Traffic Calming and Diversion
Benefit: Reduces cut-through traffic and motor vehicle speeds, making it safer for people walking, biking, and rolling.
Impact: Reduces access for motor vehicles.
How to Participate
Welcome to the Albany ATP projects and programs survey! This survey is organized into four short parts. We encourage you to complete all four sections so your feedback can fully inform Phase 3 of the ATP. Each part offers a chance to share your priorities and help shape Albany’s active transportation future.
Part 1: Review the proposed pedestrian & trail projects and tell us which ones should be a top priority.
Part 2: Review the proposed biking & rolling projects and tell us which ones should be a top priority.
Part 3: Help the City weigh tradeoffs and decide on specific improvements.
Part 4: Review the proposed programs and policies and tell us which ones should be a top priority.
Please submit your response for each step before moving onto the next step.
Part 1: Prioritizing Pedestrian & Trail Projects
Pedestrian and trail projects are projects that make it safer and more comfortable to walk or use a mobility device in Albany. This includes projects that improve sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, and staircases, as well as shared-use trails that may also be used by bicyclists.
Proposed Pedestrian & Trail Projects
Additional Project Information
For project descriptions, project elements, and implementation status, click here.
Tell us what you think!
Part 2: Prioritizing Biking & Rolling Projects
Biking and rolling projects are projects that make it safer and more comfortable to ride a bike, scooter, or other micromobility device in Albany. This includes projects that implement bicycle boulevards, separated bike lanes, striped/buffered bike lanes, traffic calming, and intersection improvements.
Proposed Biking & Rolling Projects
Additional Project Information
For project descriptions, project elements, and implementation status, click here.
Tell us what you think!
Part 3: Weighing Project Tradeoffs
Every project has tradeoffs that the City of Albany has to carefully weigh. Different streets serve different purposes, which informs which tradeoffs are worth making on each street. Resources are also limited, so the City needs your help prioritizing which streets and intersections receive certain improvements!
High-Impact Treatments
Projects can include high-impact improvements that make it comfortable for people of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, and roll. However, these projects can be costly and result in substantial impacts to vehicle traffic and parking.
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Widened Sidewalks
Benefit: Creates a more comfortable and enjoyable experience for people walking.
Impact: Reduces room for parking. In some cases, widening requires paving over existing landscaping.
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Protected Bikeways
Benefit: Physically separates people biking and rolling from motor vehicle traffic, improving safety for all ages and abilities.
Impact: Reduces room for on-street parking and travel lanes.
Tell us what you think!
Where do you want to prioritize high-impact treatments, even if it impacts parking or traffic?
Place a marker on the map at locations you want to see:
Traffic calming and diversion
Widened sidewalks
Protected bikeways
Part 4: Prioritizing Programs & Policies
In addition to on-the-ground projects, the Active Transportation Plan includes programs that will help further the Plan’s four goals. Programs are actions that are implemented as part of staff workplans, such as education and outreach, maintenance, and citywide upgrades.
The City estimated each program’s magnitude of cost (funding and staff time) and the magnitude of benefit it would provide to active transportation.
Proposed Programs & Policies
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Transportation Demand Management
Identify and implement transportation demand management strategies to support mode shift with new development.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: Medium
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Navigation & Wayfinding
Improve navigation and wayfinding resources, including physical signage and online resources.
Cost: Low
Benefit: Medium
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Educational Programs
Continue to support traffic-safety educational programs, including existing partnerships with Alameda County, AUSD, and other stakeholders.
Cost: Low
Benefit: Medium
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Speed Management & Enforcement
Update the traffic calming and speed management program to implement improvements proactively through an evaluation process.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: High
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Reduce Posted Speed Limits
Conduct a citywide speed study and evaluate potential speed limit reductions permitted under recent state law.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: Medium
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Lighting
Continue to implement recommendations of the City of Albany Street Lighting Evaluation (2024).
Cost: High
Benefit: Medium
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Bike Parking
Install additional bike parking at high-activity locations citywide.
Cost: Low
Benefit: Low
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Intersection Treatment Guidelines
Develop programmatic guidelines for the implementation of intersection treatments including “No Right on Red” restrictions.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: Medium
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Pedestrian Visibility
Maintain clear visibility at intersections and driveways through installation of raised elements (curbs, posts, bumps) in high-activity areas to ensure adequate sightlines.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: High
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Traffic Safety Program
Establish dedicated traffic safety funding, distinct from maintenance and capital project funding, to address traffic safety issues based on regular collision safety analysis and monitoring.
Cost: High
Benefit: Medium
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Accessibility Upgrades
Continue ongoing ADA program upgrades.
Cost: High
Benefit: Medium
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Bikeshare & Micromobility
Implement a bikesharing or micromobility program, including potential partnerships with regional or neighboring jurisdictions.
Cost: Medium
Benefit: Medium
