Bay Richmond New Year 2021 Report

This has been an extraordinary year for the Bay Trail in Richmond! The City of Richmond (City) completed the long-awaited Bay Trail connection with Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, and over $4 million in grant funds were secured by the City and Regional Park District (EBRPD) to construct new and improved sections of Bay Trail. The Bay Trail’s popularity soared as an excellent place to refresh the mind and exercise the body with adequate width for social distancing.

This 22nd New Year report by TRAC, the for Richmond Action Committee, describes progress during 2020 toward closing gaps and improving existing sections of the Bay Trail. The map on the last page of this report shows trail completed and gaps remaining. Richmond has 36 miles of Bay Trail in place, representing 10% of the existing 352 miles of this planned 500-mile walking and cycling path encircling San Francisco and San Pablo Bays. However, 6.0 miles of gaps remain in Richmond, despite having more Bay Trail completed than any other city in the Bay Area.

Stay healthy and be well. See you on the Bay Trail!

POINT PINOLE CONNECTED WITH THE BAY TRAIL The City completed construction of a two-way, multi-use trail east of Goodick Avenue between the Richmond Parkway Bay Trail and Staging Area. This project was funded by a $976,000 grant of Measure J gasoline tax revenues from Contra Costa Transportation Authority and $130,000 from the Bay Trail Project at the Association of Bay Area Governments. Closure of this gap means that the Bay Trail now connects Point Pinole Regional Shoreline with North Richmond and most other neighborhoods in Richmond, as well as with San Rafael via the Richmond- San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Trail. The Bay Trail also links Point Goodrick Avenue multi-use trail improvements Pinole with Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland — even — thanks to EBRPD’s opening of a new Bay Trail section between Buchanan St. in Albany and providing $0.9 million from the Recreational Trails Program. Gilman St. in Berkeley. This completes funding for construction of this $6.5 million project when combined with funds secured previously.

POINT MOLATE TRAIL FUNDED This will be more than a multi-use trail. Aside from Point The City and EBRPD were awarded $3.1 million in grant Molate Beach Park, it will provide first-time public access funds to construct 2.5 miles of Bay Trail along the shoreline to this shoreline since the Huichin tribe of Ohlone people from the RSR Bridge to the northern border of the City’s dwelled here. The project includes one mile of trail on a Point Molate property. CA Natural Resources Agency is shoreline easement donated by Chevron and 1.5 miles on providing $2.2 million from the Prop. 68 Recreational Trails and Greenways grant program, and CA State Parks is

TRAC | New Year Report 2021 the City’s Point Molate property. EBRPD has completed a Management & Industrial Properties Trust. This project preliminary design, approved a Mitigated Negative will carry out plans developed as part of the Ferry to Declaration under CEQA and filed permit applications for Bridge to Greenway Complete Streets Project funded by the entire 2.5 miles. Construction is expected to start this a $276,000 grant under Caltrans Sustainable Communities year. Transportation Planning program. Funding remains to be secured for pedestrian and cyclist safety improvements between Cutting Blvd. and the Castro St. approach to the RSR Bridge Trail.

RICHMOND’S BAY TRAIL WEBSITE UPGRADED TRAC’s website designed by David Moore won the Website Design Award during the 2008 Trails & Greenways Conference. When David retired this year, Scott Harris of Point Molate Wine Haven, Bay Trial Visual Simulation ClientClicks volunteered to upgrade the website to a new platform and maintain it. Check it out! RSR BRIDGE TRAIL POPULARITY https://www.pointrichmond.com/bay-trail/ There have been over 95,000 bicycle trips across the RSR TRAC Steering Committee Socially Distancing at the Bridge Trail since opening day on Nov. 16, 2019. Pedestrians City’s Terminal 4: Vice Chair Bruce Brubaker, Donald represented about 15% of those on the trail. The RSR Bridge Bastin, Michelle Hook, Andrew Butt, Claudia Garcia & Trail is a four-year pilot project. Trail use will be pivotal in Chair Bruce Beyaert. deciding whether the trail remains open after the end of the pilot.

Richmond San Rafael Bridge trail users.

Thank you for supporting completion of the Bay Trail in Richmond. Please share this report with your friends and neighbors, encouraging them to join the Richmond Bay Trail FERRY TERMINAL & RSR BRIDGE LINKAGE Network at no cost by e-mailing [email protected]. The Bay Trail is at best bike lanes and sidewalks on Harbour Way South, Hoffman & Cutting Boulevards PROJECT APPROVED where it detours inland around port and boat repair In late December, the City Council approved the Campus operations. The City has secured funds to install 2-1/4 Bay Mixed-Use Project with a requirement to install a miles of two-way protected bikeway (cycle track) on new Bay Trail access point at the end of S. 46th St. and these streets between the Richmond-San Francisco Ferry a Community Benefits Agreement providing $3.0 million Terminal and the Point Richmond gateway at Garrard for other Bay Trail improvements. A portion of these funds Blvd. This includes a $725,000 grant from the CA will be used to install trailhead parking and restrooms at Department of Transportation’s Active Transportation the S. 51st Bay Trail spur. The balance will be available for Program, $325,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Bay Trail improvements elsewhere in the South Richmond Commission and funds provided by Simms Metals Priority Development Area.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BAY TRAIL!

• To learn more about TRAC, the RSR Bridge and Point Molate trails, download maps and guides, etc, visit: https://www.pointrichmond.com/bay-trail/

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