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Harrison-Oakland Neighborhood (Whole Foods Area)
Victory! Harrison-Oakland Plan Now Final!
February, 2010 WOBO members and community stakeholders in the Harrison-Oakland neighborhood now have a terrific Community Transportation Plan (see section titled 'Planning Eforts Underway') to help guide the City and advocates on how to improve neighborhood quality of life, and bicycle/pedestrian safety in the area. The plan, a product of more than 18 months of work by the City, consultants, WOBO and community members, includes bike lanes and wider sidewalks, removes a dangerous turn at Harrison and 27th, reconfigures the intersection at Fairmount, moves bus stops closer to where they are needed, and much, much more!
Next Steps: Advocate for funding for this plan!
Interested in helping? Contact Jen at: jen@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org
Victory! New Bike Lanes on Harrison from Orange to I-580.
August 2009 - WOBO is very excited about this important new addition to Oakland's bike lane network. We've worked long and hard with neighborhood activists in the Westlake Community Coalition, Nancy Nadel's office, Oakland City staff and the bicycling community to put paint on the pavement to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety. WOBO is working with the city and neighborhood groups on future improvements in the corridor, including the soon-to-be-finalized Community-Based Transportation Plan that includes three-to-two lane conversion with bike lanes on Harrison Ave, pedestrian improvements such as bulb-outs and improved crossings, and bike lanes on Oakland Ave north of I-580.
Victory! New traffic calming bulb outs finally complete at Vernon and Lee near Whole Foods.
WOBO members have been active working with the City to make the residential neighborhood near the new Whole Foods safer. Left is a historical aerial photo of what the intersection used to look like. With the installation of the new bulbouts at this intersection, traffic has markedly slowed down.
Victory! New Stoplight on Harrison by Westlake Middle School.
WOBO members have been active working with the City to make 27th St. and Harrison safer for school children, seniors, residents, and shoppers at the new Whole Foods. WOBO thanks Councilmember Nadel for committing funds to install a new stoplight on Harrison between Whole Foods and the Westlake Middle School. Along with the Westlake Community Coalition, the HarriOak Neighborhood, St. Pauls Tower residents and Westlake Middle School parents and First Congregational Church, WOBO is seeking additional improvements to reduce speeding and improve safety in the area. This campaign milestone goes a long way toward improving neighborhood quality of life.See the bike lane project map below.
This is an interactive map. Click on various segments to get more information including existing and revised cross sections, ariel photos and more.
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• Red lines are proposed class 2 Bike Lane projects.
• Blue lines are proposed class 3A Arterial Bike Routes.
• Green lines are existing bike lanes (not all added yet).
• Pointer icons are stop lights Blue (Proposed) and Green (Existing)
• Push pin icons are bulb outs Blue (Proposed) and Green (Existing)
• Wave icons are speed bumps Blue (Proposed)
• Camera icons link to ariel photos of the proposed intersection improvements Purple(Proposed)
Click on the line segment or map icons for more information about each project.
Here's a summary of the data about the Oakland Harrison Couplet from 27th St to I-580:
Collision History
The collision history is based on the existing conditions that are not conducive to alternative modes of transportation like pedestrian and bicycle. There are few ped/bike collisions with the existing plans, but more than acceptable motor vehicle [MV] crashes. This is not the course of planning that the community wants to embrace. The goal of the community is to make the streets more livable and increase ped/bike travel mode split.
Collection of data:
Harrison, 24th, 27th, Bay Intersection
This report appears to totally ignore the pedestrian travel from the west side of 24th St to Westlake as well as stopping the project short of MacArthur Blvd. It is common knowledge that many students are faced with crossing the 27th St. intersection despite the lack of safety for ped/bike travel. The Whole Foods has produced a marked increase in ped/bike travel at that major intersection of students, shoppers and other ped/bike travelers. This should be addressed in this report.
The Church/School Driveway
The driveway between the church and the school is being changed to a one way in this report, but the report is also suggesting that MV be allowed to turn left or right. Adding left turning movements to the driveway will only further imperil ped/bike travel and decrease the overall safety.
Solutions that WOBO and the West Lake Community Coalition are advocating for:
• Reduce travel lanes to a total of 2 in each direction: 10.5 feet wide in the center lane and 11 feet on the outside lane the entire length on both Oakland and Harrison. This will help to reduce speeds.
• Install a bike lane the entire length of Oakland and Harrison.
• Plan for bulbouts at key intersections/pedestrian crosswalks.
• Change the speed limit to 25 MPH for the entire stretch of Harrison and Oakland Avenues.
• Done! Install a new traffic signal at West Lake Driveway. This signal improves pedestrian safety.
• In sections where bike lanes are not feasible, install signage indicating that 'Bicycles Are Allowed Full Use of Lane.'
Video of Joe Wang from Oakland Transportation Services talking about installing new traffic calming measures on Oakland and Harrison.
To get involved and/or find out about how you can help to get better bike lanes and pedestrian crosswalks in the Harrison-27th area, please contact Jen
Check out WOBO's Other Bike Lane Campaigns
• North Oakland to Downtown (Broadway, Franklin and Webster)
• East 12th Street
