Grand Street
Safety Improvement Project
Recommendations
City Council Meeting
July 18, 2023
1 www.alamedaca.gov/grand
Background
2 November 2022 – City Council Approved:
• 2-way bikeway on east side next to Wood School (Shore Line to Otis) • 1-way parking/bollard-protected bikeways on each side of street (Otis to Encinal) • No decision on segment from Encinal to Clement
January - July 2023 - Staff retained new transportation consultant & engaged community:
• Considered design for final half of Grand from Encinal to Clement • Developed options without budget and curb-to-curb constraints used with 2022 work • Developed four design options for the entire corridor • Held two workshops: one in-person, one virtual. Solicited comments online. • Transportation Commission met and endorsed staff recommendation Why is Grand Street important?
3 A critical connector:
• Northern to southern
waterfront
• One of only two
north/south streets
between Eighth St
and Park St
• Cross Alameda Trail and
Shore Line Dr, two major
east-west, low stress
bikeways (both two-way
bikeways)
Shore Line Dr
Cross Alameda Trail
Grand Street
Important Link in Citywide Low Stress Network
4 Active Transportation Plan
A Key School Access Route
5 Grand St travels through
the center of Wood
Middle School enrollment
area (shown in green)
Wood
Middle
School
Map of AUSD middle school
enrollment areas
A High Injury Corridor
6 Bicycle High Injury Corridors
Map, Vision Zero Action Plan
• City of Alameda, Vision Zero Action Plan
• Countywide, Alameda CTC Countywide
Active Transportation Plan
• Region, MTC regional High Injury Network
Collisions on Grand St disproportionately
affect youth and elders. 2013 -2022 data:
• 39% of bicyclists injured in collisions were
youth under age 18
• 86% of pedestrians injured or killed in
collisions were elders age 65+
Staff Recommendation
• Approve design for continuous 2-way bikeway on Grand St from Shore Line Dr to Clement Ave
• Appropriate $4,675,000 ($3,375k in new funding) to complete design and construction of 2-way bikeway, pedestrian &
intersection improvements from Shore Line Dr to Encinal Ave • Begin construction:
• 2024: Shore Line to Otis
• 2025: Otis to Encinal 7
Corridor Study Results:
4 Options Considered
1) Council-Approved Design (November 2022):
• Segment A: Shoreline to Otis:
• 2-way bikeway on east side next to Wood School
• Segment B: Otis to Encinal:
• 1-way parking/bollard-protected bikeways on each side of street • Segment C: Encinal to Clement: TBD with further study 2) Alternative #1: 2-way bikeway for whole corridor (Shore Line to Clement) 3) Alternative #2: 1-way raised bikeways on each side of street (Otis to Clement) 4) Alternative #3: Enhanced raised 1-way bikeway (Otis to Clement) 8 Alternatives are similar in many ways
9 Council
Approved
Design
Alternative 1A l t e r n a t i v e 2A l t e r n a t i v e 3 2 travel lanes
Pedestrian improvements
Low stress, separated bike
lanes
Bikeway raised to sidewalk
level (Otis to Clement only)
Auto parking on both sides of
street, at the curbs
Curb to curb street width
narrowed (Otis to Clement
only)
Council-Approved design for
Shore Line to Otis (Segment A)
2-way bikeway on east side
10 • Approved by Council in 2022
• Parking/bollard-protected, on east side of street, next to Wood School • Fully funded using $827,000 grant funding (+ local funds) • Will be ready for construction in 2024
• Strong community support
• No changes recommended
Recommended
by Staff
Council-Approved design for
Otis to Encinal (Segment B)
1-way bikeways
11 • Bikeways on both sides of street, protected by parked cars or bollards • Parking for half blocks only, on each side of street (“chicane”) • Can be ready for construction in 2024
Council-Approved design extended North
Encinal to Clement (Segment C)
1-way bikeways
12 • Bikeways on both
sides of street,
protected by parked
cars or bollards
• 60-75% parking loss
• More frequent
driveways in
Segment C, so more
parking impacts
than Segment B
Alternative #1
Otis to Clement
Raised 2-way Bikeway on east side
13 • Moves curb 11 ft. to create 2-way raised bikeway on east side of Grand • Street width curb to curb is reduced from 48’ to 37’ wide • Parking on both sides, at curb
Recommended
by Staff
Alternative #1: Raised 2-way Bikeway
14 Benefits of Continuous 2-way Bikeway
15 • Creates continuous bikeway type for full Grand St corridor • Allows people biking to pass one another while riding in same direction • Allows children to ride side-by-side on way to/from school • Protects people biking with curb separation between parked cars and bikeway • New intersection improvements will reduce conflicts between turning motorists and bicyclists at signalized and un-signalized crossings
• Less striping and plastic bollards
• Parking is at curbs, not floating
• Less parking loss (5% to 15% total reduction)
Alternative #2: Raised 1-way Bikeways
16 • Moves curbs 6’ on both sides of street, for 1-way raised bikeway on each side of street
• Street is reduced from 48’ to 36’ wide
• Parking on both sides, at curbs
Alternative #2: Raised 1-way Bikeways
17 • Intersection/driveway
crossings more intuitive
than 2-way bikeway
• Narrowest bikeways of
all Alternatives
• Narrowest curb to curb
width (for cars)
• More expensive and
more parking loss than
Alternative #1
Alternative #3:
Enhanced Raised 1-way Bikeways
18 • Moves curb 5’ on each side of street, reducing street from 48’ to 38’ wide • Moves all utilities and replaces mature trees to allow for 1-way bikeways next to sidewalks
• Most expensive and takes longest to build of all alternatives Alternative #3:
Enhanced Raised 1-way Bikeways
19 • Most separation between bicyclists
and cars
• Intersection/driveway crossings more
intuitive than 2-way bikeway
• Parking at curbs
• Less parking loss (10-30%) than
Council-Approved, but more than
Alternative #1
• Most expensive and longest to build
of all alternatives
• Removes all mature trees, and
replaces with younger, smaller trees
Grand Street with
mature trees
Cost to Implement Staff Recommendation:
Alternative #1
20 • Total project cost (Shore Line to Clement) = $14,830,000 • Shore Line to Encinal only = $7,110,000
• Previously allocated to project = $3,735,000
• Tonight’s recommendation: Increase total project allocation by $3,375,000 • Includes appropriating $2,000,000 from General Fund Residual Fund Balance • Encinal to Clement only = $7,720,000
• Staff to seek grant funding
Recommendation
21 Fund/Project Amount
C13000 Traffic Signals and Systems
Reduce Contractual Services Expense and Reallocate $150,000 CIP C65100 Otis Drive Safety Improvements
Reduce Contractual Services Expense and Reallocate $75,000 Fund 100 - General Fund
Appropriate from Residual Fund Balance $2,000,000
Fund 231 - Measure BB Local Streets and Roads
Appropriate from Fund Balance $1,150,000
Subtotal New Funding $3,375,000
CIP C61000 Street Safety - General Funds
Reduce Contractual Services Expense and Reallocate* $1,300,000 CIP C11000- Grand Street Increase Contractual Services Expense Total $4,675,000 Recommendation
• Approve an updated design for Grand Street Safety Improvement Project for a continuous two-way bikeway from Shore Line Dr to Clement Ave • Invalidate and set aside all prior decisions regarding Grand Street Safety Improvement Project concept and plan previously made at Council meetings on 10/4/22, 10/18/22 + 11/01/22
• Adopt Resolution increasing revenue and expenditure appropriations for FY 2023-24 in the Grand Street project by $4,675,000 for design and construction of 2-way bikeway, pedestrian and intersection improvements on Grand St from Shore Line Dr to Encinal Ave
• Begin construction of Segment A in 2024; and Segment B in 2025 22