Share your input in an online survey
Construction was completed last month on Alameda’s first Neighborhood Greenway segment, on Pacific Avenue between Lafayette and Oak streets. The City wants to know how we think this pilot section is working before they finalize the designs of the individual traffic calming treatments for the remaining Neighborhood Greenways in this implementation phase, including Versailles Avenue and San Jose Avenue/Morton Street.
“We’ll use this to consider possible treatment design modifications for the remaining Neighborhood Greenways,” the City stated.
To share your input, check out the Pacific Avenue pilot project (between Lafayette and Oak streets) and then complete the survey by December14 or participate in the Transportation Commission meeting on December 17 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, in the Council Chambers on the third floor.
About the Pacific Avenue pilot project
This pilot project includes a combination of new and previously utilized traffic calming treatments, including:
- A quick-build neighborhood traffic circle at Chestnut Street.
- Painted curb extensions with bollards at Lafayette, Willow, Walnut, and Oak streets.
- Asphalt speed humps between Chestnut and Oak streets.
- New four-way stops at Willow Street and at Walnut Street.
- Hardened centerlines at Lafayette Street and at Oak Street.
- Painted sharrows along the corridor. Sharrows (shared lane markings) are pavement symbols—a bicycle icon with two arrows—that guide cyclists and alert drivers to share a travel lane.
- Daylighting, which prohibits parking at intersections near crosswalks to improve visibility for all.
- Crosswalk markings at all intersections.
About the Transportation Commission meeting on December 17
At this meeting, the Commission will receive an update on Neighborhood Greenways implementation and provide input on the Pacific Avenue pilot.
- How to participate:
- Join in person at City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Council Chambers (third floor).
- Join via Zoom: Meeting link.
- Join by telephone: Call 669-900-9128, and enter Zoom meeting ID: 840 1738 2243.
- Public Comment Guide for Zoom meetings.
- Email written comments by noon on December 17 to the Transportation Commission Secretary at [email protected].
More Neighborhood Greenways coming in 2026
The next phase of Neighborhood Greenways implementation is in the design phase and includes the Slow Street sections of Versailles Avenue, San Jose Avenue, and the remaining section of Pacific Avenue (Ninth Street to Lafayette Street). The concept plans are being finalized and construction is anticipated by Fall 2026.
View the latest versions of the Neighborhood Greenway concept plans here:
- San Jose Avenue (Morton Street to Oak Street).
- Versailles Avenue (Calhoun Street to Fernside Boulevard).
- Pacific Avenue (Ninth Street to Oak Street).
More info on all three streets can be found on the project web page.
What are 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. They are a key component of the Council-adopted Active Transportation Plan, forming 10 miles of the Low-Stress Bikeway Backbone Network…