DATE: October 26, 2022
TO: Council Infrastructure Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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East Bay Greenway Multimodal Corridor Project Update
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Infrastructure Committee (CIC) reviews and receives the update of the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project from the Alameda County Transportation Commission staff.
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SUMMARY
The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) is the project sponsor and implementing agency for the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project (Project) from the Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Oakland to the South Hayward BART station in Hayward. Alameda CTC approved a near-term project implementation in December 2021 focusing on arterial improvements for an all ages and abilities facility for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. The Project incorporates near-term implementation strategies developed as part of Alameda CTC’s E. 14th Street/Mission Blvd/Fremont Boulevard Multimodal Project. The Project also evaluates placemaking elements and economic development elements.
The goals of the Project are to:
• Provide safe, high-quality (Class I, buffered Class II or Class IV) options for biking for all ages and abilities
• Improve safety by physically separating bicyclists from high speed, high volume vehicular traffic to the extent feasible
• Create a continuous north/south bike facility connecting seven BART stations
• Improve access to regional transit, schools, downtown areas, and major activity centers
• Improve multimodal access to BART stations
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Alameda CTC coordinated, with City staff, their planning and development of public outreach strategies for this project and development of outreach materials that describe the Project need, Project delivery updates, public outreach opportunities in Hayward, and implementation schedule. In August 2022, public outreach for this Project began in Hayward with the goal of developing a conceptual plan that could respond to the present and future active transportation needs of the community along the Mission Blvd corridor, including access roads to the BART stations in Hayward. This informational item is an update regarding feedback on public outreach and how feedback is being considered in the development of the conceptual design.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report