Project

Project Goals

For the Clement Avenue/Tilden Way Project, the City seeks to:

• Promote safety by prioritizing Vision Zero
• Improve mobility for all modes, including AC Transit buses and trucks
• Comply with City plans & policies
• Provide flood reduction and landscaping opportunities
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Background: The Clement Avenue/Tilden Way project uses the abandoned railroad right-of-way at Clement Avenue and Tilden Way to extend the Cross Alameda Trail between Broadway and the Miller-Sweeney/Fruitvale Bridge and to improve the truck and bus routes in this area.  This project connects to the City's Clement Avenue Complete Street project, and to the City of Oakland's planned and funded Fruitvale Avenue improvements.  In 2017, the Alameda County Transportation Commission awarded a grant to the City of Alameda for $8.4 million to implement this project. This project is funded by Measure BB, Alameda County's transportation sales tax.

Concept: Includes a bikeway, walkway, road diet, westbound Clement Avenue extension, open space, stormwater gardens, bus stop improvements, a dog park and a roundabout at the Blanding/Tilden/Fernside intersection.  Road diets reduce crashes up to 47 percent.  Roundabouts reduce fatal and severe injury crashes up to 90 percent compared to traffic signals or all-way stops.