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Bike East Bay is working for continuous bike lanes on San Pablo Avenue, as part of a safer street for everyone who bikes, walks, drives, or takes transit.
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About San Pablo Ave
San Pablo Avenue is among the most significant roads in the East Bay, a hub for transportation, commerce, and culture that runs 22 miles through two counties and a dozen cities.
And yet the majority of the corridor remains inaccessible and hazardous to people walking and rolling due to fast vehicle traffic and the lack of protected, people-oriented infrastructure, and buses are frequently delayed behind backed-up car traffic.
We need to change that. Our Multimodal San Pablo Avenue campaign envisions thriving communities and continuous, low-stress and all-ages bicycle and pedestrian facilities from Downtown Oakland all the way north to the Carquinez Bridge.
This movement is already in progress, via a multitude of plans and projects. Read about a few of these, click around our interactive map above for more details, and sign our petition below to show your support.
Oakland San Pablo Ave Safety Petition
Alameda County’s protected bikeway and bus lane upgrades on San Pablo Ave between Downtown Oakland and South Berkeley has slipped at least four years.
The previous 2026 project start estimate was pushed to 2030, at best. With a three year construction timeline this means the soonest the project might be done is 2033.
The project cost also ballooned to a quarter billion dollars, none of which has been secured so far. Given the current funding climate at the state and federal levels, it could possibly be ten years or more before this project is completed.
The delay will have real-world safety impacts. Since 2020 there have been five pedestrians killed by a drivers on this part of San Pablo Ave. In the same period there have been over 20 severe injury crashes. Many of these crashes happened on the West Oakland segment south of West MacArthur Blvd, where the city already has their own paving project planned for 2028.
Sign our petition urging Oakland DOT to implement safety upgrades on San Pablo Ave via the 2028 paving project, and to not wait for the Alameda County project to come together before acting on these needs.
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Major Projects
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OAKLAND, EMERYVILLE, & SOUTH BERKELEY: San Pablo Ave Bus and Bike Lanes
This project extends 3.5-miles along San Pablo Ave from 16th Street in Oakland to Heinz Avenue in Berkeley, including protected bikeways, bike/walk crossing improvements, dedicated bus lanes, and bus stop amenities/streetscape improvements.
It is currently in the planning stages with construction estimated to start no sooner than 2030 (pending full funding).
April 2025: Oakland to South Berkeley concept design preliminary layouts here
BERKELEY, ALBANY, & NORTH OAKLAND: Parallel Bike and Walk Improvements
“Parallel” neighborhood bikeway upgrades including traffic calming and car diverters are planned from Russell Street in Berkeley to Marin Ave in Albany, along with signalized bike boulevard crossings of San Pablo Ave and other major streets.
This project is in the late design stages and construction is estimated to start in early 2027.
Unfortunately dedicated bus and bike lanes on San Pablo were blocked via an earlier effort, but we aren’t giving up and will continue advocating beyond this project.
December 2025: Albany to North Oakland / Emeryville project plan excerpts here
December 4, 2025: Albany project plan excerpts here
January 12, 2026: Berkeley project plan excerpts here
ALBANY: Bike/Walk Plan Update
The City of Albany is updating their bike/walk plan in 2025-26, providing a great opportunity to prioritize continuous, protected bikeways across town.
EL CERRITO: Del Norte Protected Bikeways
December 2025 Update: Construction is nearly done, with completion expected in early 2026. Read our blog post here for details.
This half-mile of protected bikeway with bus upgrades will provide a critical facility from Potrero Ave to Knott Ave around Del Norte BART, as well as additional protected bikeway connections on Cutting Blvd and Eastshore Blvd.
PINOLE: Bike/Walk Plan Update
The City of Pinole is developing their first ever bike/walk plan in 2025-26, providing a great opportunity to prioritize a continuous, protected bikeway as part of the plan.
The plan is evaluating multiple options for San Pablo Ave, including a physically separated bikeway.
Learn more and get involved with the process on the city’s plan page here
RODEO TO CROCKETT: San Pablo Ave Bay Trail
This project will construct a two-way protected cycletrack on San Pablo Ave closing a 3-mile gap in the Bay Trail between Lone Tree Point and the Carquinez Bridge.
The work is fully funded, and construction is estimated to start in 2027.
Project info is available from Contra Costa Public Works here and here.
Campaign Updates
2025 East Bay Separated Bikeways Roundup
2025 was another big year for East Bay separated bikeways construction!
San Pablo Avenue Campaign Update, December 2025
El Cerrito’s San Pablo Ave protected bikeway project is nearly complete! But the North Oakland to Albany “parallel” bikeways are behind schedule, and the Downtown Oakland to Berkeley segment is seeing even more substantial delays. Read on for details, and sign our petition to speed up progress in West Oakland.
San Pablo Avenue Campaign Update, October 2025
Some progress, a few setbacks, and many ways for you to get involved!
Ninth Street Pop-Up Reimagines Safer Streets in Berkeley
For one day in April 2025, we transformed Berkley’s Ninth Street into a vibrant, people-first corridor using temporary materials, highlighting the power of community-driven street redesign for safer transportation.
Green Mobility Ambassador Outreach Kicks Off in West Berkeley
Streetscape construction on San Pablo Ave in Berkeley and Albany is starting in 2025. Volunteer for our outreach team to connect with local businesses to help them prepare and mitigate impacts.
$168 Million for East Bay Affordable Housing and Bikeways
State funding from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities is recommended for affordable developments and bike/walk/transit infrastructure in Oakland, El Cerrito, Berkeley, and Walnut Creek.