4 21-0167 Subject: Informational Report On The Safe Oakland Streets (SOS) Initiative
From: Transportation Department
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report From The Department Of Transportation, The Oakland Police Department, The Department Of Race And Equity, And The City Administrator's Office On Comprehensive Traffic Safety Strategies That Effectively Reduce Injuries, Advance Equity And Address Speeding, Including Infrastructure Changes, Enforcement Strategies, Policy Changes, And Programs In Place Or Under Consideration In Oakland
I appreciate the comprehensive reports and robust collaborative work by all departments and look forward to supporting the solutions and implementation of traffic calming efforts. What are the next steps?
We need more policing in East Oakland, specficially in District 6 and 7th. Our streets are not safe! People drive recklessly, smash into cars and do so with impunity. People should not be allowed to drive without license plates and/or expired tags to start. The slow streets initiative has reduced speeding cars some on our street and we need the City of Oakland to invest in limiting access to more streets here in East Oakland. Look to Berkeley's model for planning out street access initiatives for the future.
Thanks for the excellent report on Safe Oakland Streets. It is encouraging to see an inter-agency, holistic approach to traffic safety. It's imperative the city act with greater urgency.
Section 2.2 says to "work in partnership with communities to implement responsive, proactive, and near-term improvements."
Safe 8th Street has been lobbying the city for nine months. We've invested countless hours into data collection to demonstrate people speed 60, 70, 80mph down our residential street. We've captured stories of long-time residents and people who have had their homes hit by cars. Every day, on average, 44 drivers speed recklessly over 40mph down 8th at Chester. Our data and eyewitnesses know many of these people drive much faster.
We have a proposal to immediately implement a low-cost traffic calming solution on 8th Street between Mandela and Willow. This will offer a temporary, partial solution to our full request for physical traffic calming from Market to Pine. We also eagerly await the decision on our CIP request for permanent traffic calming along the corridor in conjunction with the 8th Street paving project in late 2021.
OakDOT must immediately work with neighborhood groups like ours to install physical traffic calming barriers. With dozens of speeding and reckless drivers in front of our homes each and every day, this can not wait.
Here is your opportunity to partner with communities as this report recommends. We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi! I live at 8th and Peralta in West Oakland. I am writing in support of the Safe Oakland Streets initiative. I believe this understanding is critical for improving traffic safety. That said, I'd like to see the city and OakDOT move with increased urgency to put traffic calming features in place, alongside understanding the problem. We should empower neighborhoods to develop *and implement* traffic calming recommendations for their own streets with a combination of readily available and inexpensive street changes at their disposal.
The SOS initiative was not a success in district's 6&7. There were no safety measures put in place as well as usage of main access points within these districts. There is a huge inequity with regards to safety, transportation, infrastructure, the economy etc... I hope this study shows the disparities! I asked the ford-go bike program years ago to place bikes at the MLK shoreline area and of course East Oakland received nothing. Bancroft( from 73rd -SL) is one street that has decent bike lanes, yet DOT/OPD have not done anything to protect/promote the residents. 90th Ave. between Bancroft and E.14th was supposed to be a place for the scrappers to ride but there is nothing but abandoned/illegally parked cars and improper gatherings at liquor stores. The children in the flatlands cannot enjoy SOS because the streets are dangerous! Our residents have not thrived, instead they have been slaughtered on the streets of Oakland. The city should enforce parking like Washington DC and create some revenue for the infrastructure. Zoning laws are antiquated and spread out to rid us of the segregated past.
I appreciate the comprehensive reports and robust collaborative work by all departments and look forward to supporting the solutions and implementation of traffic calming efforts. What are the next steps?
We need more policing in East Oakland, specficially in District 6 and 7th. Our streets are not safe! People drive recklessly, smash into cars and do so with impunity. People should not be allowed to drive without license plates and/or expired tags to start. The slow streets initiative has reduced speeding cars some on our street and we need the City of Oakland to invest in limiting access to more streets here in East Oakland. Look to Berkeley's model for planning out street access initiatives for the future.
Thanks for the excellent report on Safe Oakland Streets. It is encouraging to see an inter-agency, holistic approach to traffic safety. It's imperative the city act with greater urgency.
Section 2.2 says to "work in partnership with communities to implement responsive, proactive, and near-term improvements."
Safe 8th Street has been lobbying the city for nine months. We've invested countless hours into data collection to demonstrate people speed 60, 70, 80mph down our residential street. We've captured stories of long-time residents and people who have had their homes hit by cars. Every day, on average, 44 drivers speed recklessly over 40mph down 8th at Chester. Our data and eyewitnesses know many of these people drive much faster.
We have a proposal to immediately implement a low-cost traffic calming solution on 8th Street between Mandela and Willow. This will offer a temporary, partial solution to our full request for physical traffic calming from Market to Pine. We also eagerly await the decision on our CIP request for permanent traffic calming along the corridor in conjunction with the 8th Street paving project in late 2021.
OakDOT must immediately work with neighborhood groups like ours to install physical traffic calming barriers. With dozens of speeding and reckless drivers in front of our homes each and every day, this can not wait.
Here is your opportunity to partner with communities as this report recommends. We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi! I live at 8th and Peralta in West Oakland. I am writing in support of the Safe Oakland Streets initiative. I believe this understanding is critical for improving traffic safety. That said, I'd like to see the city and OakDOT move with increased urgency to put traffic calming features in place, alongside understanding the problem. We should empower neighborhoods to develop *and implement* traffic calming recommendations for their own streets with a combination of readily available and inexpensive street changes at their disposal.
The SOS initiative was not a success in district's 6&7. There were no safety measures put in place as well as usage of main access points within these districts. There is a huge inequity with regards to safety, transportation, infrastructure, the economy etc... I hope this study shows the disparities! I asked the ford-go bike program years ago to place bikes at the MLK shoreline area and of course East Oakland received nothing. Bancroft( from 73rd -SL) is one street that has decent bike lanes, yet DOT/OPD have not done anything to protect/promote the residents. 90th Ave. between Bancroft and E.14th was supposed to be a place for the scrappers to ride but there is nothing but abandoned/illegally parked cars and improper gatherings at liquor stores. The children in the flatlands cannot enjoy SOS because the streets are dangerous! Our residents have not thrived, instead they have been slaughtered on the streets of Oakland. The city should enforce parking like Washington DC and create some revenue for the infrastructure. Zoning laws are antiquated and spread out to rid us of the segregated past.