Neighborhood Greenways and Slow Street barricades will be discussed at the next City Council meeting as Item 7-C. Unfortunately, Staff is recommending an option that removes a lot of the barricades — about half of those along Pacific, Versailles, and San Jose. This despite their acknowledging the barricades’ effectiveness, the recent community survey that shows …
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Caltrans (California’s Department of Transportation) presented their plans for State Route 61 along Otis and Doolittle to Alameda’s Transportation Commission on Wednesday, August 28 as Item 6-C (here). It’s a repaving project, but a rare opportunity to dramatically improve safety and access along these stretches of state highway. Despite lots of community feedback asking for …
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On Wednesday, August 28, the Transportation Commission will discuss the future of our Slow Streets while we wait for Neighborhood Greenways. Staff is presenting three options: 1. Keep the barricades in place until Neighborhood Greenway treatments are implemented2. Remove all the barricades immediately3. Remove all the barricades and replace about half of them with temporary …
CALL TO ACTION: Please take a moment to fill out the short survey that the City is circulating, particularly the last part, which focuses on Slow Streets barricades. Where asked, choose the option to keep all barricades until Greenways replace them, or in the case of Santa Clara, until the improvements on Central are complete. Background …
Call to Action! City Council will be discussing the Mid-Cycle Budget next Tuesday and then voting on it in early June. Bike Walk Alameda is asking our Mayor and Councilmembers to clarify whether Staff has proposed what’s needed to get our delayed transportation projects back on track, and if not, to do so. Below is …
The Good News Alameda’s e-bike rebate pilot through Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) has been pretty successful. According to a recent City Staff presentation on our climate plan progress, in 2023, 116 rebates were issued for e-bikes. That’s nearly double the number of rebates issued for EVs. The e-bike rebate program will continue. The Bad News …
The basics: what are Neighborhood Greenways? New to Alameda, Neighborhood Greenways will be residential streets where motor vehicle speeds and volumes will be lowered enough to make bicycling comfortable and safe for people of all ages and abilities. Our Slow Streets are very quick-build precursors to Neighborhood Greenways, assembled as a response to COVID in …