City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 1 City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation, August 2024 In its efforts to meet the City’s goals to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2035, as well as to reduce solo driving, improve equity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Alameda has an ambitious slate of transportation priorities in 2024. This report provides status updates for the 2024 Work Program in the Transportation 2023 Annual Report & 2024 Work Plan.
Policy Documents Key:
• S – City Council Strategic Plan (2023)
• CI – Capital Improvement Plan (2023)
• AT – Active Transportation Plan (2022)
• VZ – Vision Zero Action Plan (2021)
• TC – Transportation Choices Plan (2018)
• General Plan (2021) items are not marked, though many actions are also included in that plan.
Citywide Planning Efforts
Plan 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report
ADA Self-Evaluation
and Transition Plan
S, CI
Prepare draft plan for various Boards and
Commissions review, post it for public comment,
and bring final plan to City Council for adoption.
City Council approved the ADA Transition Plan at the June 18 City Council Meeting and is in the process of hiring an ADA transition coordinator.
alamedaca.gov/ADA
Performance metrics
and goals for the
transportation network
VZ, AT, TC
• Begin to develop metrics and goals for all
transportation modes.
• Pending a technical assistance grant,
develop concise before/after reports on key
bikeway projects.
11/15/2023 Transportation Commission Item
• Metrics and goals development has not yet begun.
• MTC is including the development of before/after reports for Alameda, which will be used as best practice models for other agencies, in a work scope for local agency technical
assistance. The RFP is in development.
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 2 Transportation Programs
Transportation Program 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Legislative agenda
VZ, AT
Continue legislative agenda. Provided a letter of support to WETA for AB 2061 (Wilson) alamedaca.gov/LegislativeAffairs
Parking & Curb
Management
TC, CI
• Restripe Park St and Webster St to bring
parking back to the curb, clarify where
parking is and isn’t allowed, and install new
color curb zones.
• Begin constructing improvements at Civic
Center garage.
• Launch a mobile payment option for parking
meters and City lots.
• Bring Ferry Terminal Parking Pricing
Strategy to City Council and, if possible,
begin paid parking at Seaplane Lagoon
and/or Harbor Bay ferry terminals.
• Begin contract for parking occupancy data
collection and analysis.
• Construction complete on Park St and Webster St. restriping, concrete barricades around parklets, and new curb zones. • Civic Center garage – installed temporary fencing on the 1st and 5th floors to deter unwanted activity. Architectural drawings for improvements nearly complete. Received 550 responses to a survey about what time the garage should open and close. Press release.
• Planned for upcoming City Council meeting agenda with approval of contract for new pay stations and mobile payment, along with an update on Ferry Terminal Parking Pricing
Strategy.
alamedaca.gov/Parking
Pedestrian & Bicyclist
Education
VZ, AT
• Hold annual Bike Festival at Love
Elementary in April
• Continue contracting with Bike East Bay for
adult/teen/family bicycle safety education.
• Re-evaluate bicycle education program for
5th graders and determine how best to
provide education to these students.
• Successful Bike Festival at Love Elementary on April 27.
Video
• 10 adult/teen/family bicycle safety education classes to date 2024.
alamedabikefestival.org
bikeeastbay.org/education
alamedacountysr2s.org/our-services/plan-an-event/drive-yourbike Transportation
Management
Associations: Alameda
TMA and West Alameda
TDMA
S, TC
All actions listed below are done by the
Alameda TMA and West Alameda TDMA, not
the City of Alameda
• Upgrade EZ Passes to Clipper Bay Pass
valid on all Bay Area transit (BART, SF Bay
Ferry, Muni, etc.)
• Complete ATMA / WATDMA merger.
Alameda TMA actions listed below.
• Launched the Clipper Bay Pass program and had many more sign-ups compared to the EZ Pass. 1,476 members have
received the upgraded pass as of mid-August.
• Key part of Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle team, which launched in July, providing major portion of operating budget. • Worked with the City to launch the Island Hopper shuttle JulySept weekend ground shuttle for Alameda Point.
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 3 Transportation Program 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report • Help plan and fund free Estuary Water
Shuttle service.
• Work with AC Transit to plan for funding
increased frequency of Lines 19 and 96.
alamedatma.org
Vision Zero
VZ
• Hold a Traffic Safety Open House.
• Continue Police Department efforts plus
study whether to add NHTSA pedestrian
safety training for officers.
• Successful Traffic Safety Open House held in April with about 50 participants.
• Two Vision Zero trainings for new recruits
alamedaca.gov/VisionZero
Vision Zero: Fatal
Crash Response
program
S, VZ
• Construct improvements on Mecartney Rd.
• Design and construct quick-build
improvements at any other fatal crash sites
as appropriate.
• In July, completed construction at Lincoln/9th, site of a 2/21/2024 motorcyclist fatal crash. The quick-build
improvements included narrowing Lincoln Ave travel lanes approaching the intersection, extending the existing bulbouts with additional bollards, and adding red curbs, all to help reduce vehicle speeds on Lincoln Avenue and improve
visibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles at the intersection.
• Construction is slated for fall 2024 to install flashing beacons and pedestrian crossing improvements at three Mecartney Rd intersections, including site of a 2023 fatal crash,.
• Mid-year budget added more funds to the Street Safety CIP to fund the fatal crash response program and additional street safety improvements throughout the City.
• In the first half of 2024, 1 person died and 3 were severely injured in Alameda collisions.
alamedaca.gov/FatalCrashResponse
Public Transportation
Public Transit Program 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Alameda CTC Funded
Transit Project (City)
Staff has until September 2024 to work with
AC Transit staff to repurpose a $9 million
“Named Measure BB” project as part of AC
Transit’s Realign process and based on City
Submitted project request to Alameda CTC in March; awaiting guidance. Concept would utilize the $9 million for roundabouts and other transit-improvements on the Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific and Stargell Avenue corridors, and for the Westline Bus Lane.
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 4 Public Transit Program 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report priorities such as roundabouts on bus lines
that serve Alameda Point and the potential
Westline bus queue jump lane.
Bus Service (AC Transit)
S, G, TC
AC Transit will continue conducting
outreach and refining AC Transit Realign
bus service changes.
• AC Transit presented the Realign Draft Plan to the
Transportation Commission in May.
• City staff and the Mayor provided letters of feedback on this plan to AC Transit Board of Directors. Letters reflected input from Transportation Commission and individual
Councilmembers.
• AC Transit released its Realign Draft Final Plan in August, including some changes that were responsive to City feedback.
Most importantly, the 51A trunk line will continue to serve Alameda in its current form. Line 20 will also route further west to provide more service to the West End and Alameda Point. • On August 7, AC Transit launched a pilot issuing automated camera citations for illegally parked or stopped vehicles at bus stops.
actransit.org/Realign
Oakland Alameda Water
Shuttle Pilot (City, WETA,
Alameda TMA)
S, TC, AT
To launch pilot service in summer 2024,
finalize all inter-agency agreements,
complete vessel modifications and
operational testing, install signage and
develop marketing.
• Service launched on July 17, with 3,200-3,300 passengers riding in each of weeks 2 and 3, and many runs are at capacity. • Finalized inter-agency agreements, modified vessel, installed signage, and created branding and marketing materials. Other preparations included Coast Guard approvals, Bay
Conservation Development Commission (BCDC) permit, ADA
ramp installations, schedule development, and other logistics. • Project team will continue to monitor ridership and explore ways to increase frequency to meet the strong demand, within the funding constraints of this two-year pilot.
alamedaca.gov/WaterShuttle
San Francisco Bay Ferry
Service (WETA)
TC
• City/WETA to update existing
agreements to wind down City’s Harbor
Bay service subsidy now that Regional
Measure 3 funding is resolved. If
feasible, develop agreement to fund
enhanced security for ferry terminals
until a paid parking program is
• City/WETA have continued discussions. Staff are working on a plan to implement enhanced security at ferry terminals at the same time paid parking is implemented.
• On May 9, 2024, WETA adopted a 2050 Service Vision and Expansion Policy which calls for increased frequency on existing routes and an ambitious regional network expansion if certain criteria can be met.
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 5 Public Transit Program 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report implemented and capable of supporting
security needs.
• WETA to begin permitting and planning
work on the Central Bay Facility
Expansion and Electrification Project
• WETA to continue work on the WETA
2050 Business Plan development.
weta.sanfranciscobayferry.com/2050-service-vision
Link21 regional rail service
planning (BART, Capital
Corridor)
S, TC
In spring, Link21 aims to select which train
technology option to use for a bay crossing,
then further develop alignment options.
• Link21 staff to present to the Transportation Commission on 8/28/2024.
link21program.org
Paratransit (City) • Continue all current programs.
• Add weekend coverage to the AIM
program
• AIM program began weekend coverage in March.
• New Paratransit Coordinator, Lizbeth Escobar, began midAugust. She led the paratransit program in San Leandro for the last four years and will be available to seniors and people with disabilities from her office in the Mastick Senior Center. • No Transportation 101 or Hop on the Bus with Us events were held May-July during interim staffing, but these will begin again with the new Coordinator.
alamedaca.gov/Paratransit
Capital Project Planning & Design
Planning/Design Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Fernside Blvd Traffic
Calming & Bikeways
Project
VZ, AT
High Injury Corridor
Public engagement on design concept
alternatives; seek City Council approval of
a concept.
• Public outreach for draft concept alternatives (second round of outreach) held May-June 2024, including in-person workshop, virtual workshop, survey, and presentations to Transportation Commission and Commission on Persons with Disabilities. • Public hearings for final design concept: tentatively slated for November commissions and early 2025 City Council.
• Near-term, quick-build construction on Fernside east of High St to be included with 2026 pavement program.
alamedaca.gov/Fernside
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 6 Planning/Design Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific
Ave Corridor
S, VZ, AT, TC
High Injury Corridor
Includes Equity Priority
Areas
In January 2024, the City and Alameda
CTC executed a grant agreement to
partially fund the design totaling $567,000.
Consider re-submitting the SS4A grant;
continue work towards design completion.
alamedaca.gov/LincolnMarshallPacific
• Construction of improvements on Walnut St and Lincoln Ave planned for late August.
• Re-submitted $20 million federal Safe Streets for All grant proposal in May to design and construct the entire corridor. • Senators Padilla and Butler and Congresswoman Barbara Lee all submitted the same $3 million federal budget earmark for 4 flashing beacons and 1 pedestrian/bicycle signal at Lincoln Ave intersections with Concordia Street, Ninth Street, St. Charles Street, Stanton Street, and Broadway.
• Awarded $375,000 State budget earmark for stormwater best practice analysis and design. City Council agenda item to accept funding tentatively planned for 9/17.
• 35% design for Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific to be complete late summer.
High Injury Corridor
Daylighting
High Injury Corridors
Includes Equity Priority
Areas
Begin planning Tier 3 for 2025. The City has completed intersection daylighting of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 high injury corridors. Intersection daylighting will be expanded to include Tier 3 corridors in 2025 with the funds appropriated by City Council during the mid-cycle budget update. alamedaca.gov/HICdaylighting
Neighborhood Greenways
S, AT, CI
Includes 1 High Injury
Corridor
Includes Equity Priority
Areas
• Develop Neighborhood Greenway
Design and Implementation Guide
• Begin transitioning an existing Slow
Street to a Neighborhood Greenway
• Conducted outreach for new speed cushions on one block of Versailles Ave as part of the 2024 pavement resurfacing project, as early Greenway implementation. Construction will take place late summer/early fall.
• Contracted with consultant and developed Greenways project implementation plan.
• Launched project to public with a new webpage and public survey on July 31.
• This fall, will conduct outreach and design a segment of Pacific Ave, aiming to begin construction phase this winter. Aiming to complete Slow Streets conversions by end of 2025.
• The implementation plan and initial survey results will be brought to the 8/28 Transportation Commission and 9/17 City Council meetings.
alamedaca.gov/neighborhoodgreenways
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 7 Planning/Design Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Oakland Alameda Estuary
Bridge
S, AT, TC
• Complete PID.
• Pursue next project phases, including
funding for Waterway Study and
attempting to secure a project lead.
• Continue to conduct public engagement
and meet with stakeholders.
• PID completed in June. This detailed feasibility study identified three possible alignments and studied each in detail. The work was funded by Alameda CTC.
• Applied for and won a $480,000 Caltrans grant for the Bridge Waterways Study, which will look at how many and what type of boats use the estuary, and model how boats would navigate a narrower opening created by bridge piers.
• Presented project to Bay 37 community and tabled at two public events: one in Alameda and one in Oakland
estuarybridge.org
Safe Routes to School
Infrastructure
S, VZ, AT, TC, CI
Complete final designs for safety
improvements for school sites for
construction in 2025.
• Working on completion of final designs for safety improvements. • On track for construction in 2025.
alamedaca.gov/SchoolStreets
Stargell Ave Safety
Improvements
S, VZ, AT
Conduct further community engagement,
further refine concept plan, and, with MTC
technical assistance, apply for ATP funding
to construct project.
• Submitted $7.5M Active Transportation Program grant in June for the Stargell project from Main St to Mariner Square Loop. • Planning public workshop on Sept 18, 2024, to review latest proposal including new bus stops (pending final AC Transit Realign decision) and roundabouts.
alamedaca.gov/Stargell
Capital Project Construction
Construction Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Alameda Point Adaptive
Reuse
S, CI
Equity Priority Area
• Complete construction and close out
current construction project.
• Develop plans for Phases 2 and 3 of
the project, including utility upgrades,
green infrastructure and street
improvements.
• Pan Am Way has reopened as a new complete street, including new sidewalks, bikeways, and protected intersections. This brings critical infrastructure to serve Alameda’s Food Bank and the W Midway development.
• W Midway will open later this summer completing the first phase of backbone infrastructure in the Reuse Area.
• Streetsblog wrote about the project.
alamedaca.gov/AdaptiveReuse
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 8 Construction Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Central Ave Improvements
S, VZ, AT, CI
High Injury Corridor
Equity Priority Area (partial)
Begin construction. • The Central Ave project received final construction approval from Caltrans in June.
• Construction bids were opened in August and the project will be brought to City Council for award on September 17.
• This $23 million project includes traffic calming, protected bikeways, pedestrian crossing improvements, and the City's first three modern roundabouts.
alamedaca.gov/Central
Cross Alameda Trail:
Clement Ave Safety
Improvements
S, VZ, AT
High Injury Corridor
Equity Priority Area
Construction began in February 2024 • Most of the concrete improvements like sidewalk and separated bike lane curbs have been completed. Construction is
scheduled for completion by the end of 2024.
• Project will extend the two-way cycletrack and add traffic calming and pedestrian improvements from Grand St to
Broadway.
• Separately, the City added new delineators to prevent vehicles from driving into and blocking the existing portion of the cycletrack on Clement Ave from Minturn to Willow.
alamedaca.gov/Clement
Cross Alameda Trail:
Clement Ave/Tilden Way
S, VZ, AT
High Crash Intersection
Design is expected to be completed in
spring. Construction is scheduled to begin
in 2024, pending approval by Department
of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) of the
soil clean-up plan.
• Project is awaiting California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) approval of the soil clean-up plan, which will likely arrive this fall. Design is complete but will need to incorporate soil remediation.
• Based on DTSC timeline, construction could start spring 2025. • Awarded $2.1 million Safe Routes to BART grant to extend the project to the Broadway/Tilden Way intersection. Finalized agreement in July with BART.
alamedaca.gov/ClementTilden
Cross Alameda Trail: Jean
Sweeney Open Space Park
Trail Connectors
AT
Equity Priority Area
This project is led by the Recreation and
Parks Department:
- Begin construction.
• Construction contract was awarded in March.
• Project is awaiting DTSC approval and no estimated date of approval has been provided.
alamedaca.gov/CAT
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 9 Construction Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Cross Alameda Trail:
Signal and Intersection
Improvements, Main St to
Wilma Chan Way
VZ, AT
High Injury Corridor
Equity Priority Area
Complete construction. • Construction began in January (press release). The project will reduce conflicts between vehicles and people walking and biking on the Cross Alameda Trail. It includes new bike signals, left and right turn arrows, and “no right turns on red” restrictions as needed to increase safety.
• Construction expected to be complete late fall (delayed because manufacturer shipped incorrect traffic signal poles to the jobsite). Traffic signal timing improvements have been
implemented for the RAMP / 3rd St and RAMP / Poggi
intersections.
alamedaca.gov/CAT
Cross Alameda Trail:
Clement Ave Extension
(Ohlone Ave to Grand St)
S, VZ, TC, CI
High Injury Corridor
Equity Priority Area
Ongoing site preparation and construction
by developer, completion estimated in
2025.
• The developer for 2015 Grand Street paved the Clement Avenue extension through the project site in May/June. The paving allows water main installation for the project and provides a staging area to construct the housing.
• The roadway, with a two-way separated bike lane on the north side, is expected to be open to the public by mid-2025. alamedaca.gov/CAT
Grand St Improvements
High Injury Corridor
S, VZ, AT
• Construct Phase 1 of the project, in
coordination with planned work at
Wood Middle School.
• 35% Design PS&E for Phase 2 of the
project, between Otis Dr and Encinal
Ave.
• Phase 1 construction contract will be awarded this fall with construction expected to begin Jan. 2025 in coordination with AUSD’s Wood MS frontage improvements.
• Phase 2 kickoff meeting with design team June 2024
alamedaca.gov/Grand
Mecartney Rd Pedestrian
Improvements
S, VZ
Complete design and construct
improvements.
This project will install new flashing beacons at three intersections along Mecartney Road including Baywalk Rd, Baywood Rd, and Ironwood Rd. Final Design plans have been submitted to the City and construction will occur in fall of this year.
alamedaca.gov/rapidresponse
Park and Webster St
Striping Update &
Concrete Barricades
High Injury Corridors
Equity Priority Area (partial)
• Install striping and barricades. Construction is complete, including updated striping bringing parking back to the curb and creating new bike lanes; new disability and short-term parking zones; and adding decorative barricades around parklets.
alamedaca.gov/CommercialStreets
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 10 Construction Project 2024 Plan January-July 2024 Status Report Pavement Management &
Safety Improvements
High Injury Corridors (partial)
• Construct East End Alameda paving
project (Grand to High).
• Develop designs for paving project in
Bay Farn Zone (High through eastern
limits, 2025)
• Began construction in June (press release)
• In addition to maintaining pavement, construction includes pedestrian upgrades and striping improvements for safety, such as new marked crosswalks and paint-and-post bulb-outs.
• Began contract to design 2025 paving project.
alamedaca.gov/Pavement
Sidewalk Maintenance
CI, AT
• Continue sidewalk repairs to remove
trip hazards and damage from street
trees.
• Develop plans to close sidewalk gap on
the east side of Grand St, north of
Eagle.
Council approved an ADA Transition Plan on June 18, 2024. The Transition Plan included a comprehensive evaluation of
accessibility and hazards for 220 miles of sidewalk and 2,862 curb ramps, identifying barriers and ranking according to accessibility.
Council authorized an additional $2 million towards the City sidewalk repair / replacement program to augment current efforts to improve accessibility within the public right of way.
alamedaca.gov/Sidewalks
Trails Maintenance
(Construction)
CI, AT
• Complete maintenance and upgrades
of 1/4 mile Shoreline Park trail
segment.
• Develop plan to smooth decking on
Wooden Bridge, in coordination with
EBRPD.
About ¼ mile of Shoreline Park trail (also Bay Trail), just north of the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal, was repaved and improved in the Spring.
Signal and Pedestrian
Improvements (Highway
Safety Improvement
Program project)
CI
Includes High Injury
Corridors
Complete construction of improvements Construction slated for early fall, including signal upgrades at Santa Clara/Grand and Otis/Willow; and striping improvements at Santa Clara/Grand, Otis/Park, and Fernside/San Jose.
Striping Maintenance
CI
Includes High Injury
Corridors and Equity Priority
Areas
Focus on intersection striping refreshing
and replacing stop/yield signs on the West
End (between the westernmost street,
Monarch St, and Grand St).
Planning and design tentatively scheduled for Q3/Q4 2024.
Construction tentatively scheduled for Q1 2025.
City of Alameda Status Report on Transportation August 21, 2024, p. 11 Other Agency & Developer-Led Transportation Projects
Project 2024 Plan
Caltrans:
Broadway/Otis/Doolittle
High Injury Corridors
Includes Equity Priority
Areas
Review design plans, support public
engagement and submit comments to Caltrans
reflecting Alameda’s mobility and safety
priorities.
Staff met several times with Caltrans staff to discuss the latest project design and provide input. The project will be presented at the 8/28 Transportation Commission meeting.
Alameda CTC: Oakland
Alameda Access Project
High Injury Corridors
Includes Equity Priority
Areas
Alameda CTC will complete 100% plan set and
put project out to bid. City will review and
comment on final plans, and support
community/business outreach regarding
construction phases. Construction planned for
2025 to 2028.
City provided comments on the 100% PS&E (plan set),
attended regular meetings with Alameda CTC and
stakeholders, and advocated for addressing significant
construction impacts of project. The project will be presented at the 8/28 Transportation Commission meeting.
OaklandAlamedaAccessProject.com
Army Corps: Fruitvale Rail
Bridge Hazard Removal
City to follow up. Staff requested an update.
Caltrans: Encinal Ave
Pavement Resurfacing and
Safety Improvements
Complete construction, including curb ramp
reconstruction and activation of updated traffic
signals.
Caltrans successfully switched over to the new traffic signal equipment for all intersections along the corridor. Project completion is expected in early fall.