Grand Street Resurfacing and
Safety Improvements
City Council
June 21, 2022
www.alamedaca.gov/GrandStreet
1 Project Overview
• Resurfacing and Restriping
– Grand St. between Shore Line Dr. and
Encinal Ave. (0.7 mile)
• Opportunity to Improve Safety
– Improved curb ramps and crosswalks
– Flashing beacons
– Wood School access improvements
– Bus stop enhancements
– Accessibility improvements
2 Design Process: 2021 - 2022
2021 Design with traditional striped bike lanes
Dec. 9 - Community Workshop #1
2022 Design with separated bike lanes
May 4 - Community Workshop #2
May 25 - Transportation Commission
June 15 - Commission on Persons with
Disabilities
June 21 - City Council Decision on Concept
Nov. 1 - Caltrans Request for Authorization
Submittal - Deadline for $827,000 grant
2023 Spring - Construction begins
3 Design Considerations
Common Features of Both Designs:
• Identical from Shoreline to Otis
• Improve safety for all modes
• Improve intersection safety for pedestrians
and bicyclists
Differences:
• Separated bike lane safer for bicyclist at
midblock (Otis to Encinal)
• Traditional bike lane preserves more parking
(Otis to Encinal)
Proposed Street Configuration
5 Buffered Bike Lane
Separated Bike Lanes
Transit Island
Flashing Beacon
Enhanced Crosswalk
Intersection not included;
2022 Caltrans Complete
Streets Project-
Flashing Beacon
Intersection
not included
Flashing Beacon
Transit Island
Intersection not
included; part of
future project
Transit Island
Wood School Frontage
6 Center turn lane
for school drop off
Flashing
beacon &
separated
bike lane
Bus island &
separated bike lane
Parking Loss: 10-14 Spaces
WOOD SCHOOL
Designated Accessible
Parking Space
Bus Island & Flashing Beacons
7Bus Island
Rectangular Rapid
Flashing Beacon
Otis to Encinal Pedestrian
Improvements
8 • Flashing Beacons at San Antonio
• High visibility crosswalks
– San Antonio
– San Jose
– Clinton
– Dayton
• Daylighting for better visibility at
intersections
• Intersection grading to reduce slope
Wood
School
Otis to Encinal Typical Sections
Proposed separated bike lane concept
Traditional Class II Bike Lanes (Current) Separated Bike Lane with Partial Parking 9 Traditional Bike Lanes Map
10 Separated Bike Lanes Map
11 Separated Bike Lanes Rendering
12 Staff Recommendation
• Separated bike lanes are recommended
• City Council may choose traditional bike
lane configuration as an alternative
13 Grand Street Resurfacing and
Safety Improvements
Discussion
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