Our visionary East Bay Greenway campaign from Oakland to Fremont is making progress. But a few segments still need attention to ensure continuous facilities for all ages and abilities. Read on to learn more…
Construction and Funding Wins in Oakland
Earlier in 2024 we learned $30M in federal grant funding was awarded to enable the Oakland-San Leandro portion of the East Bay Greenway corridor, with protected bikeways & trails on E 12th Street, San Leandro Street, and E 14th Street.
The segments led by the county, shown in green on the map below, are expected to start construction by the end of 2025 and take two years to complete.
But separate work led by the City of Oakland has already started, including an off-street bike/walk trail segment on San Leandro Street from 66th Ave to Seminary (photo above), under construction now through the end of 2024. This project will also install new street lighting and 70 new street trees.
Another segment also led by the city on E 12th Street from Fruitvale BART to 54th Ave will be constructed in 2025 (concept plans here).
Progress and Setbacks on Mission Boulevard in Hayward
Late last year we and our partners at Bike Hayward were disappointed in a decision from the City of Hayward to move the East Bay Greenway alignment away from Mission Blvd through Downtown and onto side streets (more info from Bike Hayward here).
This change makes for a less direct route with more turns, and reduces the opportunity to address long-standing safety and access issues on Mission itself.
Since then a community advisory committee was formed (including Bike Hayward) to help inform the project design and outcomes. This process could result in renewing the project focus on Mission Blvd.
The project manager Alameda CTC is now asking for input on the side streets alignment through Hayward. We encourage you to complete this survey, but also comment that continuous and physically separated bikeways are needed throughout the East Bay Greenway, and that the Mission Blvd alignment needs to be revisited.
Click below to complete the survey (responses due by May 31, 2024)
- English language survey
- Chinese language survey
- Spanish language survey
- Tagalog language survey
- Vietnamese language survey
You can also add your comments to the online map here: https://maps.kittelson.com/EBGWMMHayward
Project page: https://www.alamedactc.org/programs-projects/bicycle-and-pedestrian/eastbaygreenway
Thankfully, a separate portion of the East Bay Greenway in Hayward just to the north on Mission Blvd is currently being built out between A Street and Rose Street (construction plans here).
This project includes a raised, protected bikeway, new street trees, street lights, and sidewalks. Construction will continue through 2024.
Celebrations And Visionary Thinking in Fremont
There is a lot to celebrate in Fremont, including a $44 Million state funding award for the East Bay Greenway on their part of Mission Blvd.
This will provide 7.7 miles of continuous protected bikeways in each direction from Lexington Ave in Union City to the 680 interchange in Fremont. Construction is estimated to start in 2028.
On May 11 we also celebrated along with Fremont elected officials, Bike Fremont, and other community members at the ribbon cutting for a new protected intersection at Walnut / Liberty, the city’s 15th such facility with several more on the way!
This celebration involved an infrastructure tour bike ride exploring some existing and planned segments of the East Bay Greenway, such as a connection to the future Irvington BART station where the city is already installing connecting bikeways.
If you couldn’t make it to our group ride but still want to check out the new infrastructure, you can find our route along with waypoints at the link below:
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This article is part of our East Bay Greenway campaign, providing info updates and organizing opportunities for corridor improvements all the way form Oakland to Fremont.
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