100%. could not agree with this more.

Thank you for your request to improve the safety and efficiency of Alameda’s transportation system.

Requests for many transportation issues, including stop signs, curb painting, and traffic calming measures, typically require 8-12 weeks to complete before staff can develop a recommendation. These requests involve review of current plans and policies, compilation of accident and/or other history, coordinating with Alameda Police and other stakeholders, outreach to residents or others who may be affected by the proposed change, on-site data collection and analysis, and sometimes consultation with outside experts.

I will follow up with you about your request when your request is at the top of the queue. Unfortunately, due to limited funding, there is a backlog of these requests and they are being handled in the order of receipt. Due to that backlog, some requests may take six months to a year to complete the analysis and recommendation.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Stop signs here please!!!

And/or speed bumps all the way down 5th

5th is a treated like a major thoroughfare between central and lincoln. neighborhood in between is continually at risk. please slow this down with actionable measures before a fatality occurs.

Another car accident at this intersection today (nov 7). Act now, please!

Another accident just now on 5th at Santa Clara. Need to add stop at Haight to slow traffic!

city of alameda ... are you LISTENING?

I agree- a 4-way stop sign is much needed here. I cross here regularly with my two small children and often have to retreat quickly when cars come barreling down the street out of nowhere. It's particularly dangerous given the proximity to schools and a playground.

Thank you for your request to improve roadway, pedestrian and bike safety in Alameda.  We appreciate your feedback and value your input.  At the direction of City Council in November 2019, the City is working to address safety for all modes of travel around the City in accordance with its Vision Zero Action Plan and Active Transportation Plan. Please visit the following link to learn more about how we are Building Safer Streets: https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Building-Safer-Streets.

The City has created a new SeeClickFix category specifically for identifying safety issues - “Street Safety Concern.” Concerns will be used to identify safety trends citywide, which will inform the development of safety projects and initiatives to address these trends. Per City Council direction, prioritization of resources and work is to be guided by Vision Zero and the defined high injury network corridors and intersections. Locations that are not on the high injury network will still be considered for safety and solutions will be integrated into future Capital Improvements Programs. We have added this concern to that category for you. If you continue to feel unsafe at this location, please feel free to report it again using the link below.

Click here to report your Street Safety Concern: https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/Gvn1p3WRLo52iziy7HaYwdUc/report/category/33342/location

Again, thank you for your feedback and patience with this matter. We look forward to implementing the appropriate measures to help address the concerns you have brought our attention.

@TransportationEngineer / City of Alameda,

As you know, there was yet another vehicular accident here at 5th and Haight today (7/1/21). As shown in the attached photo, one of the vehicles today ended up smashing into the facade/front stairs of a day care center on the northwest corner of the intersection (in addition to causing a natural gas leak). This accident is in addition to the many of accidents discussed in this thread and the many more that undoubtedly occurred since my original traffic calming request in October 2019.

The frequency of accidents here and the complete lack of traffic calming devices is unacceptable. The residents of this neighborhood and students in the nearby schools deserve at least minimal safety considerations.

I myself am a civil servant in the infrastructure/transportation engineering sector, so I certainly understand things don't happen overnight. That said, there are some quick responses (e.g. daylighting the intersection with some red paint) that could have been at least considered over the last 18 months (since my original post).

I would like for the City of Alameda to provide a response that indicates someone is actually contemplating the request, hopefully with some urgency given the ongoing accidents and inevitable pedestrian injury/fatality (i.e. I would appreciate more than the copy/paste generic responses received thus far).

Another accident here today. The cost of the 3+ firetrucks, many police cars multiple times a year to come out for these accidents is probably costing the city more than a few stop signs would. Not to mention the cost if the city gets sued about this unsafe intersection. A car ran into the corner house. It's a daily occurrence that cars speed around the corner here so it comes as no surprise that a car ran into that house. Its just pure luck that no one's been killed yet.

another accident today at 5th & haight. just a car missing a turn on a '25 mph' quiet neighborhood street and ploughing into a corner house. with the added bonus of a gas leak. ambulances, multiple cruisers, motor cops, fire trucks, street in four directions blocked off to cars and pedestrians, home evacuations... you know, routine stuff like that.

Stop signs are cheap... https://www.safetysign.com/products/8584/stop-sign

Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. 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. This evaluation will generally happen on an annual basis, with some exceptions for clear and pressing trends. Issues that the City deems to be immediate safety concerns will be elevated for quick action.

The City uses its high injury corridor maps to prioritize investments, and you can find the maps here: www.alamedaca.gov/VisionZero#section-6

While 5th St is not a high injury corridor, it is recommended to be a traffic-calmed, bicycle-priority street (commonly called a "bicycle boulevard") as part of the Active Transportation Plan. This would involve various improvements to slow speeds on 5th and create safer crossings for pedestrians and cyclists. Read more about bicycle boulevards and find 5th on the map here: https://www.activealameda.org/Recommendations#section-3

A full draft Active Transportation Plan will be released by the end of the year. To join the mailing list, select "Active Transportation Plan" among the options here: https://www.alamedaca.gov/RESIDENTS/Subscribe

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

Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. Fifth Street from Buena Vista to Central will be resurfaced in 2022 (download the pavement management map at www.AlamedaCA.gov/SaferStreets#section-5). As part of this pavement maintenance project, the City will implement the following to improve safety for all roadway users along Fifth Street:
- Add daylighting (red curbs) at intersections that do not meet the City’s current safety standards, to improve visibility. (daylighting info www.AlamedaCA.gov/SaferStreets#section-3)
- Consider adding new marked crosswalks in select locations.
- Consider adding paint and post bulbouts at select intersections to shorten pedestrian and bicycle crossing distances and slow turning vehicles.
- Consider other striping changes to slow vehicles.
- Hold a public meeting to describe this year’s overall paving program and timeline (date TBD).
- The City is actively working on these resurfacing plans. Later this spring we’ll have a better idea of the specific improvements that will be made.

Further improvements for Fifth Street are not planned for this year. The City, per its Vision Zero policy, uses crash data to prioritize traffic safety improvements where they are needed most, and, as you can see in the maps of the high injury corridors and high crash intersections (found at www.alamedaca.gov/VisionZero#section-4). Fifth St is not a high injury corridor according to ten years of crash data.
Several other planning and capital projects are underway which will directly or indirectly improve this corridor over time:

- Fifth Street is proposed to be a traffic-calmed bicycle boulevard in the draft Active Transportation Plan recommendations (see the map at https://tooledesign.github.io/F0061-Alameda-City-ATP/new/). If this plan is approved by Council and this corridor is prioritized, staff would first conduct a study of the existing conditions and needed improvements to slow and reduce traffic along the corridor, and then would seek funding and implement improvements. More information about this Plan, expected be adopted by the City Council by the end of this year, is at www.activealameda.org. Information about bike boulevards and the types of treatments that might be considered are here: https://www.activealameda.org/files/assets/public/departments/alameda/transportation/bikeboulevards_11x17.pdf. Get involved in the project by joining the mailing list at www.AlamedaCA.gov/subscribe.
- Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific Safety Improvements Project: As part of this corridor safety improvement project, the City is doing an in-depth study of needed safety improvements along Lincoln. This includes the Fifth/Lincoln/Marshall intersection, which is a gateway to the southern part of Fifth Street. Changes to this intersection have the potential to reduce and slow traffic that uses Fifth Street. We encourage you to participate in this planning process by subscribing to the mailing list at www.AlamecaCA.gov/subscribe. The project page is www.AlamedaCA.gov/Lincoln.

- Central Ave Safety Improvement Project: As part of this corridor project, planned to be constructed in 2023/24, the City will install high-visibility crosswalks and painted bulbouts at the intersection of Fifth/Central. As with the Lincoln/Marshall intersection, these improvements can have a calming effect on traffic entering this section of Fifth St. The project page is www.AlamedaCA.gov/Central.

- The City will be creating criteria for installing traffic calming devices such as neighborhood traffic circles and speed humps along residential streets and also planned bicycle boulevards. Once this guidance is developed, the City will be in a better position to evaluate requests it receives from residents throughout the city for these devices.

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. This evaluation will generally happen on an annual basis, with some exceptions for clear and pressing trends. 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