On November 10th, 2025, the City of Pittsburg CA hosted a grand opening celebration for their Pittsburg BART Pedestrian & Bicycle Connectivity Project.
This project completed a critical gap in the low-stress bikeway network on Railroad Ave between the Pittsburg Center BART train station and the existing Delta de Anza Trail, a 15-mile facility running east-west across East Contra Costa County.
This project also added connecting trails east of the Pittsburg Center BART station, and north of the station via painted buffer bike lanes.
To help bring more attention to this project both among the general public (to increase awareness and usage of the new facilities), as well as among elected officials (to increase support and appreciation of active transportation investments), Bike East Bay coordinated with the City of Pittsburg to host the ribbon cutting.
This included invitations to local and regional elected officials, event promotions online and at public activities, and a 3-mile group bike ride to the grand opening.
We also shared invitations with local organizations such as the Delta Pedalers bike club, Safe Streets Antioch, and Bike Concord.
Elected officials who attended and made comments at the event included:
- Pittsburg Mayor Jelani Killings
- Orgil Batbold, District Representative for Congressman Garamendi
- Contra Costa Transportation Authority Director Mark Haile
- Pittsburg Public Works Director John Samuelson
- BART Board Member Mark Foley
- Caltrans Deputy Director of External Affairs Cheryl Chambers
We heard comments from the speakers celebrating the new trails and the regional, state, and federal grant funding programs which made them possible.
We also heard from Pittsburg Mayor Jelani Killings who highlighted the need for Pittsburg to build out the rest of its 2021 bike plan recommendations, from Orgil Batbold who expressed Congressman Garamendi’s interest in completing the remainder of the proposed 500-mile SF Bay Trail, and from CCTA Director Mark Haile who walked safely from the BART station to the event location and found some new restaurants to check out along the way!
The project is the largest single implementation of Pittsburg’s Active Transportation Plan to date.
It was made possible with funding from the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) program, a $600,000 Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trail Facilities Grant, a $700,000 Safe Routes to BART grant, $58,000 from the state Transportation Development Act, $3.22 million from Local Traffic Mitigation Fees, and $540,000 from Pittsburg’s Measure J and Measure M funds.
Bike East Bay thanks the League of American Bicyclists for their support of this group ride and ribbon cutting through the Show Congress micro grant program.
