City of Alameda Transportation Projects
Central Avenue: This project includes a reduction from four to three travel lanes, a center turn lane, bike lanes in the Gold Coast area, a two-way separated bikeway in the west end to Washington Park, street trees/rain gardens and intersection improvements such as roundabouts, curb extensions, pedestrian refuge islands, rectangular rapid flashing beacons, and new crosswalks.
Cross Alameda Trail Overall: This project, which is being built in segments, is a premiere cross-town, low-stress four-mile bicycling and walking corridor that will connect the west side of the island to the east, from the Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point to the Miller-Sweeney (Fruitvale) Bridge.
Clement Avenue: This project consists of a two-way bikeway on the north/estuary side of the street, curb extensions, sidewalk/curb ramp improvements and railroad track removal. It forms a 1.2 mile segment of the Cross Alameda Trail.
Clement Avenue/Tilden Way: This project will use the abandoned railroad right-of-way along Tilden Way and the eastern terminus of Clement Avenue. It will also build the most eastern segment of the 4-mile east-west Cross Alameda Trail, and will directly connect to the Clement Avenue Safety Improvement project, which also is part of the Cross Alameda Trail.
Estuary Bridge: Alameda, in partnership with the City of Oakland and others, is working to create a vastly improved estuary crossing for people traveling on foot, wheels and bicycle. A new moveable bicycle/pedestrian bridge is envisioned that would create an easy-to-use, safe and enjoyable connection, filling the significant gap in walking and biking facilities between the West End of Alameda and Oakland.
Fernside Boulevard Traffic Calming & Bikeways Project: This project aims to update Fernside Boulevard from Tilden Way to San Jose Ave. It includes near-term, quick-build improvements for Fernside from Tilden Way to High St, as well as a long-term concept for the full corridor.
Grand Street Safety Improvements & Pavement Resurfacing: Safety improvements include new high visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, flashing beacons, a protected two-way bikeway, enhanced bus stops by Shore Line Drive and Wood School, and narrower travel lanes to encourage slower vehicle speeds.
Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific Avenue Improvement Project: Street design improvements on this corridor for 3.1 miles from Broadway to Main Street.
Mecartney Road/Island Drive Improvements: This project conducted analysis and outreach, and developed a roundabout design concept to increase safety and improve bus access at this busy intersection.
Neighborhood Greenways: Neighborhood Greenways are local, traffic-calmed streets designed to give priority to people walking and biking, where bicyclists and motorists can safely share the road and busy street crossings have been made safer.
Willie Stargell Avenue: The project will be include walking and bicycling paths in the vacant right-of-way north of the roadway, traffic calming, two roundabouts, new bus stops, and pedestrian crossing safety improvements.
The above projects are funded by a variety of federal, state and local sources including the gasoline tax - SB 1 monies - and the countywide transportation sales tax - Measure BB, which is administered by the Alameda County Transportation Commission.
Transportation Projects Led by External Agencies
Doolittle Drive: Doolittle Drive in Oakland is expected to be an entry point for coastal flooding at the 100-year flood event. City staff are working with the key stakeholders - Caltrans, the Port of Oakland, East Bay Regional Park District and the City of Oakland - to seek funding for the project to bolster the seawall barrier to keep out bay water.
Oakland Alameda Access Project: Led by the Alameda County Transportation Commission and constructed by Caltrans, this project will make freeway access easier, improve safety in Oakland Chinatown, and add a new 4-foot pathway for people walking and biking in the Webster Tube. Construction is expected to start in spring 2025 and involve ongoing single lane closures in the Tubes as well as occasional temporary full Tube closures. The City has been actively involved to review project plans, limit construction impacts, and boost communications. More information:
Otis Drive/Doolittle Drive/Broadway State Route 61 Preventative Maintenance Project: This Caltrans project will pavement rehabilitation and curb ramp upgrades with construction in 2026-2027. The project will incorporate the following City-requested pedestrian safety elements into the four-lane Otis Drive project design: Pedestrian median islands at Otis/Mound and Otis/Versailles, with the planned flashing beacons at both legs of the crosswalks; and quick-build bulb-outs at Otis/Bayview. Caltrans has promised a future traffic calming project for Otis Drive from the Bay Farm Bridge to Broadway, which could include a roadway reconfiguration. Conceptual planning would begin in mid-2026 for funding in 2028 and construction in the early 2030s. Project background.
Encinal Avenue (completed): This Caltrans project restriped and improved State Route 61 (Encinal Avenue) between Sherman Street/Central Avenue and Broadway by resurfacing the street, implementing a road diet from four lanes to two lanes, and adding a center turn lane and bike lanes.