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Recommendation to Endorse the Central Avenue Webster Street Options for Further Analysis and the Two-Way Bikeway Extension Between Paden School and McKay Avenue. (Transportation 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Council approved the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project in February 2016 and directed staff to work with the neighboring community to identify options for further study for the Webster Street area of the corridor. The Transportation Commission, the community, and staff have identified four design options for this area.
In 2016, the City Council approved a two-way bikeway from Alameda Point to Paden School. On January 23, 2019, the Transportation Commission approved the four draft options and an extension of the two-way bikeway between Paden School and McKay Avenue and the San Francisco Bay Trail.
Staff is recommending that the City Council endorse the four options for further study and also endorse the extension of the two-way bikeway to McKay Avenue as part of the overall Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the Central Avenue project is to make Central Avenue safer for Alamedans in cars, on bikes and walking along this 1.7 mile segment of Central Avenue between Pacific Avenue/Main Street and Sherman Street/Encinal Avenue. The study area is designated as Caltrans State Highway 61 between Webster Street and Sherman Street. The Central Avenue study area has a disproportionate number of injuries from collisions compared to other streets in the City of Alameda (City).
In 2016, the City Council approved a design plan to improve Central Avenue except for the Webster Street/Central Avenue intersection. The approved design plan includes a reduction from 4 to 3 travel lanes with a center turn lane, bike lanes between 8th Street and the Sherman Street/Encinal Avenue intersection, a 2-way separated bik...
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