project to make San Pablo Avenue a safer place for everyone. Please support this project so ACTC can move forward into detailed design.
As a cyclist and a someone who lives a block off of San Pablo I think that it would be better to improve parallel bike routes rather than turning San Pablo into a congested quagmire that would inevitably spill onto my (and many other nearby streets). Ideally it would be better to funnel all traffic onto San Pablo so that bikes and residents can enjoy the residential streets as in Berkeley.
I am a resident of the Santa Fe neighborhood in Oakland and use San Pablo often. I am in strong support of the this project. The corridor is incredibly dangerous to cross given the speed of vehicles- there is an obvious overcapacity of the roadway which induces speeding here. I drive along the corridor myself quite often and find I end up going faster than intended and sometimes its hard to stop in time for crossing pedestrians. Protected bike lanes are also really needed here, especially towards downtown Oakland (in Berkeley you have some alternative parallel streets (bike boulevards), but in Oakland you really don't. This will also vastly increase bus reliability and support the people dependent on transit. Build this complete street, please- it will bring safety, economic and placemaking benefits to a long neglected corridor.
My husband and I travel this corridor daily to take our son to preschool, both on bike and by car. San Pablo is treacherous. Every time I cross San Pablo by bike at 53rd St, I see a driver run the red light at high speed. This project will make San Pablo a far safer and pleasant place to be.
I do not support this waste of money. Dedicated bus lanes are silly here in Oakland. Why constantly target the main thoroughfares for reduced traffic and with no improvement to public transportation? All this does is push traffic and congestion into the adjoining neighborhoods.
As a resident of the San Pablo corridor in North Oakland, I am in strong favor of this initiative. This much needed project will increase the safety and usage of San Pablo Avenue and the neighborhoods all around it.
I am in strong favor of this initiative. I live along the San Pablo corridor in Oakland and almost daily I see the conflicts between drivers, pedestrians, and bikers. Transit only lanes and protected bike lanes will be a huge improvement for transportation along the corridor. Please, please help make this happen as soon as possible. Thank you.
I live along the San Pablo Ave Corridor in North Oakland and I strongly support this project. I walk, bike, ride transit and drive along San Pablo Ave, and all four modes of travel are dangerous, largely due to speeding drivers. These changes will make the corridor a safer stretch for my neighbors, and everyone who use this critical corridor to get around the East Bay daily. San Pablo would go from a perilous to a comfortable bicycle route, making biking possible for a wider range of people. Riding the bus would grow much more appealing as travel times speed up. Walking on San Pablo would become safer and more comfortable - easily crossing the two lanes of auto traffic rather than playing frogger across 4+ lanes. And finally, San Pablo would continue to be usable for car drivers, with a dedicated auto lane and ample off-street parking.
13+ year resident half a block off San Pablo, this can't happen soon enough.
Why make the traffic more congested? Is it patting somebody’s pocket? Why not just fix those darn sidewalks that I put in an order to four years ago and have received nothing, while people keep tripping on them.
There aren’t that many restaurants right along the Golden gate district on San Pablo Ave. Doing that much work is a waste of money and will only make traffic really bad and almost impossible to pull out of my driveway. The restaurant on the corner already has an outdoor eating section on Alcatraz Avenue they don’t need more. Please stop this and just Fix the things that need fixing don’t start tearing stuff apart
I live directly on San Pablo Ave and while giving up the parking spots in front of our building will take getting used to, and the impact on local businesses needs to be carefully taken into consideration, I think overall it would be a net positive for those who live and own businesses on the corridor. The truck and car traffic is so loud and oppressive, and cycling so perilous, that it’s at a minimum worth funding the full study.
After living in this area for 20 years I opened a business in a storefront 5 years ago. My bench faces San Pablo ave./Ca Hwy123. so I see the delivery trucks going to my neighbors business. I see the Parents load thier kids into cars during Maynards Pick up hours, emergency vehicles making thier way to the senior housing at the corner. I see the weddings, Funerals and worship services at the front of St. Columbas. I see the folks swooping in to pick up Cupcakes. I see my Neighbors pulling in and out of thier driveways, I see the musicians loading into play a concert next door. I see people hugging each other after lunch. I see trucks Delivering Tons of flour! I see my neighbors Loading thier bundles enroute to the Post office, I see a vacant Parking space in front of my shop as I load out for one of the two weekly craft events I do to support my beloved Shop. If there is no space I have to block traffic to load in. California state highway 123, San Pablo Ave. is frequently impacted when Hwy 80 is Blocked between 4 & 6pm. To throttle this roadway will be a Nightmare. There are parallel, Solely residential streets that are not as vital and much sweeter to ride along Herzog, Marshall, Fremont & Vallejo as well as E'villes Greenway. Post, Monitor & Double the traffic fines for running lights in School and senior zones, Put lights in the pavement for Bicycle crossings but don't kill opportunities for business to thrive here. Is there a Poll on how business are doing on Telegraph?
I have lived near San Pablo Avenue in District 1 for over 16 years. I strongly support the proposal to upgrade San Pablo Avenue with dedicated protected bike lanes, bus only lanes, and pedestrian crossing improvements. The current configuration just doesn't work well for anyone. As a pedestrian, it is often dangerous and time consuming to cross. As an occasional AC Transit rider, the ride is harsh, jerky, and slow. As a motorist, I dread negotiating traffic with aggressive drivers who treat S.P.A. as a freeway. And as a frequent cyclist, I often fear for my life! When there is heavy traffic, I will drive to destinations on S.P.A. due to safety concerns - even though it takes longer and emits CO2. I would much rather ride my bicycle without worrying about being hit by a car.
Please adopt this resolution. I live a few blocks from San Pablo in Oakland and drive, walk, and bike on it multiple times a week. The proposed changes would be a major improvement. They’ll make biking on and across the avenue safer and more enjoyable. They’ll make businesses on the street more accessible to all. They’ll speed transit, improving wait times. They’ll make the street a more pleasant place to be. All this will help us shift away from car trips to alternative modes that reduce carbon emissions and they’ll improve the quality of life in Oakland!
I live and work off of San Pablo in the Oakland-Emeryville area. San Pablo is in dire need of traffic calming infrastructure. As a pedestrian and cyclist, it is scary to cross San Pablo. Close calls with distracted and speeding drivers are disturbingly frequent. Just this morning, I used the crosswalk at 55th St. It didn't matter that one car stopped for me, it actually made it a more frightening situation to navigate because drivers sped around them in the other lane, unaware or uncaring of my presence. This happened again as I continued on to cross the second half of the street. Please move forward with this necessary project. Our safety depends on your actions.
I strongly support this project and the recommended improvements. My family has lived a 1/2 block from San Pablo Avenue at the intersection of 65th St. for ten years. We've always obeyed crosswalks and right of ways and have been in SO many near accidents as pedestrians and bicyclists. It is a dangerous street as designed. I would urge the City Council and all stakeholders to slow the speeds down on the street to avoid more deaths and approve the multimodal design to take more climate action.
Slower speeds are better for businesses and placemaking along the corridor. It's the responsibility of the City to acknowledge that high speeds results in more deaths. San Pablo Avenue is a community, and not an extension of I-80. Thank you for approving this Corridor project and doing everything we can to slow down vehicles in our neighborhood.
I am a senior cyclist, pedestrian and #72 bus rider who lives one block from the intersection of San Pablo and Stanford.After participating in two of the project study groups I fully support the proposed plans. The corridor, as it is, is extremely dangerous. I have stopped cycling on San Pablo because of the extreme speed of cars. I cross the above mentioned intersection on foot almost daily. SCAREY!!! with cars speeding through turns from all directions.It would be VERY beneficial to have bike and bus lanes share the road and ease the car traffic. Please authorize this much needed project.
I live on San Pablo Ave. and strongly support this project for two reasons: First, it will make this vital housing corridor more livable; Second, it will advance the City's climate goals by making it easier and more convenient for residents to bike and take public transportation in the area. With respect to livability, I have noticed that loud cars and motorcycles frequently drive fast and dangerously along San Pablo. Adding dedicated bike and transit lanes will serve as a much needed traffic calming device. There is also ample street parking in the area (I am near 65th Street). And having more foot traffic in the area would help with neighborhood safety and vitality. With respect to biking and public transit, I am currently deterred from riding my bike along San Pablo due to safety concerns--there's simply no enough room for cars and bikes to share a lane. I would love to ride my bike, or enjoy a smooth bus ride, along this important arterial. Please support this project!
I am a resident of North Oakland two blocks from San Pablo Avenue and frequently walk, bike, and drive along the San Pablo corridor. Crossing San Pablo by foot or bike is uniformly the most stressful aspect of my trips. I strongly support the the Alameda County Transportation Commission's San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project to make San Pablo Avenue a safer place for everyone. Please support this project so ACTC can move forward into detailed design.
As a cyclist and a someone who lives a block off of San Pablo I think that it would be better to improve parallel bike routes rather than turning San Pablo into a congested quagmire that would inevitably spill onto my (and many other nearby streets). Ideally it would be better to funnel all traffic onto San Pablo so that bikes and residents can enjoy the residential streets as in Berkeley.
As a resident 2 blocks from this project, driver, bike rider, business owner, transit user,, and Planner, I strongly support this project.
I am a resident of the Santa Fe neighborhood in Oakland and use San Pablo often. I am in strong support of the this project. The corridor is incredibly dangerous to cross given the speed of vehicles- there is an obvious overcapacity of the roadway which induces speeding here. I drive along the corridor myself quite often and find I end up going faster than intended and sometimes its hard to stop in time for crossing pedestrians. Protected bike lanes are also really needed here, especially towards downtown Oakland (in Berkeley you have some alternative parallel streets (bike boulevards), but in Oakland you really don't. This will also vastly increase bus reliability and support the people dependent on transit. Build this complete street, please- it will bring safety, economic and placemaking benefits to a long neglected corridor.
My husband and I travel this corridor daily to take our son to preschool, both on bike and by car. San Pablo is treacherous. Every time I cross San Pablo by bike at 53rd St, I see a driver run the red light at high speed. This project will make San Pablo a far safer and pleasant place to be.
I do not support this waste of money. Dedicated bus lanes are silly here in Oakland. Why constantly target the main thoroughfares for reduced traffic and with no improvement to public transportation? All this does is push traffic and congestion into the adjoining neighborhoods.
As a resident of the San Pablo corridor in North Oakland, I am in strong favor of this initiative. This much needed project will increase the safety and usage of San Pablo Avenue and the neighborhoods all around it.
This will not only benefit residents along the San Pablo corridor, but businesses too. Go for it.
I am in strong favor of this initiative. I live along the San Pablo corridor in Oakland and almost daily I see the conflicts between drivers, pedestrians, and bikers. Transit only lanes and protected bike lanes will be a huge improvement for transportation along the corridor. Please, please help make this happen as soon as possible. Thank you.
I live along the San Pablo Ave Corridor in North Oakland and I strongly support this project. I walk, bike, ride transit and drive along San Pablo Ave, and all four modes of travel are dangerous, largely due to speeding drivers. These changes will make the corridor a safer stretch for my neighbors, and everyone who use this critical corridor to get around the East Bay daily. San Pablo would go from a perilous to a comfortable bicycle route, making biking possible for a wider range of people. Riding the bus would grow much more appealing as travel times speed up. Walking on San Pablo would become safer and more comfortable - easily crossing the two lanes of auto traffic rather than playing frogger across 4+ lanes. And finally, San Pablo would continue to be usable for car drivers, with a dedicated auto lane and ample off-street parking.