We are gearing up for Bike to Work Day 2017 (May 11) and are looking to hire a coordinator on a fixed-rate contract. Bike Walk Alameda will pay $1,000 to the right candidate to run Alameda’s participation in Bike to Work Day. We expect this to take about 40 to 50 hours of work to organize and coordinate; spread out between now and the event, with many of those hours needed in early May.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Coordination of Volunteers
Organize five Energizer Stations (volunteers, locations, food donations, table items)
Coordinate Alameda’s BTWD bag stuffing with Bike East Bay and items for stuffing
Coordinate with Safe Routes to School coordinators
Organize Bike Home From Work event at Alameda location
Publicity
Poster (Use Regional Poster)
Sun newspaper insert (solicit articles on deadline)
Street banner changes
Reporting to Board
Coordinate membership solicitation on Bike To Work Day
Work with the BWA Program Administrator
We have an established process for how this can be completed – you’d need to be able to pull it all together in a timely manner. Please email letter of interest and resume to info@bikewalkalameda.org by January 16th.
CTC Reshuffles Funding - $7.3 Million to Central Avenue Complete Street Project
Daylighting Drastically Reduces Crashes
at Dangerous Intersection
We at Bike Walk Alameda, often argue that paint is not enough. But there is an amazingly cost effective street treatment that needs only paint and can make our streets safer for all users. Recently, daylighting parts of one Alameda intersection reduced crashes by 83%.
Daylighting is the practice of removing parking spaces near an intersection to allow greater visibility and minimize conflicts.
In the spring of 2015, a Bike Walk Alameda board member was noticing a lot of collision alerts at the intersection of Central Avenue, Versailles Avenue, and Gibbons Drive. These frequent collisions were in fact generating letters to the editor from neighbors tired of feeling unsafe crossing the street. In the 13 months before the new red paint, there were six car crashes, including four injury collisions. Alameda’s Public Works Department, after reviewing our request to study this intersection, daylighted the intersection in the fall of 2016. In the 14 months since completion, there has only been one minor crash.
This five legged intersection with no stop sign on Central Avenue is a popular shortcut for commuters trying to get between Broadway and the High Street Bridge. Drivers were allowed to park their cars all the way up to the crosswalk. This prevented cross traffic from being able to see the fast oncoming traffic until they were in the middle of the intersection. Pedestrians could not see the cars coming and drivers on Central Avenue could not see them until they were right on top of each other.
Public Works removed one parking space on Central Avenue at the southwest corner. They also painted a few feet of red curb at the northwest and southeast corners without removing any parking. The results speak for themselves. Expect to see more of this as Alameda acts on the Vision Zero policies it adopted in 2016. If you know of a dangerous intersection that could use the daylighting treatment, let us know. You can also create a request using the City of Alameda’s SeeClickFix website or app.
South Shore Pedestrian Improvements
New pedestrian improvements at Southshore will make it a lot nicer to get from Kohl's to the Post Office and on to the beach! No more need to walk behind parked cars backing out of spots. Thank you BWA advocates and volunteers for staying on top of this project for years!
Happy New Year!
Help Lead Us to a Successful 2017
Please consider a tax-deductible donation to help support our mission of making Alameda a safer and more enjoyable place to walk and bike.
In 2017, there will be more opportunities to promote our mission to make our city a safe, enjoyable place to walk and bike. In the new year, we will continue to push for small and big improvements, such as:
Separated two-way bikeways along Atlantic Avenue and Clement Avenue to connect the Cross Alameda Trail
In 2015, AC Transit developed a district‐wide Service Expansion Plan (SEP) amounting to $25.4 million annually. AC Transit implemented the first phase of SEP, now known as AC Go, in June of 2016. The following bus service changes were implemented on Sunday December 18, 2016 as part of the second phase of AC Go. These schedule updates are aimed at improving on-time performance and service reliability.
NEW LINE: LINE 19 IS NEW
and will operate between Fruitvale and Old Oakland via Buena Vista in Alameda. Service operates every 20 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during off-peak and on weekends. This line uses portions of the old line 19 that used to serve this area.
ADJUSTED: Line 14 IS BEING ADJUSTED
to extend along 14th Street to West Oakland BART via Wood Street; it will no longer terminate at 11th and Jefferson. Weekend frequency will improve from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes.
Thanks, Measure BB!
AC Go is Measure BB – the Alameda County Transportation Commission sales tax – at work. Once fully implemented, AC Go will increase service by as much as 14 percent through that funding. AC Transit plans to invest the majority of its estimated $30 million share of annual tax revenues on the improvements outlined in AC Go. View AC Go Line Changes and Maps
Calendar
Bike Walk Alameda Board Meeting Thursday, January 19, 7 p.m. Let us know if you're interested in learning more about the board's work!
