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Receive an Update on Caltrans' State Route 61 Otis Drive/Doolittle Drive/Broadway Preventative Maintenance Project and Future Project for Otis Drive from Broadway to the Bay Farm Island Bridge (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
With this agenda item, Caltrans staff will provide an update on their State Route 61 Otis Drive/Doolittle Drive/Broadway Capital Preventative Maintenance (CAPM) Project, as well as plans for studying a future traffic calming project on Otis Dr from Broadway to the Bay Farm Island Bridge.
This staff report provides background information about Otis Drive and actions involving the City of Alameda (City) staff to date. As of the writing of this staff report, City staff have not seen the Caltrans presentation, so it is not summarized here.
BACKGROUND
Caltrans manages select streets in Alameda as part of State Route 61, including Otis Drive from the Bay Farm Island Bridge to Broadway. This is a 0.6-mile residential-fronting corridor classified as a Neighborhood Connector, Transit Route, and Truck Route in the City of Alameda Street Classifications. About 23% of this segment fronts Krusi Park, which connects to Otis Elementary School and is home to school and recreational programs.
Otis Drive has a high Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) volume at 43,000 vehicles per day, per counts at Bay Farm Bridge and at Otis Drive/Broadway. This street is a four-lane roadway with uncontrolled crossings at key pedestrian and bicyclist access points. The Alameda Active Transportation Plan includes Neighborhood Greenway connections at Otis Drive/Mound Street and Otis Drive/Bayview Drive in the 2030 Low-Stress Bikeway Backbone Network (Exhibit 1).
The City of Alameda Vision Zero Action Plan identifies this stretch of road as a High Injury Corridor, l...
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