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On Mandana boulevard, between Grand Avenue & Lakeshore Avenue, there is not a single cross walk....this is about a 6 (long) block stretch. It is unrealistic to think that people won't cross Mandana, and traffic continues to worsen. This is to request a quick study on what it would take to add painted pedestrian cross walks at Erie and at Walker.
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Kdavh (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
I live towards the crest of the Mandana hill and anywhere around there is extremely dangerous for me to cross since cars can't see over the crest. Unfortunately, in the last few years, cars have been going faster and faster and move like they're on an expressway instead of a neighborhood street. I find it very difficult to cross safely. Drivers often honk at me as I walk across even when they see me from far away and I believe I should legally have the right of way.
I would welcome investigation into the possibility of crosswalks at the streets mentioned above as well as possibly at Warfield. Any of those would be helpful to slow the traffic to safe speeds for pedestrians.
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Claire
In addition to pedestrians, cars also turn onto Mandana Blvd. from adjoining side streets. Those on the Grand Ave. side of the hill can't see cars coming from Lakeshore and those on the Lakeshore side can't see cars coming from Grand Ave. I would like to see a posted 25 MPH speed limit for that area with a police officer posted nearby occasionally so driver will know that there are consequences for speeding up that hill.
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An additional benefit of a speed limit would be, that residents in my building, could enter and leave the garage safer.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_29415143/roadshow-waze-detours-do-you-love-em-or
Google Maps has probably has figured out that the fastest way to get from southbound on Grand to eastbound on 580, or from southbound on Lakeshore to westbound on 580 is to take Mandana instead of joining the slower traffic on Lake Park.
Kevin Dalley (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
Remember, any intersection has an unmarked crosswalk. which may be safer than marked crosswalks.
Here's a summary on safety of unmarked crosswalks. And crossing at
unmarked crosswalks may be safer than crossing at crosswalks.
http://www.legal-news-california.tozerlaw.com/jaywalking_california.html
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Kim (Zarejestrowany użytkownik)
I originally posted this in January 2016 and nothing has been done. Public works did put up one of those temporary signs that tells you how fast you are going. However, it was done during a holiday week and the traffic was not as great as usual. After that nothing happened.
This is an ongoing problem and I would appreciate the City of Oakland making these crosswalks a priority. As the traffic on Mandana between Lakeshore and Grand has increased due to apps that redirect people from the freeway to that route, it has become more and more dangerous to cross the street.
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As of this past week, I have been informed by the City that the following projects have work-orders issued for them. We don't yet have a schedule:
1. Crosswalks and signage will be added on Mandana at Erie and at Vermont
2. "Keep Clear" markings will be added to the pavement at the Mandana/Vermont/Walker intersection
3. No Parking signs on the west side of Mandana will be changed to "No Stopping Anytime". Yes, of course delivery trucks will continue to stop on that side, but the number of autos that park along there, even at the crest of the hill, continues to increase - Uber and Lyft, especially.
4. A 25MPH sign will be added to the west side of Mandana near Walker (the speed limit on this section of Mandana is 25MPH). There is already a sign coming up from Lakeshore. Yes, we have talked to OPD about enforcement, but no promises.
5. New pavement striping will be added at Mandana/Lakeshore to help reduce the left turn chaos there.
Issues that are still open:
- We are still lobbying for repaving of this section of Mandana, and an overall paving schedule for the neighborhood.
- We are waiting to hear about any results of 2017 studies done on the Grand Avenue road diet.
- We are waiting for a schedule to synchronize the lights at Grand/Mandana and Grand/Elwood, and to clarify the pavement markings in front of STAR.
- We are waiting for a schedule for a left turn light from Grand to Mandana.
- There is still no schedule for security cameras at the Walker and 580 lots.
- As far as more stop signs in the neighborhoods between Mandana and Piedmont, each issue will need to be approached separately...someone will need to 'own' an intersection and document the problems that occur there, then lobby the City to make changes.
- One way streets won't happen anytime soon.
- There are currently no plans to make changes to the way people turn from Grand into 7/11.
- It is unclear to me whether changes will be made to the way people enter into the STAR lot. I'll try and figure that one out.
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