Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. In mid-2024, the City will begin constructing major safety improvements to Central Ave from Sherman to Main, including traffic calming measures, safer pedestrian crossings, and bicycle facilities. More information is here: www.alamedaca.gov/central
Santa Clara Ave. is one of the city's designated slow streets. As you know, the Slow Streets program was originally implemented in 2020 to facilitate physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, a very difficult time for all. Now we are in a transition period. Today, the barricades serve the purpose of limiting automobile traffic on these streets, to create more places for our community to safely walk and bike, in alignment with the City’s Vision Zero, Active Transportation and Climate Action efforts to provide safer and more sustainable ways for everyone to get around. More info about the Slow Streets program overall is on our project web page: www.slowstreetsalameda.org. Lincoln Avenue is part of the longer term Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific plan. In 2023, the City Council endorsed a design concept for the Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific Avenue Safety Improvement Project, which will include major improvements for three miles of this high injury corridor from Alameda Point at Pacific/Central/Main to the East End at Lincoln/Broadway. This concept includes design changes that are proven to reduce speeds and improve pedestrian safety at crossings. The City/consultant team has completed 35 percent design drawings, and recently received funding to complete the design. Last year we submitted a grant application for $20 million to fund the corridor improvements; unfortunately this proposal was unsuccessful, but we will continue to seek funding. More information at www.AlamedaCA.gov/LincolnMarshallPacific.

Your report will help inform the City of Alameda’s work to achieve our Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. Staff will retain your report and refer to it the next time we undertake a project on this street, whether it is pavement resurfacing or a corridor update. For selection of new safety improvement projects, the City refers to High Injury Corridors, equity indicators, Active Transportation Plan projects, and street resurfacing needs, augmented by Street Safety Concerns. See the links below for more information.
- Check whether your street is on a High Injury Corridor: www.alamedaca.gov/visionzero#section-4
- See the pavement resurfacing schedule: www.alamedaca.gov/pavement
- Check whether your street is slated for improvements by 2030 as part of the Active Transportation Plan: www.activealameda.org/files/sharedassets/transport/table-10_2030-infrastructure-plan.pdf
- Review the City’s current transportation projects and work plan: www.alamedaca.gov/saferstreets
- Join the transportation mailing list(s) that interest you: www.alamedaca.gov/subscribe