DATE: November 13, 2025
TO: Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Safe Streets Hayward Update (A St, B St, Tennyson)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee (CIAC) receives an update for the Safe Streets Hayward Project (A St, B St, Tennyson), provide feedback, and approve proposed alternatives to be studied further.
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SUMMARY
The Safe Streets Hayward Plan (Project) 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 project activities completed to date include existing policy and plans research, collection of traffic safety and operational data, performing road safety audits, hosting focus groups, tabling at City events, maintaining a project website with an interactive survey, and developing illustrative concepts of proposed alternatives for each corridor.
Utilizing the feedback gathered throughout the summer, the project team developed a Low Impact Alternative, Continuous Bike Facility Alternative, and High Investment Alternative for each corridor. These alternatives provide a spectrum of choices and tradeoffs to consider, with the High Investment Alternative providing the most traffic safety benefit, but also typically the highest parking and congestion impacts. More details of the proposed alternatives and recommendations are included in Attachment III.
For A Street from Hesperian Boulevard to Mission Boulevard, the proposed alternatives include a low impact alternative of spot improvements only, a continuous bike facility alternative that includes buffered striped bike lanes, and a high investment alternative that includes protected intersections and protected bike lanes or shared use path on both sides of the road.
For B Street from Martin Luther King Drive to Watkins Street, the proposed alternatives include a low impact alternative of spot improvements only, a continuous bike facility alternative that includes buffered striped bike lanes, and a high investment alternative that provides a two-way cycle track west of Myrtle Street and striped bike lanes east of Myrtle Street.
For Tennyson Road from Hesperian Boulevard to Mission Boulevard, the proposed alternatives include a low impact alternative for spot improvements, a continuous bike facility alternative that includes buffered bike lanes and protected bike lanes in select areas where “no parking” exists, and a high investment alternative that provides a one-way continuous protected bike lane on each side west of Whitman Street. All alternatives include a two-way cycle track on south side of street from Whitman Street to Dixon Road, in alignment with the current East Bay Greenway Design.
After receiving feedback on the selected alternatives from the Council Infrastructure and Airport Committee, the project team will perform technical analyses for each option, develop conceptual plans and cost estimates, and gather public feedback through two more outreach phases. The project team is anticipated to present to the CIAC or Council for selection of the preferred design for each corridor in November 2026.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Outreach Summary
Attachment III Alternatives & Recommendations