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A. TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION UPDATES
2025 Major City Council actions on items reviewed by the Transportation Commission:
• 9/16: Accepted Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) grant awards for Stargell Complete Streets Corridor and Neighborhood Greenway crossings.
• 7/15: Approved construction contracts for the Clement/Tilden Improvements Project and Neighborhood Greenway (first segment on Pacific Avenue).
• 5/6: Authorized replacing the Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway Bus Lanes Project with three transit-focused multimodal projects as the Named Measure BB Bus Project in the 2014 Alameda CTC Transportation Expenditure Plan.
• 4/15: Approved Stargell Complete Streets Corridor design concept and accepted funding.
• 4/1: Accepted the Transportation 2024 Annual Report & 2025 Work Plan and adopted the 2025 Climate Action & Resiliency Plan Mid-Cycle Update.
• 3/18: Approved Fernside Blvd Traffic Calming & Bikeways concepts with direction regarding the Gibbons/High/Fernside intersection.
• 2/4: Approved the $16M Safe Streets for All Federal Highway Administration Agreement for the Lincoln Ave/Marshall Way/Pacific Ave Project.
Note: these are brief, descriptive highlights. See meeting agendas, videos, and minutes for details and the record of City Council decisions: <https://alameda.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx>
Upcoming Transportation Commission meetings:
• November 19
Potential Transportation Commission agenda topics for upcoming meetings:
• AC Transit - Transit Signal Priority project update
• Citywide shoreline adaptation project update
• Lincoln Ave/Walnut St planning
• 2026 meeting schedule
B. PUBLIC EVENTS
October 16 City - AC Transit Interagency Liaison Committee (ILC)
<https://alameda.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1249954&GUID=205D8766-B24A-41D5-B202-DBF23AB69F3B>
November 7 Transportation 101 & Clipper Cards for Seniors
<https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/alamedarecreation/activity/search?activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=transportation&viewMode=list>
C. UPDATES
Clement Avenue Cross Alameda Trail and Truck Route
The new housing under construction at 2015 Grand Street is getting closer to completion. The developer is building a segment of Clement Avenue and the Cross Alameda Trail from Ohlone Avenue to Grand Street.
When this segment is completed, the Cross Alameda Trail will continue uninterrupted from Clement/Broadway to the Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal. More information at <https://www.alamedaca.gov/cat>
The City of Alameda General Plan has long anticipated the official Truck Route moving to Clement Avenue once the roadway extension is complete. The City’s transportation engineers have determined that parking removal will be needed to safely accommodate two-way truck traffic at locations on Clement Ave between Hibbard Street and Entrance Road. The City is currently developing plans and will notify neighbors well in advance of changes.
General Plan Truck Route map: <https://www.alamedaca.gov/files/assets/public/v/5/departments/alameda/transportation/gailtrainingfiles/truck-map_street-classification-appendix_final-2023.pdf>
Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle
In September, the Water Shuttle carried 12,481 passengers and 3,479 bicycles. Compared to September 2024, this represented a 12% bump in average daily riders and 34% overall increase in ridership thanks to the expanded schedule. The expanded schedule started in July and will be in place through November 2. After that, the Tuesday service will remain, but the longer weekend hours will be reduced through the winter months.
The Alameda CTC recently announced a staff recommendation to award $931,000 for the Water Shuttle to bring the full expanded schedule back in the spring and continue it for 19 months during Oakland Alameda Access Project construction. The full commission will consider approving this award later this month.
Neighborhood Greenways
Construction is scheduled to begin by November on Alameda’s first full segment of a Neighborhood Greenway, on Pacific Ave between Lafayette and Oak Streets. The project will pilot a Neighborhood Greenway using a combination of new and previously used traffic calming treatments along a continuous corridor. Residents along this section of Pacific Ave and nearby will be notified before construction begins. The Slow Streets barricades will be removed by the time construction is completed.
Lessons learned from the pilot along Pacific Ave will be incorporated into the designs for the remaining Slow Street segments of Pacific Ave, Versailles Ave, and San Jose Ave, which will be constructed by fall 2026.
<https://www.alamedaca.gov/neighborhoodgreenways>
Oakland Alameda Access Project
Caltrans has launched an Oakland Alameda Access Project Toolkit, including mailing list sign-up, FAQs, and project updates: <https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-oakland-alameda-access-project/d4-oaap-toolkit>
D. CITY RESOURCES
Transportation mailing lists: <https://www.alamedaca.gov/subscribe>
Alameda transportation, traffic safety, and parking webpages: <https://www.alamedaca.gov/transportationlinks>
Get Around Alameda: <https://www.alamedaca.gov/getaround>
Alameda Connect (City paratransit): <https://www.alamedaca.gov/alamedaconnect>
SeeClickFix - City of Alameda platform for service requests and reporting street safety concerns: <https://www.alamedaca.gov/reportaproblem>
City meeting agendas, videos, and minutes: <https://alameda.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx>
E. REGIONAL RESOURCES
Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools: <https://www.alamedacountysr2s.org>
SF Bay Ferry BayAlerts: <https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/bayalerts>
Bay Area Transit Agencies & Service Information: <https://www.allaboardbayarea.com/info/>
Clipper (adults): <https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/get.html>
Clipper discounts for youth, seniors and people with disabilities: clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/discounts.html <https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/discounts.html>
Clipper START program - discounts for low-income adults: <http://www.clipperstartcard.com/s/>
FasTrak or toll tag for I-880 Express Lanes: bayareafastrak.org/en/signup/signUp.shtml <https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/signup/signUp.shtml>
F. EMERGENCY RESOURCES
Subscribe to Alameda Emergency Alerts: www.acgov.org/emergencysite/ <http://www.acgov.org/emergencysite/>
Subscribe to Regional Emergency Transportation Alerts: 511.org/alerts/emergencies/511Alert <https://511.org/alerts/emergencies/511Alert>
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Trainings: alamedaca.gov/Departments/Fire-Department/Alameda-CERT <http://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Fire-Department/Alameda-CERT>