Title
Endorse Design Concept for Pacific Avenue/Wilma Chan Way Neighborhood Greenway Crossing Improvements (Action)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
From: Lisa Foster, Secretary to the Transportation Commission
Abby Thorne-Lyman, Interim Planning, Building, and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda is designing crossing improvements to enhance safety for all modes of travel and connectivity for walking and biking at the intersection of Pacific Avenue, a planned Neighborhood Greenway, and Wilma Chan Way. After technical analysis and community outreach, staff recommend a design concept (Exhibit 1) that includes a median traffic diverter to prohibit through and left turn movements for Pacific Avenue and a new signal that would stop traffic on Wilma Chan Way for people walking and bicycling to cross.
BACKGROUND
Neighborhood Greenways
Alameda's Active Transportation Plan (ATP), adopted in 2022, introduces Neighborhood Greenways, a low-stress bikeway facility type, to Alameda. 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 ATP defines the key Neighborhood Greenway goals:
* Achieve and Maintain Low Vehicle Volumes and Speeds. Neighborhood Greenway streets are only considered low stress when the traffic volumes and speeds are low enough that people biking feel comfortable sharing the roadway space with cars. Reducing traffic speeds and volumes increases safety for all roadway users and improves neighborhood livability.
* Make Street Crossings Safer and More Comfortable. Neighborhood Greenways also include treatments to improve crossings, particularly at busy intersections, to make it easier and safer for people bicycling and walking to cross busy streets.
Neighborhood Greenway implementation is...
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