Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. Willow from Otis to Shore Line is proposed to have separated bicycle lanes in the draft Active Transportation Plan recommendations. The excessive width of this roadway currently encourages high speeds, and separated bike lanes would utilize some of the excess width, encouraging safer speeds. More information here: https://www.activealameda.org/Recommendations#section-3. The full draft Active Transportation Plan should be released in spring 2022. Join the mailing list here: www.alamedaca.gov/Subscribe

Your report will help inform the City of Alameda’s work to achieve our Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. We will use street safety reports, including yours, in combination with crash data and equity indicators to prioritize and design street safety investments. The City reviews reports when designing street safety projects, and will evaluate citywide reports annually. Issues that the City deems to be immediate safety concerns will be elevated for quick action.

For more information and a list of current and planned transportation projects, see www.AlamedaCA.gov/SaferStreets

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