Robert Prinz

Rightmost southbound lane of MLK Jr Way just past 39th St, pavement is very rough and needs to be repaired before the bike lane is striped here next month.

Southbound Broadway just at 51st St, construction site has three through lanes and 1 bike lane all channeling into 2 through lanes at a very congested and dangerous location, and with no advance warning of the bike lane closure, just a small sign on the construction site itself. A pedestrian walkway is provided and most bike riders are going through that way, including and OPD bike patrol officer who I just saw riding on the walkway at high speed, and who could have easily run into a pedestrian at the blind corner at the far end. Please follow up with this construction site to make sure the traffic control plans are being followed, and are up to current Oakland standards for bike and pedestrian accommodation.

Bad pavement in rightmost lane of southbound MLK Jr Way just before W Grand Ave. Please repair ahead of the bike lane striping that is about to occur here. Ideally the whole rightmost, southbound lane from 23rd to Grand should get some attention as it is currently cracked and deteriorating.

Bad pavement in rightmost lane of southbound MLK Jr Way just before W Grand Ave. Please repair ahead of the bike lane striping that is about to occur here.

Bad pavement in rightmost lane of southbound MLK Jr Way just past 23rd St. Please repair ahead of the bike lane striping that is about to occur here.

The bike repair station on 52nd Street just south of the Temescal Branch Library has been vandalized. The pump is still working but the pump head needs to be replaced, and the adjustable wrench and hex wrench set tools have been stolen. Please replace these so that the repair station may continue to be used.

The pedestrian walk signal button on the SE corner of 40th St and Horton St (for northbound Horton St pedestrians crossing 40th) is not working. This past Sunday I hit the button and didn't get a walk signal through two whole signal phases, and eventually had to cross on the green light with no walk signal. Please fix, thanks.

This section of Spruce was resurfaced in 2016 using chip seal asphalt. The initial application was quite bumpy, especially for bike riders coming down the steep section south of Los Angeles Ave at speed. The thermoplastic sharrow markings also add more bumpiness for high pressure bike tires, especially for the southbound section approaching the stop sign at Eunice Street. I was initially told by Berkeley staff that the new asphalt would smooth out over time, but this has not yet happened and the bumpiness in the downhill direction still feels hazardous. In addition, more sharrow markings were added recently further up Spruce, south of Grizzly Peak Blvd, adding more bumpy roadway areas for bike riders to deal with, distracting them from traffic. As such I recommend the following: 1) Replace all of the sharrow stencil markings with one-piece preformed sharrow installations, either green backed or black backed (like those manufactured by Ennis Flint). This will help encourage drivers to look for bike riders in the roadway, without creating bumpy surface hazards in the process. 2) Look into ways to proactively smoothen the part of Spruce chip sealed in 2016, especially in the downhill direction south of Los Angeles Ave. Also make it a Berkeley policy to only use one-piece preformed sharrow markings going forward, and prohibit chip seal asphalt on bike routes, especially on hilly segments with a 3% or greater grade.

Oakland bicycle wayfinding sign defaced, eastbound Wolsey before Colby Street. If this gets reported to Berkeley via the SeeClickFix app please forward the report to the City of Oakland.

The walk signal buttons on the west side of Fruitvale Ave crossing E 12th Street are separated from the brand new median cut through via a curb, such that someone in a wheelchair or using a walker can't reach them. This is an obvious ADA violation and needs to be fixed ASAP. I believe this work was done as part of BART's seismic retrofit of the aerial track structures.

Sewer grate at SE corner of 61st and Hollis has several metal cross bars partially removed, making this grate dangerous for anyone rolling over it on a bicycle. Please check it out and fix ASAP, thanks.

Gravel in bike lane, N bound Telegraph before 20th Street.

Westbound 27th St before Broadway, the gap filler material that was previously sealing the crack between these concrete pads has since eroded, exposing this long and deep seam right in the bike lane. This is very hazardous as it could catch a bike wheel and cause a crash very easily, so please return to this location and reseal the gap or implement a more permanent fix.