Thank you for reporting your concerns about street safety in Alameda. The Mecartney Road/Island Drive Improvement Project aims to improve safety at this busy Bay Farm intersection. The City is considering four options: a roundabout, reduced footprint all-way stop, “do nothing”, or traffic signal. Based on analysis of intersection and data on these configurations, the safest options are the roundabout and the reduced footprint all-way stop. Roundabouts reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by up to 90 percent when compared to conventional stop-controlled and signalized intersections.

For more about the project, see www.alamedaca.gov/MecartneyIsland

Please let us know what you think!
* Join the public workshop on December 1 at 6:30, via Zoom. Register here: https://alamedaca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2d8oMIpJRdmScqnYBtjBgg

* Fill out the survey: https://us.openforms.com/Form/be9dd12d-862c-42b2-8614-86e3690f8b5a

Your report will help inform the City of Alameda’s work to achieve our Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. We will use street safety reports, including yours, in combination with crash data and equity indicators to prioritize and design street safety investments. This evaluation will generally happen on an annual basis, with some exceptions for clear and pressing trends. Issues that the City deems to be immediate safety concerns will be elevated for quick action.

For more information and a list of current and planned transportation projects, see www.AlamedaCA.gov/SaferStreets