Share your thoughts on West Oakland Link traffic safety
Thank you for joining our "Streetscapes, Intersections and Traffic Safety" session, and for taking the time to share your comments and questions. You can complete this form as we go through the presentation, or you can wait until we're done. The West Oakland Link will provide a safe 15-foot wide pedestrian and bicycle path for access between West Oakland, the Port of Oakland, and the Bay Bridge Trail. You can explore WOEIP's community engagement process and MTC's project site.

We will anonymize any information shared with project planners. Any personally identifiable information you choose to share with us (e.g. your name or email) will not be shared with anyone outside of WOEIP unless you give your written consent at the end of this survey. If you have questions, please email nicole@woeip.org.

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Do you live or work in West Oakland?
It's okay if you don't; we just want to understand who we're reaching.
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First, we'll ask for your feedback, ideas, concerns, and questions about different intersections along the Link path. Feel free to answer these as we go through the presentation, or afterwards when you've had time to reflect.
The questions provided are intended as prompts to get you thinking. Feel free to be as detailed as you like, ask questions, share concerns, etc. There are no wrong opinions!

We suggest opening the meeting slides in another window as you complete your feedback, for easy reference.
1. Mandela Parkway Gateway: Mandela and Grand
How would you like to see this intersection improved to increase traffic safety?
You might consider:
  1. What are your main concerns about this location regarding safety?
  2. How can intersection improvements or safety treatments help accommodate all users?
  3. What streetscape treatments would you like to see at this location?
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2. West Grand Alleyway
How would you like to see this streetscape take shape?
You might consider:
  1. Do you have any concerns with the proposed concept?
  2. What treatments would you make feel safer and encourage you to use the pathways?
  3. Are you concerned about an overall loss of car connectivity due to the proposed street/intersection closures? Why or why not?
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3. Frontage Road Loop: Wood Street Crossing
How you improve the safety of the Wood Street crossing?
You might consider:
  1. The Wood Street crossing is an underpass. What would increase your feeling of safety and make this intersection more welcoming?
  2. Do you have a preference regarding the location of the crossing? (For example: aligning it with the south alleyway or the north alleyway.)
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4. Frontage Road Loop: Frontage Road Crossing
How would you like to see this intersection improved to increase traffic safety?
You might consider:
  1. Does the proposed concept address your concerns about this intersection regarding traffic safety? 
  2. Will you feel comfortable crossing Frontage Road after implementing the proposed improvements?
  3. Are there any additional streetscape or intersection treatments you want to see at this location?
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4. West Grand railway
How do you feel about the design options being explored?
The design options currently being explored are:

  1. An 8-foot wide pathway with a more extended bus/HOV lane on Grand.

  2. A 15-foot path with a shorter bus/HOV lane on Grand.

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5. Touchdown: Bay Trail at Burma Road
How would you improve safety at the touchdown?
You might consider:
  1. There will be no vehicular traffic at the touchdown. Do you have any specific safety concerns about this location? (For example: bicycles speeding down the ramp, conflicts between Bay Trail users and the Link users, etc.)
  2. Would you feel comfortable using the ramp? If not, what could make you comfortable?
  3. What else might improve your experience using this ramp?
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When you think about a walking and biking path through West Oakland to the Bay Trail, which of the following things are most important to you?
Select up to 3 responses.
Do you have other safety or health concerns about using the West Oakland Link?
Please describe your concerns or thoughts in as much detail as you'd like.
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