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A. TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION UPDATES
2025 Major City Council actions on items reviewed by the Transportation Commission:
• 11/18: Accepted recommended quick-build traffic calming in the neighborhood around Gibbons Drive with data collection afterwards, and directed staff to return to City Council with data and options for future traffic calming measures which may include making the roundabouts permanent, eliminating the left turn from Gibbons to High Street, or other options based on the data and staff recommendations.
• 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:
• January 28 and February 25, pending approval of 2026 calendar
Potential Transportation Commission agenda topics for upcoming meetings:
• AC Transit - Transit Signal Priority project update
• Lincoln Ave/Walnut St planning
• Transportation 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Work Plan
B. PUBLIC EVENTS
December 12, 2025 and January 2, 2026: Transportation 101 & Clipper Cards for Seniors
<https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/alamedarecreation/activity/search?activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=transportation%20101&viewMode=list>
C. UPDATES
Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle
The winter schedule began on November 2 with continued service Tuesday but shorter weekend hours. The Alameda CTC Commission approved its $931,000 award 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. <https://www.alamedaca.gov/watershuttle>
Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge
City Council approved a consultant contract to prepare a Waterway Study that will analyze the number and types of boats using the estuary and model how vessels would navigate a narrower channel created by the bridge piers. The study, funded by a Caltrans grant, is expected to be completed in 2027. <https://www.alamedaca.gov/bridge>
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>