The 18 cameras were installed near or on some of the city's most dangerous intersections. Over the first month of the program, 70,000 warnings were issued citywide. That constitutes, according to OakDOT, about 1% of all drivers on Oakland roads.
Oakland's transportation department expects the city administrator to accept and appropriate $800,000 in grant funds from CalStart, an environmental nonprofit, for the electric bike lending program launched in September. The funds will mostly be used to cover rising bicycle and insurance costs, and the costs of administering the program for four more years. That's according to a staff report that will be considered at an upcoming Dec. 9 meeting of the Public Works and Transportation Committee, where members will discuss a resolution that includes the grant. The item will then require approval by the full city council at a subsequent meeting.
"So it's gonna be a longer effort," Maher said. "It's gonna involve bringing on the resources to actually paint all these curbs, and it will roll out as those curbs get painted. It's probably a multiple-year project."
