05-21-2015-green-team-agenda

OAKLAND GREEN TEAM The Oakland Green Team works to improve trail connections and create attractive public spaces. The team will identify, advocate, and implement greening and bike/pedestrian activities throughout Oakland.

AGENDA May 21, 2015 – 6:00pm A.

Public Spaces (20 minutes) i. Public Art  MLK Murals expressed interest in doing a project in Oakland this summer.  Potential locations? ii. “Lots to Love” tool: vacant lot tool

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Oakland Livable Streets (40 minutes) i. Pittsburgh Bike Share  Station infrastructure installed ii. Neville Street parking lot iii. Oakland complete streets capital budget priorities  List from April Green Team meeting

Next meeting: volunteer work event, Thursday, June 18, at 5:30pm at the Bates Street hillside restoration site.

Volunteer Opportunities Date Monday, June 1 8:00 am, & 5:30 pm William Pitt Union – Dining room A

Event OBID+OTMA public meeting: Oakland complete streets infrastructure improvements

Contact David Zwier greenteam@opdc.org

Thursday, June, 18 5:30 pm Intersection of Bates and Blvd

WPC Bates Street planting

David Zwier greenteam@opdc.org

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Bellefield Avenue crosswalk at Filmore Street: safety improvements, people driving rarely yield to those waiting to cross Bellefield Avenue. Green Team suggestions included marking the crosswalk with diagonal or longitudinal lines, or installing a flashing light signal to alert vehicles of people waiting to cross.

Add Crosswalks on the northeast side of the intersection of Bellefield and Fifth Avenue.

Speed limit enforcement, especially along the Fifth and Forbes Avenue corridors.

Measures to reduce vehicle speed in key areas by installing a radar speed sign.

Fifth Avenue and Craig Street intersection: when heading east, Port Authority busses routinely make left turns during the crosswalk signal. Enforcement is needed. Including a green left turn arrow in the traffic signal cycle could potentially help as well.

Citywide consistency between pedestrian signals is needed. Currently many intersections have different and poorly signalized instructions about when and how to cross.

Central Oakland: across the board, cars park too close to intersections and often block crosswalks and sidewalk access ramps. Enforcement by the parking authority requested. The Green Team also requests that the City install traffic calming “bump outs” at intersections to reduce vehicle speed, and increase visibility at intersections. Paint and bollard “bump outs” could be used to test the effectiveness.

Furthermore, the City should consider doing an inventory of parking permits per address in relation to legal property occupancy to help reduce the unsafe conditions caused by the lack parking Central Oakland.

Fifth and Forbes Avenue Corridors in Oakland. a. Pedestrian crosswalks that span Fifth Avenue are dangerous for pedestrians because vehicles turning onto Fifth Avenue from cross-streets fail to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. b. Study the possibility for a road diet.

McKee Place and Bates Street: safety improvements to crosswalk, better signage and more visible crosswalk. Cars rarely stop for pedestrians.

Intersection of Coltart Avenue, Bates Street, and Zulema Street: pedestrian safety improvements.

Lengthen pedestrian crosswalk signals: Blvd of the Allies and Zulema Street, Fifth Avenue and Bellefield Avenue, Fifth Avenue and Craig Street.

Safety improvements for people walking and biking along Neville Street between Forbes Avenue and Joncaire Street. This is a critical connection to the Eliza Furnace Trail and the Great Allegheny Passage.

Install signal for pedestrians on Bigelow Blvd crosswalk between Fifth and Forbes Avenues. During peak hours the flow of pedestrians doesn’t allow vehicles to pass.

Study complete streets improvements from Fifth and Craig to Fifth and Neville.

Install thermo-plastic crosswalks at the intersection of Robinson and Terrace Streets; this type of crosswalk is more visible and durable.