A lot of thanks goes to our partners with the Albany Strollers and Rollers and Walk Bike Berkeley who advocated to make the bridge path a reality, as well as the City of Berkeley and Caltrans staff and contractors who worked on the project,
it would be nice just for once to also see these agencies build some bike infrastructure without it being part of a larger, freeway capacity project. And also as noted in previous coverage, it's a shame the $43.37 million project-and the protected bike lane that was part of it-just kind of disappears at Fourth Street.
The raised pedestrian and bike crossing that connects the bike/ped bridge with Gilman is problematic... cars and trucks simply flew over the crossing with no visible reduction in speed. Let's hope the project managers will add some rumble strips or some other audible/tactile reminder to motorists that they're approaching a conflict zone and they need to have their foot on the brake.
#gilman-street-bicycle-and-pedestrian-bridge #bike-infrastructure #road-safety #advocacy-efforts #urban-planning
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