Willie Stargell Ave
Complete Street Project:
Concept Plan
ILC Meeting
January 30, 2025
alamedaca.gov/stargell
1 Outline
• Project Background and Goals
• Concept Plan Review
– Transit/bus stops
– Active Transportation
– Roundabouts
• Next Steps
2 Location
• Stargell
Ave from
Main St to
Mariner
Square
Loop
3 Street development history
4 • Stargell originally planned as
4-lane road from Main to
Webster
• Today:
– Main to Fifth St is 2 lanes
• City owns vacant land on
north side
• Sharrows added and ped
paddles
– Fifth to Webster is 4-6 lanes,
with turn pockets
Community concerns
• Excessive speeding
– “Harrowing because of speeding cars”
• Unsafe Crossings
– “Many speeders who just don’t stop for
pedestrians and children coming home from
school”
• Lack of bike facilities
– “I don't feel safe riding a bike on the street.”
5 Project Goals
• Improve safety for all roadway users, including
by slowing traffic
• Improve safe routes to schools
• Improve transit service
• Increase biking and walking connectivity
• Reduce flooding
6 Complete Street concept plan
7 New Bus
Stop
New Bus
Stop
Complete Street concept plan
8 New Bus
Stop
New Bus
Stop
Complete Street concept plan
9 Bus Stop
improvements
10 • Line 19 will serve Alameda Point
with hourly service, linking
Priority Development Areas
within City of Alameda and
improving overall crosstown
service
• Re-routing to occur August 2025
Realign rerouting of AC Transit
Line 19
Stargell Ave
Appezzato Pkwy
New Bus Stops along Stargell Ave for Line 19
• 2 pairs of new bus
stops needed along
Stargell Ave between
Main St and Fifth St,
at:
o Mosley Ave
o Coral Sea St
• Interim bus stop
improvements to be
installed by August
2025
Stargell Ave
Active transportation
improvements
13 Stargell Ave: Main St to Bette St
14 Draft Concept Plans: Main St
15 Draft Concept Plans: Mosley Ave
16 Draft Concept Plans: Coral Sea St
17 Roundabouts
18 19
Crash History
High Injury Corridor
Reported Collisions, 2013-2023
• High injury corridor in Vision Zero Plan
• 11 crashes at intersections & between
• 2 pedestrian crashes between intersections
• 7 intersection broadside crashes
At 5th:
5 injury
crashes
At Mariner
Square:
2 injury crashes
Between:
4 injury
crashes
20 Stargell / 5th
21 Stargell / Mariner
Square
22 Why Build
Roundabouts?
Sources: Federal Highway Administration,
NCHRP Report 1043 – Guide for Roundabouts
1 Proven Safety Treatment
2 More Resilient Infrastructure
3 Lower Life Cycle Costs
4 Reduced Congestion / Emissions
5 Landscaping / Green Infrastructure
6 Access Management
23 Phased Approach
• Phase 1:
• Use quick-build materials, capture
safety benefit
• Minimal reconstruction
• Build Stargell Ave/5th St
• Phase 2:
• Full reconstruction (shown at right)
• Landscaping and green
infrastructure
• Build Stargell Ave/Mariner Sq Loop,
when funds available
• Upgrade Stargell Ave/5th St, when
funds available
Stargell Avenue / 5 th
Street
Stargell Avenue / Mariner
Square Loop
24 Quick - Build
Implementation
• Opportunities for cost savings while
achieving safety benefit
Flex - post elements
Full modular Roundabout
Design
Community Engagement
25 • Active Transportation improvements
– 2022: Community meeting, extensive
stakeholder outreach and survey
– 2024: Additional stakeholder outreach and
survey
• Transit improvements
– 2023-2024: Via Realign planning by AC Transit
• Full concept with Roundabouts and Bus Stops
– Sept 2025: Community meeting with AC Transit
and City
Next Steps
26 • Secure funding (2025)
• Approve Concept Plan
– Jan 30, 2025: ILC
– Feb 26, 2025: Transportation Commission
– March 2025: Commission on Persons with Disabilities
– April 2025 (tentative): City Council
• Re-routed Line 19 begins service, with interim bus stop improvements (Aug 2025)
• Finalize Design/Environmental (2025)
• PS&E (2026)
• Construction (2027/28)