Project Goals: For the Mecartney Road/Island Drive improvements, the City seeks to:
- Promote safety by prioritizing Vision Zero, which the City Council approved as a policy in 2019 to reduce traffic deaths and severe injuries to zero.
- Be consistent with the 2040 General Plan goals:
- Vision Zero. To eliminate fatalities and severe injuries on Alameda’s streets, avenues, sidewalks, crosswalks, paths, and trails.
- Intersection Safety. To improve safety at stop-controlled or signalized intersections, consider a roundabout design.
- Roundabouts and Traffic Circles. When considering modification to an intersection, prioritize roundabouts and traffic circles for consideration.
- Improve mobility for all modes, including AC Transit buses and trucks.
- Comply with existing policies and plans, including the City’s Draft Active Transportation Plan.
- Provide landscaping, art and flood reduction opportunities.
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
