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City of Oakland: Road Diet Experience

City of Oakland: Road Diet Experience. Typical Road Diets. Four Lanes to Three Lanes. Typical Road Diets. Six Lanes to Four Lanes with Turn Pockets. Road Diets in Oakland. Historic Examples: High Street (30,000 ADT) Grand Avenue (6 Lanes to 5) Broadway (Auto Row area, 6 Lanes to 5).

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City of Oakland: Road Diet Experience

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  1. City of Oakland:Road Diet Experience

  2. Typical Road Diets Four Lanes to Three Lanes

  3. Typical Road Diets Six Lanes to Four Lanes with Turn Pockets

  4. Road Diets in Oakland • Historic Examples: • High Street (30,000 ADT) • Grand Avenue (6 Lanes to 5) • Broadway (Auto Row area, 6 Lanes to 5)

  5. Road Diets in Oakland (cont’d) • Market Street • West Street * • Bancroft Avenue • Foothill Blvd. (35th to High Street) • Lakeshore Avenue *

  6. Road Diets in Oakland (proposed) • MacArthur Boulevard, 82nd to 90th (SRS) • Claremont Avenue • Redwood Road/35th Avenue

  7. Road Diets in Oakland Lakeshore Ave: before and after

  8. City Council Policy Directives Technical study guidelines • Traffic counts • Collision history • Intersection LOS (current and future) • Parking removal (if any)

  9. City Council Policy Directives Outreach • Mailer to neighbors • Community meetings • Council office support

  10. Mailer to neighborhood

  11. Mailer to neighborhood

  12. City Council Policy Directives CEQA review • Categorical exemptions • Section 15301(c): minor alteration to existing roadway • Section 15304 (h): creation of bicycle lanes on existing rights-of-way • Environmental Impact Report (City of Oakland Bicycle Master Plan)

  13. City Council Policy directives City Council Resolution and Report • Removal of travel lanes • Removal of on-street parking

  14. Implementing Road Diets • Resurfacing program coordination • Other projects (e.g. sewer rehab, slurry, streetscape, etc.) • Stand-alone projects

  15. Lessons Learned • Federal Projects: Watch out! CEQA ≠ NEPA • Transit issues • Fewer gaps for peds/vehicles crossing or entering main street • Turning movements • Diversion/cut thru traffic: parallel routes? (e.g. Claremont Avenue example)

  16. Lessons Learned Community buy-in • People are seeking • traffic calming • Pedestrian/bicyclist safety • But concerns over • Possible congestion • Emergency vehicle responses • Fear of change

  17. Lessons LearnedCONCLUSION: • When Considering a Road Diet Proposal, Make Sure You Have a Process To: • Evaluate your proposal & identify impacts (technical study, LOS, parking, etc.) • Communicate the details, inform the public and policy makers • To receive feedback and answer questions • To evaluate the statutory requirements • To formally approve proposed road diet

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