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 2...
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