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Review the Clement Avenue Complete Street Concept Proposal
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review the Clement Avenue Complete Street Concept Proposal
BACKGROUND
Clement Avenue is part of the former Alameda Belt Line, and was identified in the Cross Alameda Trail Feasibility Study (2005) as a short-term alternative to the San Francisco Bay Trail shoreline path. The current uses of the adjacent shoreline properties are not expected to all change in the foreseeable future. In January 2009, the City Council approved the Transportation Element of the General Plan policy that directs staff to "Pursue opportunities to utilize the corridor of the former Alameda Belt Line railroad for transit, bicycle and pedestrian transportation." In March 2010, the City acquired the former railroad property - Alameda Belt Line. In November 2010, the City Council approved the Bicycle Plan Update that prioritized the Clement Avenue bikeway project as a high-priority project. In October 2012, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) included the project in the Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans as part of the Bicycle Vision Network. Consistent with these abovementioned plans and policies, Public Works staff secured a grant from Alameda CTC in 2014 to develop a concept proposal to improve Clement Avenue between Grand Street and Broadway (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Clement Avenue Concept Proposal Location
DISCUSSION
The purpose of this concept proposal effort is to make Clement Avenue a more "Complete Street" that works for all modes of travel - bicycling, walking, transit, trucks and motorists. Potential improvements may include removing the abandoned railroad tracks, installing a bikeway or enhancing pedestrian access. Clement Avenue is a truck route and a potential bus transit corridor. A potential bikeway ...
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