Robert Prinz

The construction traffic control for southbound 16th Ave approaching Embarcadero is insanely bad for bike and pedestrian safety and needs to be fixed ASAP. The only sidewalk is the east side of 16th Ave and is closed off where 16th curves around to meet Embarcadero, so pedestrians can’t reach the only crosswalk crossing Embarcadero without walking into the street through this blind curve.

Similarly the bike lane on southbound 16th is blocked with a “bikes may use full lane” sign, but only right after the blind curve so the sign can’t be seen until the last second, forcing bike riders to swerve into the travel lane right at a location where there is also gnarly pavement due to an abandoned railroad track that people have been reporting for years but still hasn’t been removed.

This situation is bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. Please follow up now before someone is badly injured.

The utility crew that repaved and re-striped westbound W MacArthur between West and Market Street after their project earlier this year never added back the bike stencils in the bike lane, and they missed replacing many of the hash marks between between the bike lane and parking aisle. This was a fairly new bike lane so please send the utility crew back out to make sure every single stencil and stripe is replaced. Thanks.

51st St from West to MLK was resurfaced last year but the stop letters on both ends of the block were never repainted. I reported this at that time but the issue was never followed up on. Given that the mayor used this block’s resurfacing as a press event, it would be great for public works to finally follow through and complete this job. Thanks.

At the curb outside 1074 53rd St eastbound. This is a bike boulevard route.

Westbound Whitmore St at Broadway tonight at 8:35pm, the traffic signal cycled all the way through for traffic on Broadway but never gave me on my bike a green light, even though I was waiting right on top of the detector stencil. After some cars showed up in the opposite direction and another long wait despite little Broadway traffic the light finally turned green. Please fix.

Every day there are vehicles parked at red curbs all around the north side of Frank Ogawa Plaza, especially on 16th St from Telegraph Ave to Clay St, on Clay St from San Pablo Ave to 14th St, and on San Pablo around the entrance to Frank Ogawa Plaza. A great many of these are city vehicles including police, fire, parking enforcement, and other City of Oakland vehicles, as well as various delivery trucks. Just this week I even saw a police vehicle parked at a red curb in front of a fire hydrant.

The red curbs exist to daylight intersections and increase visibility between drivers and pedestrians in crosswalks. I know parking is tough Downtown but by blocking red curbs these drivers are blocking visibility and reducing street safety. It’s bad enough when random drivers do this, but when our own police, fire, and parking enforcement folks do the same thing it sets a terrible standard while also impacting safety negatively.

I encourage you to please take efforts to better manage the parking and loading situation around Frank Ogawa Plaza and City Hall, before someone is badly injured. I also recommend protecting the red curbs with paint/bollard bulb outs in the short term, to actively discourage drivers from misusing these spaces.

Construction on sidewalk on west side of Piedmont between Monte Vista and Montell leaves less than one foot of clearance and has no signed pedestrian detour. Please follow up with the crew responsible for this project to ensure proper construction traffic controls are implemented.

In front of 844 54th St

Pothole in the crosswalk on 54th St just east of Genoa.

Southbound Genoa before 52nd St, there is a deep dip in the roadway just past the sharrow bike marking, across from 5216 Genoa. It is hard to see after dark and could cause a crash, please fix.