Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program
News
The Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Program is hiring a student intern (Engineering Intern/Student Trainee classification) to help design on-street bikeways using AutoCAD. See announcement.
Read about the last six month's progress implementing the City's Bicycle Master Plan in the Winter 2010 edition of the "I [BIKE] Oakland" newsletter.
Learn more about the proposal to improve bicycle access to the MacArthur BART Station.
Free bicycle safety classes, sponsored by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition and funded by a grant from the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, have now been scheduled. Go to www.ebbc.org/safety for details. Each class consists of a 3.5 hour Traffic Safety 101 Classroom workshop and a 6.5 hour Traffic Safety 101 Road Class of on-bike instruction.
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About the Program
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program plans, secures funds for, and implements bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout Oakland. Facilities include bicycle parking, bicycle lanes and routes, and other roadway reconfigurations to promote bicycling and walking in Oakland. The program also provides technical assistance on the planning and construction of a variety of citywide pedestrian projects.
Funding for the program comes from Alameda County's Measure B sales tax revenues for transportation. Oakland also receives approximately $1 million per year specifically for bicycle and pedestrian safety projects. In October 2008, the City Council adopted a priority list of projects for the Fiscal Years 2009-10 through 2012-13 which allocates 65% of these funds to pedestrian safety projects and 35% to bicycle projects. (Read report and resolution.) Projects are also funded by various local, state, and federal transportation grants.
Accomplishments
- Installed 87 miles of bike lanes and routes
- Purchased and installed over 1,300 bike parking racks accommodating more than 3,000 bicycles
- Coordinated Oakland's annual Bike to Work Day event since 1994
- Secured funding for and oversaw construction of Oakland's first Bike Station at the Fruitvale BART
- Secured millions of dollars of grant revenue for bicycle and pedestrian safety and capital projects in all districts from local, state and federal sources
- Installed two sets of eight, multi-user, public eLockers (electronic bicycle lockers) adjacent to Oakland's two downtown BART stations on Broadway
- Hosted Oakland's first Car-Free Day in California in 2004
- Initiated and hosted WalkBike California 2003, California's first conference devoted to walking and bicycling, in partnership with the California Bicycle Coalition
- Planned, funded and implemented significant segments of the Oakland Bay Trail, with bicycle and pedestrian facilities, SF Bay Trail signage, trees, and historic markers
- Installed bicycle parking at garages downtown and at major City facilities, including a card-access bicycle cage for City employees that is a model for new construction
Reporting Hazards/Issues
To report roadway hazards, such as glass, potholes, drainage grates, or other obstructions; missing route signs or bicycle lane striping/marking; and to report abandoned bikes that need removal from bike racks or sign/meter poles, please contact the Infrastructure Maintenance Division at (510) 615-5566 or use PWA's online reporting form.
To report damaged or missing bicycle parking racks, please contact the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Coordinator at (510) 238-3983 or bikeped@oaklandnet.com.
To report speeding, or to request a traffic calming or other roadway improvement, please contact the Transportation Services Division at (510) 238-3466.
To report problems with a traffic signal, please contact the Electrical Services Division at (510) 615-5430 (24 hours).
Program Staff
Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager
Jason Patton (510) 238-7049
Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities Coordinator
Jennifer Stanley (510) 238-3983