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Public Workshop to review and comment on the Draft Alameda Active Transportation Plan
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
Rochelle Wheeler, Senior Transportation Coordinator
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda has completed a Draft Active Transportation Plan that updates and combines the 2009 Pedestrian Plan and 2010 Bicycle Master Plan. The Plan provides a roadmap for making walking and biking safe and desirable every-day transportation options. It addresses the needs of people of all ages and abilities - including children, seniors, women, people of color, low-income people, people with disabilities - to address the City's vision zero, transportation mode shift, and greenhouse reduction goals, and to enhance the health and livability of Alameda.
Staff is requesting that the Planning Board review and comment on the draft Plan. After receiving comments from Boards and Commissions and the Alameda community, staff will make revisions to the draft Plan for final review and action on the Plan by the Transportation Commission in November and the City Council in December.
The Plan and appendices will be posted and available for public review on October 3, 2022 at www.ActiveAlameda.org.
BACKGROUND
The Plan updates the City's over-decade-old Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans, and was shaped by the Alameda community over a three-year period. The planning process began in fall 2019 with an intensive and inclusive public engagement period to learn what the community saw as the assets and needs of the existing biking and walking environment. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Plan's process and engagement strategy, while it also altered transportation patterns and led people to think differently about how we use public spaces and rights-of-way. In summer 2020, draft recommendations for bicycle and pedestrian projects, programs, policies, ...
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