News/Current Projects
Ride your bike to Oakland's annual Art and Soul festival, Labor Day weekend. Free attended bike parking service is available all three days at the festival's 14th Street & Broadway entrance. (Oakland's recently adopted bicycle parking ordinance requires attended bicycle parking for events that require street closures and expect 5,000 or more attendees. Art & Soul has provided the service since 2006.)
Know how to ride a bike? Learn how to drive one! The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is offering free "Street Skills" bike safety training classes in Oakland (and elsewhere in the county) from September through November 2008. Classes are funded by the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority and Kaiser Permanente. Learn more at http://ebbc.org/?q=safety.
Check out the newest edition of I [BIKE] Oakland, the City's twice-annual bicycle program newsletter, published in late July 2008 and available in four languages.
On July 15, 2008, the Oakland City Council adopted an ordinance that requires bicycle parking in certain types of development. Learn more.
Phase I of the 27th Street Bikeway (San Pablo Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr Way) is complete. More info. Look for the Market Street and Bancroft Avenue Bikeways to be completed by August 2008.
10,000 Steps, an interactive community-based project designed to increase awareness of historic parks in downtown Oakland (in collaboration with the Friends of Oakland Parks and Rec and the City Parks and Recreation Department), has two greening events in July and August. More info at www.10000stepsoakland.org.
Skyline Boulevard Update: Interim repairs to a portion of the roadway (between 7257 and 7293 Skyline Boulevard) were completed in February 2008. Skyline Boulevard is open for through access in both directions but is limited access: one lane only, one vehicle at a time, stop-controlled. This configuration will be in place for many months to come. Roadway repair is expected to be completed no later than Summer 2009 (and hopefully much sooner) after emergency funding is secured.
The City of Alameda, with support from the City of Oakland, is conducting a study to determine alternatives to the Posey Tube for bicyclists and pedestrians wishing to cross the Oakland-Alameda Estuary. For more information, go to http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/publicworks/0801_estuarycrossing_feasibility.html.
Watch AC Transit's new, two-minute video showing how easy it is to use their front-mounted bike racks and cargo bays (located on the big green AC Transit commuter buses).
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About the Program
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program plans, secures funds for, and implements bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout Oakland. Facilities include bicycle parking, bicycle lanes and routes, and other roadway reconfigurations to promote bicycling and walking in Oakland. The program also provides technical assistance on the planning and construction of a variety of citywide pedestrian projects. These activities are in accordance with the Oakland City Council's Adopted Policy Budget goals, #2 "Develop a Sustainable City," #3 "Improve Oakland's Neighborhoods," and #6 "Maintain and Enhance Oakland's Physical Assets. Click the links, left, to learn more about bike lanes, bicycle parking, the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, the Bicycle Master Plan, and more.
Funding for the program comes from Alameda County's Measure B sales tax revenues for transportation. Oakland also receives approximately $1 million per year for bicycle and pedestrian safety projects. The City Council adopted a priority list of projects for the Fiscal Years 2002-03 through 2007-08 which channels 90% of the City's bicycle/pedestrian funds to pedestrian safety projects. The remaining 10% is earmarked for new bicycle lanes.
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Accomplishments
- Installed 87 miles of bike lanes and routes
- Purchased and installed over 900 bike parking racks accommodating more than 2,060 bicycles
- Coordinated Oakland's annual Bike to Work Day event since 1993
- Secured funding for and oversaw construction of Oakland's first Bike Station at the Fruitvale BART
- Secured millions of dollars of grant revenue for bicycle and pedestrian safety and capital projects in all districts from local, state and federal sources
- Installed two sets of eight, multi-user, public eLockers (electronic bicycle lockers) adjacent to Oakland's two downtown BART stations on Broadway
- Hosted Oakland's first Car-Free Day in California in 2004
- Initiated and hosted WalkBike California 2003, California's first conference devoted to walking and bicycling, in partnership with the California Bicycle Coalition
- Planned, funded and implemented significant segments of the Oakland Bay Trail, with bicycle and pedestrian facilities, SF Bay Trail signage, trees, and historic markers
- Installed bicycle parking at garages downtown and at major City facilities, including a card-access bicycle cage for City employees that is a model for new construction
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Reporting Hazards/Issues
To report roadway hazards, such as glass, potholes, drainage grates, or other obstructions; missing route signs or bicycle lane striping/marking; and to report abandoned bikes that need removal from bike racks or sign/meter poles, please contact the Infrastructure Maintenance Division at (510) 615-5566 or use PWA's online reporting form.
To report damaged or missing bicycle parking racks, please contact the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Coordinator at (510) 238-3983 or bikeped@oaklandnet.com.
To report speeding, or to request a traffic calming or other roadway improvement, please contact the Transportation Services Division at (510) 238-3466.
To report problems with a traffic signal, please contact the Electrical Services Division at (510) 615-5430 (24 hours).
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Program Staff
Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager
Jason Patton (510) 238-7049
Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities Coordinator
Jennifer Stanley (510) 238-3983
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