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Receive an Update on Neighborhood Greenways Implementation and Provide Input on the Pacific Avenue Pilot (Discussion)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
From: Lisa Foster, Secretary to the Transportation Commission
Allen Tai, Planning, Building, and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) is seeking community and Transportation Commission feedback on the design of the first Neighborhood Greenway pilot segment on Pacific Ave between Lafayette and Oak Streets, which was completed in November. Feedback on this pilot section will help inform final designs to convert the Slow Street segments of San Jose Ave/Morton St, Versailles Ave and the remainder of Pacific Ave to Neighborhood Greenways. Construction is planned by fall 2026.
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 (Exhibit 1), that can be safely and comfortably used by people of all ages and abilities.
Staff presented the Neighborhood Greenway implementation strategy to the Transportation Commission in August 2024. Since then, the City developed concept plans for the first phase of Neighborhood Greenways (Exhibit 2), held community events to gather input, collected existing conditions data, secured local and grant funding for implementation, and completed design and construction for the first pilot segment on Pacific Ave.
BACKGROUND
Alameda's Active Transportation Plan (ATP), https://www.activealameda.org/Adopted-Plan, adopted in 2022, introduces Neighborhood Greenways, a low-stress bikeway facility type, to Alameda. The ATP defines the key Neighborhood Greenway goals:
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