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Receive an Update on Neighborhood Greenways Implementation and Slow Streets Barricade Removal (Discussion)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Neighborhood Greenways are bicycle- and pedestrian-priority streets designed to allow bicyclists and motorists to safely share the road on low-volume, low-speed, local streets, and to make crossing larger streets easier for people biking and walking. The City's Active Transportation Plan included this new facility type to allow for the creation of a connected, low-stress biking network (see map in Exhibit 1), that can be safely and comfortably be used by people of all ages and abilities.
Staff developed a Neighborhood Greenway implementation strategy that calls for the Slow Street segments of Pacific Ave, San Jose Ave/Morton St and Versailles Ave to be converted to Neighborhood Greenways in 2024-2025. Current Council direction is that the Slow Streets barricades should be removed once these Greenways are implemented, or, for Santa Clara Ave, which will not become a Greenway, once the Central Avenue project is completed in early 2026.
This report provides an overview of the Neighborhood Greenway planning and lays out three options for the timing and manner of removing the barricades, to respond to community concerns and staff resource issues. To help inform both efforts, staff recently conducted a community survey, which received over 1,850 responses, and is summarized below and in Exhibit 3. This item is presented for discussion and will also be provided to the City Council at their September 17 meeting.
BACKGROUND
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
Alameda's Active Transportation Plan (ATP), adopted in 2022, included a new facility type called "Neighborhood Greenways." They are streets designed to give priority to people walking and bicycling, and to allow bicyclists and motorists to safely share the road on low-volume, low-speed, local streets. Used in cities acro...
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