Countywide Pedestrian Plan in 2006
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• Art Dao, Executive Director • Chair: Mayor Mark Green, City of Union City • Beth Walukas, Deputy Director of Planning • Vice Chair: Supervisor Scott Haggerty, Alameda • Tess Lengyel, Deputy Director of Policy, Public County, District 1 Affairs and Legislation • Supervisor Richard Valle, Alameda County, • Rochelle Wheeler, Bicycle and Pedestrian District 2 Coordinator (consultant to Alameda CTC) • Supervisor Wilma Chan, Alameda County, District 3 • Diane Stark, Senior Transportation Planner • Supervisor Nate Miley, Alameda County, District 4 (former) • Supervisor Keith Carson, Alameda County, District 5 • Vice Mayor Rob Bonta, City of Alameda • Mayor Farid Javandel, City of Albany • Councilmember Laurie Capitelli, City of Berkeley • Mayor Tim Sbranti, City of Dublin • Midori Tabata (Chair) • Councilmember Ruth Atkin, City of Emeryville • Ann Welsh (Vice-chair) • Councilmember Suzanne Chan, City of Fremont • Mike Ansell • Councilmember Marvin Peixoto, City of Hayward • Mike Bucci • Mayor John Marchand, City of Livermore • Alexander Chen • Councilmember Luis Freitas, City of Newark • Lucy Gigli • Councilmember Larry Reid, City of Oakland • Jeremy Johansen • Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, City of Oakland • Preston Jordan • Mayor John Chiang, City of Piedmont • Diana LaVigne • Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, City of Pleasanton • Heath Maddox • Vice Mayor Michael Gregory, City of San Leandro • Sara Zimmerman • Director Greg Harper, AC Transit • David Boyer (former member) • Director Tom Blalock, BART • Marcy Greenhut (former member) • Gil Johnson (former member) • Glenn Kirby (former member) • Anthony Salomone (former member) • Tom Van Demark (former member) • Eisen|Letunic: Victoria Eisen, consulting project manager; Niko Letunic, primary author & document layout • Fehr & Peers: Brooke Dubose, research, goal- • Wendy Alfsen, Bay Area Walkable Communities setting, cost estimation & prioritization support; Collaborative / Walk & Roll Berkeley / California Monica Altmaier, cost estimation Walks • Alta Planning + Design: Lauren Ledbetter, regional • Eric Anderson, City of Berkeley and statewide research, goal-setting, cost- • Aleida Andrino-Chavez, City of Albany estimation & prioritization support • Naomi Armenta, Alameda CTC, Paratransit • Lohnes+Wright: Bart Wright, mapping Program • Steve Beroldo, BART, Bicycle Planning • Leigh Bryant, Alameda County General Services Agency • Dave Campbell, East Bay Bicycle Coalition • Reh-Lin Chen, City of San Leandro • Sean Co, Metropolitan Transportation Commission • Rene Dalton, City of Fremont • Sean Dougan, East Bay Regional Park District • Don Frascinella, City of Hayward • Ina Gerhard, Caltrans, Bicycle Program • Lee Huo, Bay Trail/ABAG • Paul Keener, Alameda County Public Works Agency • John Knox White, TransForm • Nathan Landau, AC Transit • Dale Murai, Alameda County Public Health Department • Shaun O'Bryan, East Bay Bicycle Coalition • Kunle Odumade, City of Fremont • Jason Patton, City of Oakland • Anh Phan Nguyen, Caltrans, Pedestrian Program • Billy Riggs, UC Berkeley • Renee Rivera, East Bay Bicycle Coalition • Peter Schultze-Allen, City of Emeryville • Sylvia Stadmire, Paratransit Advisory Committee (PAPCO) • Janis Stephen, City of Pleasanton • Laura Timothy, BART, Pedestrian Planning • Karl Zabel, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District 6 Costs and revenue ................................................... 85 • Costs: Construction of capital projects ............ 87 • Costs: Maintenance of capital projects ............ 93 • Costs: Programs ................................................. 95 • Costs: Plans ......................................................... 97 1 Introduction ............................................................... 1 • Revenue ............................................................... 97 2 Existing conditions .................................................... 7 7 Next steps ............................................................... 103 • Key findings .......................................................... 8 • Funding ............................................................. 105 • Who is walking in Alameda County? ............... 10 • Technical tools and assistance ........................ 106 • How many people are walking? ....................... 13 • Countywide initiatives .................................... 108 • Why are people walking? .................................. 15 • Performance measures .................................... 111 • Where are people walking? ............................... 19 • Pedestrian safety ................................................. 29 • Local planning, programs and advocacy ........ 36 • Local funding, infrastructure and program needs .................................................................... 38 E.1 Priority programs ................................................. vii • Implementation of the 2006 plan ...................... 39 E.2 Costs and revenue ................................................ vii 3 Evaluation of plans, policies and practices ........... 43 E.3 Implementation actions ..................................... viii • Emerging policy areas ....................................... 44 2.1 Walk mode share by gender ............................... 10 • Transportation plans .......................................... 50 2.2 Journey-to-work mode share .............................. 14 • Other policies and practices .............................. 52 2.3 Transit service in Alameda County .................... 17 • Issues identified by local jurisdictions ............. 55 2.4 Duration of walking trips .................................... 27 4 Vision and goals ...................................................... 59 2.5 Mileage of major trails ......................................... 28 • The vision for 2040 .............................................. 59 2.6 Pedestrians killed or injured ............................... 30 • Goals and strategies ............................................ 59 2.7 Intersections with 9 or more pedestrian 5 Countywide priorities ............................................ 65 collisions ................................................................ 31 • Capital projects ................................................... 65 2.8 Pedestrian collisions by primary road ............... 31 • Programs .............................................................. 77 2.9 Pedestrian fatalities and injuries by age group .. 34 • Plans ..................................................................... 83 2.10 Pedestrian fatalities and injuries by time of day ......................................................................... 34 2.11 Code violations in vehicle-pedestrian 2.12 Walk mode share and median income by collisions ............................................................... 35 planning area ....................................................... 24 2.12 Local jurisdictions’ infrastructure needs .......... 38 2.13 Commute-to-work walk mode share ................ 25 2.13 Local jurisdictions’ programmatic needs ......... 39 2.14 Daily walk trips to BART stations ..................... 26 3.1 Local climate action plans ................................... 47 2.15 Walk access share to BART stations ................. 27 3.2 PDAs and GOAs in Alameda County ............... 48 2.16 Pedestrian fatalities and injuries ....................... 30 3.3 Local pedestrian and bicycle plans .................... 51 2.17 Map of pedestrian collisions .............................. 32 5.1 Vision system mileage ......................................... 67 2.18 Share of pedestrian collisions and walk trips 5.2 Transit stations and terminals ............................ 73 by planning area .................................................. 33 5.3 Bus trunk lines and major corridors .................. 73 2.19 Share of pedestrian fatalities and injuries per 5.4 Activity centers ..................................................... 74 100 pedestrian commuters ................................. 34 5.5 Priority programs ................................................. 79 2.20 Pedestrians as percentage of all traffic 5.6 Strategies addressed by priority programs ........ 79 fatalities ................................................................. 35 6.1 Summary of costs and revenue, 2012–2040 ......... 85 2.21 Implementation challenges encountered by 6.2 Combined Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans non- local jurisdictions ................................................. 41 duplicating costs and revenue, 2012–2040 ........... 87 5.1 Pedestrian vision system—North planning 6.3 Construction costs .................................................... 88 area .......................................................................... 69 6.4 Combined Pedestrian and Bicycle Plans 5.2 Pedestrian vision system—Central planning construction costs ..................................................... 89 area .......................................................................... 70 6.5 Pedestrian vision category per mile costs ............ 90 5.3 Pedestrian vision system—South planning 6.6 Major bus corridors capital costs ........................... 91 area .......................................................................... 71 6.7 Rail and ferry stations capital costs ....................... 92 5.4 Pedestrian vision system—East planning area ... 72 6.8 Inter-jurisdictional trails capital costs ................... 93 6.1 Walk access to rail stations .................................