DATE: June 2, 2026
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Approving the Corridor Alternatives for Safe Streets Hayward Phase 1 (A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving the recommended alternatives for each corridor for the Safe Streets Hayward Project Phase 1 (A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road).
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SUMMARY
The Safe Streets Hayward Plan Phase 1 has the goal of improving traffic safety on A Street, B Street, and Tennyson Road. The federal grant-funded project started in February 2025 and gathered feedback throughout Summer 2025. Using results from outreach, the project team developed a Base Corridor Enhancements Alternative, Connected Corridor Alternative, and Reimagined Corridor Alternative for each corridor, reflecting the preferences of the communities from each corridor. These alternatives provide a spectrum of choices and tradeoffs to consider, with the Reimagined Corridor Alternative providing the most traffic safety benefit, but also typically the highest parking and congestion impacts.
These alternatives were presented to CIAC on November 13, 2025. After receiving feedback and approval from CIAC to study the alternatives further, the second round of outreach started on January 5, 2026. The purpose of the additional outreach was to receive feedback from the community and stakeholders on their preferences for the alternatives and to understand the perceived benefits and challenges of each alternative. Outreach activities focused around gathering in person feedback or directing users to a survey hosted on the project website and were structured to reduce barriers for Hayward’s residents and stakeholders by bringing engagement through pop-up events and facilitating community workshops near the project corridors. In total, outreach efforts yielded 497 surveys taken with 27% received in Spanish and 51% identifying as low-income. With all feedback considered, a total of 742 people and 1,027 public comments were received at the conclusion of the outreach phase.
The project team recommends the following alternatives to move forward to the next phase of the project. A summary of the recommended alternatives with exhibits is included as Attachment III.
|
Corridor |
Limits |
Recommended Alternative |
|
A Street |
Hesperian to Meekland |
Connected Corridor/Reimagined Corridor |
|
|
Meekland to Watkins |
Reimagined Corridor |
|
B Street |
Martin Luther King to Montgomery |
Reimagined Corridor |
|
|
Montgomery to Watkins |
Reimagined Corridor |
|
Tennyson Road |
Hesperian to Mission |
Reimagined Corridor |
City staff presented the recommended alternatives to April 22, 2026 CIAC meeting and received approval to have them on the City Council agenda for formal approval. CIAC members gave feedback on the recommended alternatives. Most of the feedback was focused on the anticipated impacts of parking removal for the Tennyson Road recommended alternative. More specifically, of the 158 parking spaces proposed to be removed, 35 of the parking spots adjacent to the Lord Tennyson Apartments between Calaroga Avenue and Sleepy Hollow Avenue were of particular concern due to their known high use. Staff responded by looking at utilizing the next round of outreach to approach the apartment community directly and work on solutions to mitigate the parking impact. The few community members who attended the CIAC meeting were generally supportive of staff’s recommended alternatives and encouraged the implementation of safer infrastructure over parking impacts.
Approval from City Council of the recommended alternatives will allow the project to progress to the next phase to develop conceptual plans and cost estimates of each corridor and engage in the last round of public outreach. This third round of public outreach will focus on seeking solutions to mitigate parking impacts and gather public feedback on the conceptual plans. The project team is anticipated to complete the conceptual design and estimates for final approval in November 2026.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III Recommendations
Attachment IV First Round Outreach Summary
Attachment V Illustrative Concepts
Attachment VI Existing Conditions Summary
Attachment VII Second Round Outreach Summary
Attachment VIII Evaluation Report