As an arterial road serving four Alameda County cities – Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley and Albany as well as those beyond in Contra Costa  County- and many neighborhoods, San Pablo Avenue for most of its length is a busy, congested street for motor vehicles and in its current state unwelcoming to other aspects  of multi-modal transportation including cycling and walking.

Our Work

In 2019 Alameda County launched the San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project to identify short- and long-term improvements that address the increasing multimodal demands along the San Pablo Avenue Corridor.  Some of the needs WOBO and its fellow organizations have independently identified are:

• Protected bike lanes the whole way
• Bus only lanes the whole way
• Safest pedestrian crossings

Currently the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) is in the scoping phase of the San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project, focusing on targeted small-scale changes to improve pedestrian, bicyclist, and transit rider safety with an anticipated construction initiation in 2022.  Near-term improvements are slated to include:

• Pedestrian safety improvements, such as pedestrian curb ramps and crossing improvements
• Bicycle safety improvements to provide a comfortable and continuous route along the corridor
• Transit priority treatments such as dedicated bus lanes to improve travel time and reliability, transit signal priority, signal modernization and coordination, and enhanced bus stops