The last few years of traffic violence have made the reality of our crisis all but undeniable. What can our city do to react to these tragedies in a meaningful way? Below are our 8 top actions we urge leadership in the Oakland Mayor’s Office, the Department of Transportation and at AC Transit to act on, immediately:

1. Make sure that safe streets projects are properly funded through bond issuance as obligated by Oakland Measure U (2022)
2. Support Community-Led Traffic Calming
3. Remove the dangers of multi-lane roads by converting them to streets with a single car lane per direction
4. Daylight intersections and install bollards or flex-posts to create pedestrian bulb-outs and prevent cars from taking turns at high speeds
5. Allow for emergency quick-builds until resources are organized to prioritize long-term permanent safety changes, such as simple pre-fab elements to create temporary protected intersections until permanent safety upgrades can occur
6. Establish a default design width of 10’ car lanes, 11’ bus lanes
7. Place physical barriers between all bus-only lanes and car lanes, to prevent the bus-lane from use as a speedway
8. Prioritize safety and equity over throughput when implementing traffic calming or lane re-allocation