Concerns have been raised about this intersection previously in regards to both engineering and enforcement.
http://seeclickfix.com/issues/2207201

The situation will only get worse with increased development. What are the plans to address traffic in all its forms: vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists? This intersection will also soon be part of the Cross Alameda Trail.

Could the community please receive a response from those managers who are responsible? How are these problems going to be addressed?

As stated many times before, the issuer can be monitored by the patrol, division for violations on the days the event is underway. A permit for use and occupancy of the space, for the fair, is still valid and the increase on traffic is not something the current infrastructure of the traffic signals in Alameda or Oakland can handle. This is not an issue that can be "fixed" with engineering or police enforcement. Every city in the country has limits to the amount of vehicle traffic it can handle. In this scenario, we are unique as we must use a tunnel for ingress/egress on the west end. The cars HAVE to go somewhere and, along their route, the sheer volume will collapse traffic engineering that was designed for a certain volume of cars. Much like traffic on the fourth of July, to watch fireworks, or during baseball season, after a Giants' game ferry returns. There will be hoards of traffic that crash the system and create these circumstances.

Sgt DesRespini:

In all these years of the Antiques Fair, I am yet to see APD in action at both the above interesections. The massive gridlocks at the intersection can be avoided if cars don't run the light. Why isn't APD policing the intersections despite numerous complaints?

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Jason! If you want something done about this problem you gotz to contact Lt. Wayland Gee. He is the shaker and mover of the police department and will getz everything moving. You watch! Just call him and you will see Ocifers out in force next time the traffic is twisted.

As stated before, this traffic issue materializes when every member of my particular unit is off duty. The classification of this complaint is traffic related but not truly under my area of responsibility. Nonetheless, I understand your concerns. If you want traffic out in force, I would urge whoever approved this permit to require the fair folks to hire officers to work traffic enforcement around the fair on an exclusive contract.

I have forwarded this request to the patrol division which is at a historically low staffing level nearly every day. The cause of the traffic is a concentrated event that has approval from the city. The dates are clearly defined and a month apart. I understand there is congestion, however, I have no control over canceling the event or, on Sundays) directing traffic enforcement. I would recommend taking these concerns up with a more appropriate official. Our traffic signals, Oakland's traffic signals on the other end of the Posey Tube, and the sheer number of vehicles concentrated to one area is the cause of this. I am not dismissing the issue. There is traffic. There is a very defined reason for it, and there is a reason it continues to happen. I have no pro or con stance on the event whatsoever. Every city has this whether it is a weekly, monthly, or yearly event or a major sports team. The hours of said traffic impact are defined and alternate routes are widely available; although maybe less convenient.

Thanks Sgt DeRespini.

Following your suggestions, I filed a new request (https://seeclickfix.com/issues/2376775) and hope the City will respond.

This is simply unacceptable.

Years ago, we were told that Webster Street would become a "smart" corridor with timed lights, signal interrupts and large video signs warning drivers that there were traffic problems and to seek another route. None of those smart video signs work. None of them. Why? Why was the project never completed?

@gerstle .. indeed! Another boondoggle.

There are also these large screens (?) at Atlantic/3rd (see here: http://tinyurl.com/zw4tupj, just behind the 3rd Street sign) that have been idle for the past 2+ years.

As part of the Webster Street smart corridor project, cameras were installed at key intersections. Do these cameras actually work or are they like BART cameras? If they work, who is monitoring them? If they are being monitored, is APD ready to respond when problems appear on the cameras?

Who is responsible for the record low in patrol and traffic enforcement officers? Is it the Mayor? City Council? City Manager? Police Chief? Which public official(s) do we hold responsible? The economy is booming and city revenues are up. Why is our police department so short staffed? Who do we hold responsible?

If APD does not have the resources to address this and since this stretch of Webster Street is a State Highway, could the CHP be asked to help?

Patrol Division Advised for extra patrol

Thanks Sgt! We look forward to this being implemented before the next Fair (7th May).

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Thanks for fixing this issue!

Wait I thought you all said there was no traffic issue with the Point wait when it is fully developed and operational , will you blame the Police for your lack of planning then.....