SAFE BY DESIGN
The Rationale For A 3-Year Pilot For A Short-Term Encroachment Permit Program That Allows Schools, Businesses, And Community Centers That Serve Vulnerable Populations To Apply For Temporary Encroachment Permits To Install Removable Traffic Safety Treatments And Create Traffic Calming Zones In The City’s Streets
QUICK BUILD PERMITS IN OAKLAND
TheProblem
6% of Oakland's streets
account for over 60% of
severe and fatal crashes
across all modes.
Speeding is at the root of
25% of deadly crashes.
Black Oaklanders are 2X as
likely to be killed/severely
injured overall and 3X more
likely to be killed/severely
injured while walking.
Those 65+ are more than 2X
likely to be killed in a crash.
Source: Oakland Department of Transportation
OAKLAND
BACKLOG
Oakland DOT takes too long
respond to projects. It takes ~3+
years for Complete
Street/Capital Projects.
Source: Oakland DOT
Traffic calming is a combination
of measures that reduce the
negative effects of motor
vehicle use, alter driver
behavior, and improve
conditions for non-motorized
street users. Traffic calming
consists of physical design and
other measures put in place on
existing roads to reduce vehicle
speeds and improve safety for
pedestrians and cyclists.
SLOW STREETS
TheSolution
Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers
STREAMLINE QUICK BUILDS
COMMUNITY
SOLUTION
Streamline approval for “right of way
encroachment” permit.
Enable community organizations and small
businesses to install removable quick
build traffic calming solutions.
Source: It’s Not Just a Sign: Traffic Calming Gives Bump to Safety – A Cost Benefit Analysis ofTraffic Calming in the City of Los Angeles
MULTI MODAL
COMMUNITY CENTRIC STREETS
Source: Atlanta DOT
DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY
A d o p t i n g a d e s i g n a p p r o a c h h o l d s t h e p o t e n t i a l t o f o s t e r s a f e r r o a d b e h a v i o r , r e d u c e t r a f f i c a c c i d e n t s , a n d l e s s e n t h e r e l i a n c e o n t r a f f i c e n f o r c e m e n t .
I n c o r p o r a t i n g e q u i t a b l e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e e l e m e n t s , s u c h a s a d d i n g b i k e l a n d s , e x t e n d i n g c u r b s , a n d i n t e g r a t i n g l i v a b l e s p a c e s i n t o r o a d s y s t e m s , n o t o n l y e n h a n c e s r o a d s a f e t y b u t a l s o i m p r o v e s m u l t i m o d a l s a f e t y a n d a c c e s s .
Case
Studies
SCAG
Go Human
Go Ave 26
LA
Shasta Living
Streets
Tactical Urbanism
ATLDOT
Traffic
Calming
Reduces
Speeding
Source: Before-and-after studies
collected for the ITE/FHWA study on
traffic calming impacts on speeding
INHONOROF
the 35 people who lost
their lives to traffic
violence in Oakland last
year in 2022
Joseph Bennett III | Deandre Kirpatrick |
Demarco Vierra | Alejandro Herrera Miranda
and Leroy Josha Rodriguez | Unidentified |
Sylvester Guard Sr. | Lisa Carney | James Lee |
Gwendolyn Carson | Raul Angelo Marquez |
John Francis Tierney | Joseph Hickman |
Allen Nazere | Cleveland W. Allen and
Jacqueline Elliott | Earl Wesley | Dao Cheng
Zhu | Catherine Devereaux | Jonathan
Waters | Emelia Martinez Roa | Dmitry
Putilov | Lolomanaia Soakai | Corey Hawkins
| Alexander Thomas Henderson | Willie
Jackson Sr. | Andrew Tonken | Elonda
Warner | Alvin Moore Jr. | Martina Pablo
Pablo | Takiyah Burroughs | Agustin Coyotl
Contreras | Kentrell Sparrow | Victoria
Gonzales | Siupeli Lauaki | Unidentified
Source: Oaklandside