City Seeks Feedback on Draft Active Transportation Plan Oct 3-23
Published on October 03, 2022
Today the City of Alameda released its draft Active Transportation Plan for public review and encourages community members to give input from October 3-23. It provides a roadmap for making walking and biking safe and desirable everyday transportation options, for people of all ages and abilities, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities. It implements transportation and greenhouse gas reduction policies and actions in adopted City plans, including the General Plan and the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan. The draft plan includes a pedestrian design strategy, a low-stress bicycle network, a set of projects and programs to complete by 2030; and it defines the future of the Slow Streets program.
Today’s release marks the City’s third major public engagement campaign for this plan, which builds on all of the community input and data gathered to date. In late 2019, the City gathered public input about what it was like to walk and bike in Alameda and in summer 2020, the City sought feedback on draft recommendations such as a bicycle network and pedestrian improvements. These outreach efforts included multiple public meetings, interactive web maps, outreach and presentations to community organizations, mailings, and more. The City also conducted a citywide statistically significant survey that revealed how community members felt about walking and biking, including what types of infrastructure would most encourage people to walk and bike more.
The draft plan addresses the active transportation concerns and problems raised by community members, incorporates previous feedback on the draft recommendations, and addresses needs identified in the survey. For example, the survey found that nearly half of Alamedans are interested in biking more but would only do so on low-stress facilities like separated bikeways or very low-volume streets. The draft plan includes a low-stress citywide bicycle network which incorporates transitioning most of Alameda’s current Slow Streets over time into a new facility type of traffic-calmed bicycle- and pedestrian-priority streets.
The draft plan is available on www.ActiveAlameda.org, where an online survey will also be posted by October 4. The City is offering many opportunities to share feedback:
To learn more, give your feedback and sign up for updates, please visit www.ActiveAlameda.org.