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Thank you.

Yes, it will great the traffic department take seriously this dangerous intersection.

I take 42nd to avoid that intersection. Its the worse.

I live on E12th at High St. and I see the traffic from that signal backed up through the E12th intersection all day long.

Have copied/pasted your posting to the City Council Rep. Noel Gallo.
Your solution should be considered ASAP. Others on this website should also get involved by calling and emailing:
ngallo@oaklandnet.com (Thanks, Eileen, for reminding us who to contact.).

It was reported in 2011, Right now we are leaving 2014 behind. So we Oaklanders will continue to deal with the following: When the light turns green for High Street, traffic in the left lane almost invariably wants to turn left, and has to yield to oncoming traffic, blocking the left lane for most of the cycle of the light. Meanwhile, traffic in the right lane has to yield to the high volume of pedestrian traffic in the neighborhood, which can easily block the right lane. It is not uncommon for traffic to only be able to advance a couple of car lengths per green. To make matters worse, few drivers signal their intentions to turn, at best at the last second when it is too late to get out of their lane!

This street light continues to work intermittently. Sometimes it is fine, and at other times traffic on Santa Rita never gets a green light at all. The light cycles through reds and greens on High Street, but Santa Rita's light remains stubbornly red, making left turns impossible.

Heads-up: AC Transit's East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project which will have an impact on this intersection. This project creates designated bus-only travel lanes on International Blvd. with new high-tech timed signal lights that will favor the AC Transit bus. (The number of car lanes will be reduced.)

This is an ambitious project. BRT will operate buses between 20th St. on Broadway in downtown Oakland and San Leandro BART. They are aiming to complete the project at the end of 2017.

The designated bus stops in this vicinity include:... - Fruitvale - 39th Ave. - High St. - 48th Ave. - 54th Ave. - Seminary - ...

For more information, they have created this Web site is http://brt.actransit.org.

There will be both benefits and drawbacks to this new system.

(Not sure if a left turn lane/left signal arrow was a consideration for traffic coming from High Street to International Blvd. so I recently posed this question. I am awaiting a response.)

The lane striping schematics for the East Bay International Blvd BRT project are available to view or download online here (these are from October 2015 so some minor changes might have been made since then): https://www.scribd.com/doc/290423409/East-Bay-BRT-striping-schematics-Oakland-and-San-Leandro

It does not look like there are any proposed changes to High Street as part of this plan, but the traffic signals are likely going to be replaced so there might be an opportunity to adjust the signal phase at that time.

High Street north of Courtland goes from 2 lanes each way down to 1 each way with a center turn lane. This same thing could be done south of Courtland as well, which would create fewer backups due to left turners while also freeing up space on each side for bike lanes. This is typically referred to as a 4-to-3 road diet, and there have been dozens of other similar projects implemented all over town with no increase in congestion despite fewer travel lanes.

If this is the type of treatment you would like to see on High Street I also recommend contacting Noel Gallo's office, as he has the power to help prioritize such a project.

Thank you, Robert Prinz! The schematics are interesting.
I think it would be beneficial to contact both council members Noel Gallo and Annie Campbell-Washington.

Many would also appreciate a left arrow turn signal on High Street and San Leandro St.

Are you an engineer?

I'm not an engineer sparrow27, but I am the current District 1 representative on Oakland's Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission and I work for the local advocacy non-profit Bike East Bay, so I'm privvy to a lot of transportation planning info that many people don't get to see. Despite working for the all-powerful bicycle lobby I do spend a lot of time on pedestrian and transit issues as well. If you have questions about anything else going on around town, or would like some assistance with opportunities on High Street, please don't hesitate to get in touch: www.BikeEastBay.org/Contact

This post has been brought to the attention of Council members Noel Gallo and Annie Campbell-Washington, via email as a copy and paste.
Thanks again for sharing this info and for your involvement on Oakland's Bicyclists and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
It would be great if AC Transit could implement the 4-to-3 diet modified signal phase. Hope it's not too late to make this modification/improvement.

(Bike East Bay is also a wonderful resource.)

Sparrow27: thank you for this information, please keep us posted here, if any new developments occur on this project.

Maybe the reporter, Andy B., could be hired by the City of Oakland to trouble shoot some of our horrendous intersections.