The East Bay won big with $300 Million in recent transportation award announcements from the federal Appropriations Bill, the federal Safe Streets for All program (SS4A), the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), the state Active Transportation Program (ATP), and regional One Bay Area Grants (OBAG). Below are a few project highlights, followed by a full list of more than 30 projects that received funding, alphabetical by city or region.
San Lorenzo Creekway
This multi-use trail project led by the Hayward Area Recreation District (HARD) will eventually run all the way from the Bay Trail in San Lorenzo to Don Castro Recreation Area in Castro Valley. In 2020 we collaborated with youth ambassadors on outreach for this project that helped to inform the successful grant application. The award includes some funding for Bike East Bay classes and rides for us to continue our engagement with the community throughout the rest of the project design and construction.
San Leandro Crosstown Corridors
In 2020-22 we partnered with staff from the City of San Leandro, the consulting firm Fehr & Peers, and community advocates and volunteers to lead bike rides, open houses, and an amazing three pop-up bikeways in one day, collecting input on bikeway proposals for Bancroft Ave and Williams Street. The outcome of this work was a proposal for permanent, 2-way protected cycletrack installations on each street, spanning the city from north to south and from east to west, connected by the on-street East Bay Greenway project also in the works. This plan has now received a unanimous vote of approval from City Council, allowing for this successful grant application to move the project forward to design and construction.
East Bay Greenway
The East Bay Greenway is a proposed combination of on-street protected bikeways and off-street trails running from Oakland to South Hayward, with connections to BART, schools, and business districts. A future phase will extend the corridor further south to Fremont.
This funding will enable an initial phase between Laney College in Downtown Oakland south to San Leandro, and along Mission Boulevard in Central Alameda County that Bike East Bay organized with local advocates and AC Transit for in 2019, to ensure that the bikeway design will support improved transit, pedestrian, and disability access features.
Grant Funding Awards
- Alameda
- Central Ave/Fourth St/Ballena Blvd cycletrack & roundabout – $2.3M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Antioch
- Traffic signal safety upgrades at 69 intersections – $2.5M in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding
- Trail crossing signal upgrades – $828k in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding
- Bay Point
- Pacifica Ave protected bikeway – $3.9M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Berkeley
- Addison St bike boulevard – $4.9M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Washington Elementary & Berkeley HS Safe Routes to School – $1.5M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Central Alameda County
- San Lorenzo Creekway Trail – $9.6M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding; $17.2M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Mission Boulevard protected bikeway (part of East Bay Greenway corridor) – $9.7M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding; – $25M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Concord
- Galindo St bikeway – $3.4M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Willow Pass bikeway – $830K in regional One Bay Area Grant funding; $2.8M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Street lighting and pedestrian crossing signals – $7.4M in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding
- Pedestrian flashing beacons at 9 crossings – $250k in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding
- Protected bikeway upgrades and bike boxes at multiple locations – $250k in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding
- Contra Costa County
- Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements (Antioch, El Cerrito, Martinez, Moraga) – $28.9M in federal Safe Streets for All funding
- Safe Routes to School program – $3.7M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- San Pablo Ave Bay Trail pathway (Rodeo to Crockett) – $10.5M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Lafayette
- School Street bike/walk trail – $3.1M from Federal Appropriations Bill; $3.4M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Newark
- Old Town streetscape upgrades – $5.1M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Northern Alameda County
- San Pablo Ave bus & bike lanes (Oakland – Emeryville – South Berkeley) – $10M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- San Pablo Ave parallel bikeways (Berkeley – Albany) – $10M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding; $15M in federal Safe Streets for All funding
- San Pablo Ave bus islands & safety upgrades (Berkeley – Albany) – $10M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding; $9M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Oakland
- Bancroft Ave Greenway – $29.3M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- West Oakland Link (West Grand Ave to the Bay Bridge trail) – $17.6M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Fruitvale Ave bus upgrades – $2M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Oakland Making Moves bike/walk programs at affordable housing sites – $1M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- East Bay Greenway (Downtown Oakland to San Leandro) – $19.5M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Pinole
- Bay Trail gap closure at Tennent Ave – $1M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Pittsburg
- Delta de Anza Trail safety upgrades – $4.4M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- Richmond
- Bayview to BART – $1.7M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- McBryde Ave bikeway – $1M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
- San Leandro
- Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street Cycletracks – $4M from Federal Appropriations Bill
- San Pablo
- Broadway-El Portal cycletracks – $7.2M in state Active Transportation Program funding
- Walnut Creek
- Safe Routes to Schools infrastructure upgrade, Broadway/Newell – $2.5M in regional One Bay Area Grant funding
