DATE: April 22, 2026
TO: Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Safe Streets Hayward Update (A St, B St, Tennyson)
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee (CIAC) receives an update for the Safe Streets Hayward Project (A St, B St, Tennyson Rd), provide feedback, and approves the recommended alternative for each corridor.
SUMMARY
The Safe Streets Hayward Plan Phase 1 has the goal of improving traffic safety on A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road. The federal grant-funded project started in February 2025 and gathered feedback throughout Summer 2025. Using results from outreach, the project team developed a Base Corridor Enhancements Alternative, Connected Corridor Alternative, and Reimagined Corridor Alternative for each corridor, reflecting the needs of the communities from each corridor. These alternatives provide a spectrum of choices and tradeoffs to consider, with the Reimagined Corridor Alternative providing the most traffic safety benefit, but also typically the highest parking and congestion impacts.
These alternatives were presented to CIAC on November 13, 2025. After receiving feedback and approval from CIAC to study the alternatives further, the second round of outreach started on January 5, 2026. The purpose of the additional outreach was to receive feedback from the community and stakeholders on their preferences for the alternatives and to understand the perceived benefits and challenges of each alternative. Outreach activities focused around gathering in person feedback or directing users to a survey hosted on the project website and were structured to reduce barriers for Hayward’s residents and stakeholders by bringing engagement through pop-up events and facilitating community workshops near the project corridors. In total, outreach efforts yielded 497 surveys taken with 27% received in Spanish and 51% identifying as low-income. With all feedback considered, a total of 742 people and 1,027 public comments were received at the conclusion of the outreach phase.
The project team recommends the following alternatives to move forward to the next phase of the project.
Corridor
Limits
Recommended Alternative
A Street
Hesperian to Meekland
Connected Corridor/Reimagined Corridor
Meekland to Watkins
Reimagined Corridor
B Street
Martin Luther King to Montgomery
Reimagined Corridor
Montgomery to Watkins
Reimagined Corridor
Tennyson Road
Hesperian to Mission
Reimagined Corridor
If the CIAC approves, City staff will bring these recommendations to City Council for approval. Approval from City Council will allow the project team to develop conceptual plans and cost estimates for the selected alternatives and gather public feedback on the conceptual plan that will be developed. The project team is anticipated to complete the conceptual design and estimates for final approval in November 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT
This item has no General Fund or Measure C impact.
This Project is largely funded by federal grant funds. The matching portion of the grant in the amount of $814,000 is provided by three separate fund sources: Fund 213 Measure BB (Pedestrian and Bicycle), Fund 215 Measure B (Local Transportation), and Fund 410 Route 239 Corridor Improvement.
BACKGROUND
Launched in 2022, the purpose of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant program is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development, refinement, and implementation focused on all users. The program provides funding to develop tools to help strengthen the community’s approach to roadway safety and save lives while meeting the needs of diverse local, tribal, and regional communities.
The City adopted its first Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) on June 27, 2023, which assesses and identifies locations and strategies to improve road safety throughout the City. Along with identifying the City’s High Injury Network, the LRSP recommends a set of strategies and countermeasures to address and prevent severe injury and fatal collisions. In addition, the City also adopted its Vision Zero by 2050 policy, which is the goal of achieving zero fatalities and severe injury collisions on the City’s roadways by 2050.
On July 7, 2023, Staff applied for a U.S. Department of Transportation SS4A grant to develop a Speed Management Plan and a High Injury Network Safety Plan. Linking the grant application to the City’s existing LRSP and Vision Zero policy, staff proposed a comprehensive safety evaluation and development of conceptual plans to improve traffic safety for many of the City’s main arterials. The arterials proposed in the High Injury Network Safety Plan include A Street, B Street, Tennyson Road, Mission Boulevard, Hesperian Boulevard, Jackson Street, and the Downtown Area (The Loop). On October 27, 2023, the City was awarded $3,252,000 in funding with a requirement of $813,000 in City matching funds to fully develop a Speed Management Plan and High Injury Network Safety Plan. A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road consist of the first phase of the High Injury Network Safety Plan.
On October 18, 2024, Staff published a request for proposals for the first set of corridors to be studied for the High Injury Network Plan. After a review of the proposals received, staff recommended Kimley-Horn as the City’s consultant to develop the A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road portions of the High Injury Network Safety Plan. Council approved to execute a contract with Kimley-Horn for a not-to-exceed amount of $1,600,000 on January 21, 2025. The contract was executed on February 20, 2025.
Project Activities
Development of project activities began in February 2025. The project team researched existing City policies and plans, which includes the City’s General Plan, LRSP, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. Traffic safety and volume data were gathered for various locations in the project area and advanced data analytics were procured for intersections identified in the LRSP’s High Injury Network. To establish consistency with other safety projects, the Project was renamed to Safe Streets Hayward.
On May 14, 2025 and May 27, 2025, the project team performed Road Safety Audits (RSA). RSAs are a world-recognized best practice safety performance examination of existing conditions of the project area. It requires a field review with a multidisciplinary team made up of various stakeholders focused on documenting safety issues that would be relevant to the project. The project team and participants walked through the three project corridors and documented observations. In addition, on July 9, 2025, a separate meeting was held with the Hayward Police Department to gather observations and feedback from patrol staff on the three project corridors. Police staff shared their experiences patrolling the corridors, responding to the collisions, and filing incident reports. Results of the RSA and the meeting with the police department was used to help inform outreach efforts and the proposed alternatives.
The Project’s first round of outreach started in March 2025. The project outreach team consisted of City of Hayward staff, Kimley-Horn (consultant), Alta Planning + Design (sub-consultant), and Eden Youth (vendor). Alta Planning + Design led the outreach of this project and submitted to the City a Community and Stakeholder Outreach Plan that was approved by City staff. The project team employed multiple methods to gather community and stakeholder feedback. A project website was created to allow participation through an electronic survey and interactive map. The survey was available through a paper version distributed during pop-up events and canvassing. By the time the survey closed in July 2025, 432 total surveys were collected. The interactive maps of the three corridors gathered a total of 97 unique map comments with 303 follow-up comments and votes on those comments.
The project team staffed at nine existing pop-up engagement events with the intention of meeting the community where they were to gather additional project feedback throughout the study areas. Example events were the Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Night at Burbank Elementary School, Reaching for a Better Community at Sorensdale Park, and the Hayward Night Market. Participants were invited to learn more about the project as well as provide feedback on specific points of interest or concern on a map.
Eden Youth also conducted canvassing across the study areas with the focus on bringing engagement directly to the residents using intercept surveys and direct interviews. They canvased six locations on A Street, four locations on B Street, and four locations on Tennyson Road.
There were four key findings from the first round of outreach activities:
Safety concerns at highway crossings
Mixed opinions about removing travel lanes
Concern about unsafe driving behavior, with higher frequency on Tennyson Road Non-transportation related social/environmental concern, including interactions with and feeling unsafe near unhoused people, especially close to encampments.
Attachment II contains a more detailed summary of the first round of outreach activities, including a breakdown of findings by corridor, text of survey responses plus demographics, and total interactions for each event.
Proposed Alternatives for Each Corridor
The project team reviewed the ideas generated from the RSA and the results of the Phase 1 outreach. Each corridor has a Base Corridor Enhancements Alternative, Connected Corridor Alternative, and a Reimagined Corridor Alternative. By having three alternatives for each corridor, the community and stakeholders will have a balanced choice of alternatives to consider and select from. These alternatives provide a spectrum of tradeoffs to consider, with the Reimagined Corridor Alternative providing the most traffic safety benefit, but also highest parking and congestion impacts. Below is a general description of each alternative type:
Base Corridor Enhancements: Spot improvements with no changes to the cross section of the road. Minimal parking or congestion impacts.
Connected Corridor: A medium impact alternative with geometric and cross section changes for a continuous bicycle facility and increased safety. Some parking or congestion impacts.
Reimagined Corridor: Major geometric and cross section changes for maximum safety benefit. Significant parking or congestion impacts.
Corridor alternatives were presented to CIAC on November 13, 2025, with the recommendation to study them further and gather additional public feedback. CIAC approved the recommendation. The proposed alternatives are summarized below. Attachment III includes a detailed illustrative concept of the proposed alternatives along with corridor-wide and location specific recommendations.
A Street Proposed Alternatives
Existing Conditions
Two travel lanes in each direction.
Striped bike lanes in each direction, not continuous.
Median west of Grand Street.
Base Corridor Enhancements Alternative
Maintain striped bike lanes as they exist.
Spot improvements such as curb bulb outs, pedestrian-scale lighting, protected traffic signal phasing, and rapid rectangular flashing beacons.
Connected Corridor Alternative
Narrow travel lanes to provide buffered striped bike lanes and protected bike lanes.
Spot improvements such as curb bulb outs, pedestrian-scale lighting, protected traffic signal phasing, and rapid rectangular flashing beacons.
Small section and spot parking removal
Reimagined Corridor Alternative
Remove a travel lane in each direction west of Santa Clara Street and east of Grand Street to provide protected bike lanes or shared use path.
Remove a parking lane between Meekland Avenue and Montgomery Avenue to provide protected bike lanes or shared use path.
Protected intersections and spot improvements such as curb bulb outs, pedestrian-scale lighting, protected traffic signal phasing, and rapid rectangular flashing beacons.
B Street Proposed Alternatives
Existing Conditions
One travel lane in each direction west of Grand Street.
Two westbound travel lanes and one eastbound travel lane east of Grand Street.
Striped bike lanes west of Grand Street.
Parking lane on both sides of street.
Base Corridor Enhancements Alternative
Maintain striped bike lanes as they exist, east of Grand Street.
Spot improvements such as traffic circles, speed humps, and curb bulb outs.
Connected Corridor Alternative
Narrow travel lanes to 10 feet to provide buffered striped bike lanes west of Montgomery Avenue.
Remove parking on one side of the street or a westbound travel lane to provide striped bike lanes east of Montgomery Avenue.
Option to assess feasibility of traffic diverters along B Street west of Grand St.
Reimagined Corridor Alternative
Narrow travel lanes to 10 feet west of Myrtle Street to provide a protected two-way cycle track on the south side of the street west of Myrtle Street and buffered striped bike lanes east of Myrtle Street.
Remove parking east of Montgomery Avenue on one side of the street to provide striped bike lanes or remove a westbound travel lane..
Tennyson Road Proposed Alternatives
Existing Conditions
Two travel lanes in each direction with median.
Striped bike lane in each direction, except at I-880 interchange.
Parking lanes with designated sections of “no parking.” Base Investment Alternative
Maintain striped bike lanes where they currently exist.
Two-way cycle track on south side of street from Whitman to Dixon (in alignment with East Bay Greenway design).
Spot improvements such as curb bulb outs, pedestrian scale lighting, and protected traffic signal phasing.
Recommend separate project for I-880 interchange improvements in partnership with Caltrans.
Connected Corridor Alternative
Narrow travel lanes to provide buffered bike lanes on street segments while preserving existing parking.
Protected bike where current “no parking” exists.
Two-way cycle track on south side of street from Whitman to Dixon (in alignment with East Bay Greenway design).
Spot improvements such as curb bulb outs, pedestrian scale lighting, and protected traffic signal phasing.
Recommend separate project for I-880 Interchange Improvements in partnership with Caltrans.
Reimagined Corridor Alternative
One-way continuous protected bike lane on each side west of Whitman Street.
Two-way cycle track on south side of street from Whitman to Dixon (in alignment with East Bay Greenway design).
Removal of parking (large portions of corridor already signed as “no parking” and reduction of median width.
Protected intersection improvements, pedestrian scale lighting, and protected traffic signal phasing.
Recommend separate project for I-880 Interchange Improvements in partnership with Caltrans.
DISCUSSION
The next round of outreach started on January 5, 2026 and ended on March 20, 2026. The purpose of the second round of outreach was to receive feedback from the community and stakeholders on their preferences of alternatives and to understand the perceived benefits and challenges of each alternative. The project team prepared for this round of outreach by scheduling outreach events, updating the project website, uploading the Existing Conditions Summary (Attachment IV) to the website, and creating a new survey (paper and online) to gather feedback.
The second round of outreach consisted of multiple outreach activities centered around gathering in person feedback or directing users to a survey hosted on the project website. Outreach activities were structured to reduce barriers for Hayward’s residents and stakeholders by bringing engagement to them through pop-up events and facilitating community workshops near the project corridors. Mailers were sent to residents and businesses within a five-hundred feet radius of each project corridor. Community workshops were held at the Eden Youth and Family Center on March 2, 2026 and at the Hayward Public Library on March 10, 2026. Pop-ups were held in partnership with the Hayward Rides team or at the Hayward Farmers Market on January 30, February 7, and February 21. In addition, the project team coordinated with the City’s Communications Team to complete email blasts, social media posts, and an article publication in the City’s official newsletter, The Stack. Outreach efforts yielded 497 surveys taken with 27% received in Spanish and 51% identifying as annual household income under $75,000. In total, 770 people and 1,042 public comments were received from all outreach methods.
The public was given an opportunity to score the alternatives for each corridor during the outreach process. Participants ranked the alternatives for each corridor 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, with 1st equaling three points, 2nd equaling two points, and 3rd as one point. Below is a summary of the scoring for the corridor alternatives. Full details of the second round of outreach are included as Attachment V.
A Street Outreach Results
Limits
Alternative
Online Survey
In-Person / Paper Survey
Total Score
Hesperian to Meekland
Base Corridor Enhancements
107
63 170
Connected Corridor
132
102
234
Reimagined Corridor
103
81 184
Meekland to Watkins
Base Investment
98 163
261
Connected Corridor
117
188
305
High Investment
103
250
353
Common themes for the A Street from Hesperian Boulevard to Meekland Avenue segment were that many intersections felt dangerous and motorists drove at high speeds. The Connected Corridor alternative received the most support and participants cited the need for increased safety, reduced travel speeds, and curtailing red-light running. The Reimagined Corridor alternative was not favored due to the strong concern of congestion impacts from removing travel lanes.
For the Meekland Avenue to Watkins Street segment, there was support for increased pedestrian safety and improving the crosswalk yield rates for drivers. Although the Reimagined Corridor Alternative received the most support, there were some concerns for the parking loss that comes associated with it.
Overall, participants considered the retention of travel lanes more important than the retention of parking and overwhelmingly preferred a project that significantly increases safety compared to a project that could be built quickly.
B Street Outreach Results
Limits
Alternative
Online Survey
In-Person / Paper Survey
Total Score
MLK to Montgomery
Base Corridor Enhancements
84 129
213
Connected Corridor
115
129
251
Reimagined Corridor
114
242
356
Montgomery to Watkins
Base Corridor Enhancements
71 N/A
71 Connected Corridor
107
N/A
107
Reimagined Corridor
110
N/A
110
Common themes for B Street from Martin Luther King Drive to Montgomery Avenue included concerns of poor lighting, lack of pedestrian safety and comfort, and speeding near schools. Participants showed strong support for the Reimagined Corridor Alternative which includes a sidewalk-level separated bikeway on the south side of the street.
For the Montgomery Avenue to Watkins Street segment, participants mentioned a desire to improve visibility at intersections. There were no clear preferred alternatives. The Connected Corridor alternative nearly equaled the Reimagined Corridor alternative (scoring of 107 vs. 110). Compared to the Martin Luther King Drive to Montgomery Avenue, this segment received less engagement overall from the public and stakeholders.
Overall, responses strongly favored the retention of travel lanes rather than parking. Similar to A Street, participants overwhelmingly preferred a solution that maximized safety over one that could be built quickly.
Tennyson Road Outreach Results
Limits
Alternative
Online Survey
In-Person / Paper Survey
Total Score
Hesperian to Mission
Base Enhancements Corridor
91 180
271
Connected Corridor
96 199
295
Reimagined Corridor
106
336
442
Common themes for Tennyson Road from Hesperian Boulevard to Mission Boulevard highlighted the need to prioritize pedestrian safety and that high vehicle speeds, red-light running, lack of lighting, unsafe freeway ramps, and failure of vehicles to yield were a concern. Many comments expressed strong concerns about parking loss, especially relating to how it would impact local businesses, street vendors, and low-income households with multiple vehicles. Conversely, the Reimagined Corridor alternative scored the highest, which would also have the highest parking loss impacts. Responses for Tennyson favored retaining travel lanes compared to retaining parking, but there was less agreement compared to A Street and B Street. Like the other corridors, participants for Tennyson Road also favored maximizing safety over building something quickly.
The project team reviewed the results of the outreach and is recommending to CIAC the following alternatives to progress to the next stage of the project. The next stage of the project includes concept and cost estimate development and the final round of outreach.
Corridor
Limits
Recommended Alternative
A Street
Hesperian to Meekland
Connected Corridor/Reimagined Corridor
Meekland to Watkins
Reimagined Corridor
B Street
Martin Luther King to Montgomery
Reimagined Corridor
Montgomery to Watkins
Reimagined Corridor
Tennyson Road
Hesperian to Mission
Reimagined Corridor
Two different alternatives are recommended for the A Street from Hesperian Boulevard to Meekland Avenue segment. Staff recommend the Connected Corridor Alternative for A Street between Hesperian Boulevard to the I-880 Interchange and the Reimagined Corridor Alternative for I-880 Interchange to Santa Clara Street. The I-880 Interchange to Santa Clara Street segment can accommodate a lane reduction in each direction while still maintaining two lanes in each direction (currently has three lanes in each direction).
The major impacts for each recommended alternative are summarized below.
A Street: Removal of a travel lane in each direction from I-880 interchange to Santa Clara Street (existing section has three lanes in each direction). Removal of the south side parking lane between Meekland Avenue to Watkins St/Lucky’s Driveway, a total of approximately 32 parking spaces.
B Street: For the segment east of Montgomery Avenue, removal of a westbound travel lane or the south side parking lane.
Tennyson Road: Removal of on-street parking between Hesperian Boulevard to Ruus Road and Dixon Street to Mission Boulevard. Removal of on-street parking on the south side of Huntwood Avenue and Dixon Street. Total of approximately 158 parking spaces proposed to be removed. Removal of eastbound travel lane between Dixon Street and Mission Boulevard (existing section has three eastbound travel lanes).
ECONOMIC IMPACT
The Safe Streets Hayward Project will develop a design concept and cost estimates for the A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road corridors, which when implemented, will help reduce the likelihood of serious injuries and fatalities. Vehicle crashes have a significant economic cost, both to those directly impacted and to other users of the transportation system. The increased safety and access will support local businesses and the local economy.
STRATEGIC ROADMAP
This agenda item supports the Strategic Priority of Invest in Infrastructure. Specifically, this item relates to the implementation of the following project:
Project N1: Continue to implement major corridor traffic calming initiatives
SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES
This project includes safety improvements that would increase multimodal connectivity in Hayward’s roadway network. The improvement of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure will help encourage more sustainable modes of travel throughout the City, reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
PUBLIC CONTACT
The first round of public outreach for this project was conducted through various outreach events from March 2025 to July 2025. This includes tabling at City events, canvassing in neighborhoods, and an electronic survey and interactive map accessible through the project website. The second round of public outreach started in January 2026 and ended in March 2026. It included mailers to residents and businesses, tabling at popup events, and hosting community workshops near project corridors.
NEXT STEPS
After receiving direction and approval from CIAC on the alternative to move forward with for each corridor, City staff will bring this item forward to City Council. If City Council approves, the project team will develop conceptual plans, cost estimates, and gather additional public feedback on the conceptual design. Final concept designs and estimates are expected to be adopted in November 2026.
Table 1. Safe Streets Hayward (A St, B St, Tennyson) Timeline Expected Completion Date
Phase 3 Outreach
July 2026
Conceptual Plan & Cost Estimates
September 2026
Adopt Selected Designs
November 2026
During the March 24th Traffic Safety Work Session, Transportation Division staff recommended Tennyson Road to be prioritized over A Street and B Street. This direction would have staff immediately seek funds for future project phases. City Council approved staff’s recommendation. Staff are now in the process of applying for grant funds concurrently while this project moves forward.
Prepared by: Byron Tang, Principal Transportation Engineer Recommended by: Alex Ameri, Director of Public Works
Approved by:
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Jennifer Ott, City Manager