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CONTACT:Amy Smolens\; amy@albanystrollroll.org
DESCRIPTION:
The Adams/Kains bike project is in the County’s and City’s p
lans for addressing alternative transportation along the San Pablo Ave Cor
ridor in Albany. As the pilot project approaches the 1 year mark it has go
ne well in many ways and is valued infrastructure to help the City meet it
s climate goals and help people get around with fewer cars or no cars now
that the state’s and city’s zoning has been changed to allow any housing b
ig or small to have zero parking spaces. One sticking point with the city
has been the parking direction. The pilot program has reported no collisio
ns on Adams/Kains. Many blocks in Berkeley for ~50 years have had
the same traffic flow as we have now on Adams/Kains where public data show
s no injury accidents have been reported in the ~9 years since data has be
en collected. Literature opposed to the Adams/Kains project warne
d of the extreme dangers to residents\, delayed emergency response and pro
mised “chaos and carnage” if it was implemented but we have seen none of t
hat. People who helped distribute that literature have said at public meet
ings “things are fine the way they’ve always been” while ignoring the city
’s climate goals and new zoning that removes off-street parking requiremen
ts.
\n“Houston\, we have no problem!”
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bany and Berkeley streets\, the City of Albany has said from the beginning
that it eventually plans to ticket people parking in the contraflow direc
tion and has made no indication that it plans to do like it does with so m
any other laws on the books – de-prioritize enforcement. Since cars in th
e pilot project still only enter from one direction into each block that w
ould mean half the cars on each block ticketed or forced to make 3-point t
urns on narrow\, congested streets.
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e city’s parking issue\, some drivers still aren’t aware of the internal t
wo-way driving patterns – aren’t aware that cars can go both directions wi
thin each block. And all cyclists aren’t aware of the Bicycle Blvds as an
option. Both of these issues are exacerbated by the fact that navigation
apps don’t send cars that are already on Adams/Kains in the new direction
and they actually divert cyclists around Adams/Kains in the new direction!
\nAdditional signage (two-way arrows on the road) and updated m
apping apps showing current legal patterns would help awareness. These are
crucial for north-south travel along the San Pablo corridor and must be s
aved!
\nThe Bicycle Blvds may go to Council as early as May\, so
AS&R needs to prepare a strategy for proposals for adjustments to Adams/K
ains in case the city does decide to go forward with ticketing half the ca
rs on the block with the current traffic flow. At our most recent General
Membership Meeting last week\, we set the evening of Tuesday February 6 fo
r a Zoom brainstorming discussion about this important project. This is li
terally Albany’s only Bicycle Boulevard (yes\, other streets may be marked
with that name but have no supporting infrastructure) so please SAVE THIS
DATE TO HELP SAVE THE BICYCLE BOULEVARDS!
\nWe will send a Zoom
link to the GREENways list.
\nPlease RSVP or send any questions to <
a href='mailto:amy@albanystrollroll.org'>amy@albanystrollroll.org .
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SUMMARY:Kains/Adams Bicycle Blvds Strategy Meeting
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