Title
Recommendation to Approve the Transportation Commission's Recommended Design Concept for a Two-Way Bikeway for the Clement Avenue Safety Improvement Project and Cross Alameda Trail between Grand Street and Broadway. (Transportation 91819)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this agenda item is to request approval of the Transportation Commission and City of Alameda (City) staff/consultant team's recommended design concept for the improvement of bicycle, pedestrian and automobile/truck safety on Clement Avenue between Grand Street and Broadway. If the City Council approves a preferred design concept, the consultant team will be able to complete the environmental review and the final design to allow construction to begin in 2020.
BACKGROUND
The Clement Avenue Safety Project is a plan for approximately 1.2 miles of Clement Avenue and the Cross Alameda Trail between Grand Street and Broadway to improve conditions for bicyclists, pedestrians and automobiles. Currently, Clement Avenue includes two travel lanes separated in the center by a single set of railroad tracks, which have been temporarily paved over. The sidewalks are substandard, and there are no facilities for bicyclists. Exhibit 1 provides information on existing conditions.
The existing conditions and vehicles that are moving at speeds in excess of the posted speed limit are contributing to the unsafe conditions on the street. In the last five years, 68 collisions have occurred along Clement Avenue. Four of the collisions included a collision between a car and a bicyclist and five collisions involved a car and a pedestrian. The 68 collisions resulted in four severe injuries. Although only a small portion of the collisions resulted in severe injuries, three out of four of those severely injured were pedestrians or bicyclists.
The number of pedestrians and bicyclists on Clement Avenue is expected to significantly increase in the ne...
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