Robert Prinz

This morning I saw a driver enter the protected bikeway along Lakeside and Harrison, hit a maintenance vehicle, reverse at speed to the intersection of Lakeside/Harrison, and then leave without making a report. Drivers frequently enter the cycletrack either intentionally or by accident, because the openings at several intersections are wide enough for them to do so.

Please add additional posts or extend the concrete curbs to avoid this in the future. Luckily this time there was only property damage, but next time it could be worse.

The red curb northbound before the crosswalk at 6200 Shattuck needs to be repainted red, to help discourage drivers from parking here and blocking the visibility between drivers and pedestrians entering the crosswalk.

The red curb northbound before the crosswalk at 6214 Shattuck needs to be repainted red, to help discourage drivers from parking here and blocking the visibility between drivers and pedestrians entering the crosswalk.

The red curb northbound before the crosswalk at 6432 Shattuck needs to be repainted red, to help discourage drivers from parking here and blocking the visibility between drivers and pedestrians entering the crosswalk.

The red curb southbound before the crosswalk at 6523 Shattuck needs to be repainted red, to help discourage drivers from parking here and blocking the visibility between drivers and pedestrians entering the crosswalk.

The red curb on eastbound Lakeshore before Beacon needs to be repainted, to make it more clear this is a “no parking” zone. Drivers frequently park here blocking the sight lines between the street and this uncontrolled crosswalk. Additional features like a sidewalk extension using paint and posts would also be appreciated.

The westbound W MacArthur bike lane ahead of Ruby and Latimer was recently replaced after paving. The new bike lane line was dashed leading up to each of these intersections, which was an error since there is no right turns allowed onto these one way streets.

I reported this and requested that the buffer lane lines be changed to solid stripes. After that the inside bike lane buffer line was fixed, but the outside line is still dashed at each location. Please go back one more time to fix this at both intersections and re-stripe the outside lane line as solid, not dashed, to make it more clear that there are no right turns allowed.

Sidewalk on the south side of 3rd Street between Jefferson and Clay is very broken and not easily traversable by people using mobility devices. There are also several unused curb cuts on this block that no longer lead to driveways, so the sidewalk should be rebuilt with a continuous curb.

The crossing of Shattuck at 59th Street is hazardous for people biking & walking, and needs to be upgraded, ideally with a stop sign or signal. The east side of 59th is blocked to car traffic so this is an ideal way for people to walk to and from Bushrod Park, and 59th could be a great bike boulevard due to that diverter and the existing signals at MLK and Telegraph. Please prioritize a crossing upgrade at this intersection.

A new sidewalk on the south side of 3rd St between Market and Brush as part of a PG&E leaves only 3 feet of clearance between the edge and the empty tree well. 4’ clearance is the minimum for ADA compliance, and wider is preferred.

Please send the PG&E crew back to this location to ensure that the sidewalks installed are fully accessible and compliant.

Southbound Fulton Street between Bancroft and Durant, moving trucks and delivery vehicles frequently stop in and block the separated bike lane, despite the green paint and posts. This is especially bad at the beginning & end of the UCB school year when students are moving. Please increase enforcement at this block (including weekends and evenings - this photo was on a Sunday at 11am), and install additional barriers to make it more difficult for drivers to enter the bikeway.

The new developer-installed bike racks along Valdez Street between 24th and 26th Streets are insecurely installed. Please follow up with the developer to have them replaced with something like standard inverted-U racks that meet Oakland bike parking guidelines. The new bike racks at the other development just south of 24th St are much better.

Northbound Valdez St between 24th and 26th Streets, developer-installed “sharks teeth” advance yield markings before the midblock crosswalk in the northbound direction are backwards. The point of the arrow needs to face car traffic, not toward the crosswalk. Please have the contractors fix this.

The metered parking spot on northbound Webster Street just before 2nd St needs to be removed and replaced with a red curb “no parking” zone. Parked cars at this location block the view of the unmarked crosswalk on the south side of this intersection crossing Webster, creating a pedestrian hazard. 2nd at Webster is also a 2-way stop location, as well as a designated bicycle boulevard and Bay Trail route, but the lack of visibility for cross traffic makes the intersection more hazardous.

MUTCD standards also reinforce that at least one stall length ahead of every intersection should have parking prohibited.

28th St in the intersection with Summit, pothole in the middle of the lane.