Advocacy Projects

We have many projects that we are working on or want to work on and not enough volunteers to really keep up to date. You can Download the PDF version of this list.

ID	Done?	Name	description	next date(s)	current stage	BA volunteer/ owner	contact	todo	documentation
		Developments
1		Estuary Crossing	See Estuary Crossing Campaign						- BMP -ACBMP -caltrans biycle document
2	done	new main Library	Want an indoor secure bike room for regular visitors and employees, and employee showers. Racks outside for frequent, shorter visits.	august	planning	John McCabe	Susan Hardie	write a letter keep informed of next stages get on mailing list get list of involved committe e members
3		Southshore Drive path shoreline access Bayview Drive bike lanes(BMP) South of Bayview Drive bike path Otis Drive bike lanes							BMP 40
4	INPROGRESS	FISC/Catellus		Spring 2007	design	ECC		Assist with TDM plan
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6		Alameda Point
7		Master Developers General Plan					City Council		pending
8	done	Marina Cove-Kaufman & Broad	they may remove the bike lanes from the shoreline road Model homes going up, plus office should include bike parking racks		changes to design	lucy	MM Bashir Anastas - Public Works	The most we would accept is the removal of the west bound bike lanes. users could use the bike path, if it is easily accessible from the road. The east bound lane needs to stay.	letter written re bike parking racks 7/23
9	done	Weinerschnitzel/Rainbow on Webster	they need bike racks, but where?		changes to design	Jon	MM
10	done	wind River bike parking	We would like to tour their facilities to see if this can be a good example for other developments. They should have 120 bike parking spaces.
11		Northern Shoreline
12		Encinal Yacht Club (east of Wind River)	Need the path to continue through this area		planning path modifications	Lucy	MM	PW has a money to change this parking lot area to continue the Wind River path around the EYC.
13	done	Barnhill Marina (west of Chevy's)	They have been ordered to complete this path				David Valeska MM	this should be done soon:)
14	2007	Southshore center improvements	Various improvements to this center need to be made for pedestrian and bicycle safety				harsch Development -Mike Corbett 521-8100 Planning Dept - Doug Garrison Planning Bd - Marilyn Ashcraft	We need to begin talking to them soon	Letter to Harsch Development sent Mid June
1516		Beltline					Jean Sweeney	Review prelimiary plans with jean Northern waterfront meeting
17	1st phase done;	Park Street Streetscape committee		city is awaiting grant 2007 for phase 2
		tinker Avenue	Design may be changing	Dec 2006	Hooked to Alameda Landing		Catellus Obaid Khan
18	done	Webster Street	Detailed design	to begin in Fall 2001		Jon	Sue Russels (PW)
19	inprogress	Bridgeside development (Broadway/Blanding)	bike racks are in	shoreline access is in
19.1		Bike Boulevard on Pacific Avenue	This would make a good east west route on the northern side of the island.			Lucy, Ed	Contact a street transportation consultant	Need to tour other bike boulevards - Berkeley, Palo Alto (Waverly)	BMP
20		bike Boulevard on San Jose Avenue	This would make a good internal (non shortline) commuter route on the southern side of the island. This is a perfect street because it is residential. It goes from the Bay Farm bridge to Grand and close to Sherman		Need video footage of a ride down some current bike boulevards	jacqueline		This is suggested by a san Jose Street resident. this is designated in the bike plan as a bike lane, but bike boulevard would work better and not require removing parking.
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22		Bike Rack Assessment Program	New businesses should have bike racks How does someone request a bike rack in front of a business?			Lucy	MM	List was given to PW	We have a list of suggested locations
23		Need a bike coordinator in Public works	city is missing a staff person for bike/ped/transit
24	done through Transportation Commission	Bicycle Advisory Committee	encourage the city to implement the committee	august 30	awaiting public transit committee meeting need letter describing the need	lucy	Cheri sheets	We promote the expansion of a Transportation committee with no voting staff. and to include bicycle, pedestrian and transit sub committees.
25		Signage Harbor Bay Shoreline path oakland Access via Park Street Bridge Share the road or similar	Add signage along the shoreline path that gives the destinations for each intersection with the path. Need to direct bicyclists to the safest way to cross the bridge and connect to the embarcadero Add signs to encourage inform autos that bikes have use of the full lane There is also a stencil being developed in SF				MM	Determine the destinations for the intersections. Ask city to add signage determine where signs should be put Determine exact signs that should be used and where
26		General Plan modifications	Want to get alot of bicycle and alternative mode language into the new general plan			Jon	Cynthia Eliason
27		Northern Waterfront Specific Plan	encourage bicycle friendly streets and parking on sidewalks at commerical streets					Attend meetings Work with city stat
28		MTC regional transportation plan	Need to get Alameda specific routes into the plan. This is for major transportation routes and those routes that connect to major transit points (BART, AMTRAK)			lucy	MTC
29		MTC regional bike plan	Need to get Alameda specific routes into the plan. This is for major transportation routes and those routes that connect to major transit points (BART, AMTRAK)			lucy	MTC
30		East Bay Regional Park Bike Plan	is there one?			Lucy Maria Vargas	MM Steve and Jaime (EBRPD jperkins@ebparks.org, sfiala@ebparks.org)	Review this plan. We need more bicycle facilities at Crown Beach and Crab Cove.
31		Bicycle water shuttle	See Estuary Crossing Campaign <						BMP 37
33		Ped and bike bridge over the estuary	See Estuary Crossing Campaign						Alamaeda countywide bicycle plan
34	done	Bike event parking enforcement	law says that for all permitted events expecting more than 100 people					make a list of all Alameda events that should require parking (link)
35		zoning law bike parking enforcement	that new developments and upgrades add the mandatory bike parking (1 bike parking for every 10 auto spaces) suggest minimum of two. Need to make sure to suggest, employee all day parking AND visitor parking and showers, too.					Monitor planning department meetings
36		Jackson Park bike racks	need bike racks next to restroom						BMP Appendix table A
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38		Bike loop detectors	Need detectors at every intersection that has an auto loop detector so bicyclists do not need to push button. In bike lanes. If no bike lane than in right auto lane. in bike paths with intersections In left turn lanes. need stencils on the spot where bicyclists should stop is it legal for a bike to go through the intersection if the light does not change			Lucy	Wali Waziri	Some loops have been changed	Alameda County wide bike plan
39		Fruitvale BART	the only really bike accessbile BART station from Alameda					Alamedans are a quarter of the usage of the Fruitvale BART stations
39.1	done	bikestation	Encourage the fast implementation of a staffed bikestation inside the station like the one at Berkeley BART.				Unity Council -Jenny Kassan (535-6924)
39.2	not done	bike racks in station	won't happen, but they have put many new bike racks outside the station	8/1/01	they say there is no room
39.3		City's bike lockers	Encourage PW to make available the 15 city lockers at BART
39.4		access to BART	improve roadway on Oakland side between Fruitvale Bridge and Bart Entrance	begin 8/13/01		Lucy	Kathryn Hughes EBBC Hazard Report	need to fill out EBBC Hazard report Need to send a letter to Kathryn H describing problems
40		signal light timing	Check that timing is updated to the bike plan levels					Sherman/Central/encinal intersection
41	IN PROGRESS	Bike Education	Adult distribute pamplets
42		Bike paths	widened to at least 12' separated ped and bike paths Southshore harbor bay						BMP
43		Central Avenue bike lanes	remove two lanes to continue the bike lanes			Jon	MM Caltrans	between eight and ???	BMP
44	IN PROGRESS with city parking study	Bike parking ordinance	Change this to be dependent upon people not car parking as swtated in Alameda County bike plan. The current zoning on page 3062 of the AMC, subsection 30-7.15, states" bike parking be provided at a ratio of 1 bike space for every 10 parking spaces"						BMP 49
45		Fruitvale Railroad bridge and RR tracks.	encourage the creation of a class I path along the west side crossing of Miller-Sweeney bridge.					Review conflicts with Transit plan	BMP 49
46	done	City bike maps				Dan		Work with Telephone book company to get advretising for a map	BMP 12
46.1	done	Harbor bay paths mapping	map out all the paths and parks that link the cul de sacs in Harbor Bay	started 8/7/01		Lucy Treya
47		Atlantic Avenue Bikeway Rail road right of Way(Cross Alameda Trail)	Create a "bikeway" along the wide Atlantic Avenue ensure that bike lanes are also put in for commuters since the bikeway is for recreational riders. West sidewalk should be widened to traffic calm separated bike and ped paths		PW is awaiting notification of grant		MM	Bike path should be near the roadway, ped path away from roadway (opposite of the main street greenway) native vegetation, with minimar sprinkers to water the path.	BMP 46
48	done	Bay Farm Bridge improvements	Wooden bridge lighting metal plate less slippery wooden bridge less slippery		TDA article grant approved.$75,000	lucy	MM	These will be implemented by East Bay Reg Parks
49	done	Vision Statement	Describe conditions and facilities for biking that BikeAlameda suggests. This is meant primarily for new developments like Alameda Point	started 8/1/01		BikeAlameda Board
50		Bay Farm Bridge / Fernside Blvd Improvements	bi-directional bike path on East side of Fernside for easier access to bridge.	hopefully early 2007	city has won a grant for this.