"The Central Avenue project is expected to improve safety for all street users and to reduce vehicle delays. The project includes a road diet with two motor vehicle travel lanes, a two-way left-turn lane as a center lane, bikeways, three roundabouts, resurfacing, improved bus stops, enhanced pedestrian crossings and street trees/raingardens."
"Roundabouts reduce the types of crashes where people are seriously hurt or killed by up to 78 percent when compared to signalized intersections, per federal data."
"Cyclists are already using it and the ride is far less stressful than when it was a multi-lane surface highway. The protected sections of bike lane were not blocked by scofflaw parkers."
Alameda's 1.7-mile Central Avenue project is nearly complete and expected to finish this spring. The $15 million initiative includes a road diet reducing motor vehicle lanes to two with a center left-turn lane, protected bikeways, three roundabouts at major intersections, resurfacing, improved bus stops with boarding islands, enhanced pedestrian crossings, and street trees with raingardens. Roundabouts reduce serious crash types by up to 78 percent compared to signalized intersections. Most concrete work is finished with only minor pavement smoothing remaining. Protected bike lanes remain unblocked by parked vehicles, and cyclists report significantly reduced stress compared to previous multi-lane conditions.
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