Notification

The City staff/consultant team will request the Transportation Commission to endorse the Lincoln Avenue/Marshall Way/Pacific Avenue Corridor Project concept on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. and will request City Council to endorse the concept on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 7 p.m.

Concept

The concept includes a road diet - going from four to three travel lanes with a center turn lane and bike lanes - as well as roundabouts at Lincoln Avenue/Wilma Chan Way/Eighth Street and at Lincoln Avenue/Fifth Street/Marshall Way, flashing beacons, modernized traffic signals, crosswalk visibility improvements, school frontage improvements, stormwater gardens, street trees, improved lighting and bus stop enhancements.  The concept will likely be phased in over time, as street sections are resurfaced and constructed with grant funding.  Immediate action will occur on Lincoln Avenue at Walnut Street with the installation of flashing beacons and increased intersection visibility.  Public on-street parking will be maintained except adjacent to the roundabouts and at intersections and select driveways to improve visibility.

Background

The corridor connects neighborhoods across Alameda, is over three miles long, and serves multiple destinations including schools, commercial districts and parks.  It is also a high-injury corridor with several high crash intersections according to the City's Vision Zero Action Plan.  The City staff/consultant team evaluated the corridor uses, intersection controls and crash data, and conducted two rounds of community outreach.  Road diets are shown to reduce crashes up to 47 percent.  Roundabouts reduce fatal and severe injury crashes up to 78 percent compared to traffic signals.

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Subscribe here (scroll down to the Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific project under Transportation) to be added to our project email list. Click here to view meeting agendas when they become available. Please direct questions, comments or concerns to Gail Payne, Senior Transportation Coordinator, by phone at 510-747-6892 or by email at [email protected].
Learn more about the Lincoln Avenue/Marshall Way/Pacific Avenue corridor project at www.alamedaca.gov/LincolnMarshallPacific. 
This planning effort is funded by Measures B and BB transportation sales tax dollars,
which are administered by the Alameda County Transportation Commission.