Bicycle Master Plan

"Oakland will be a city where bicycling is fully integrated into daily life, providing transportation and recreation that are both safe and convenient."

This is the vision of Oakland's Bicycle Master Plan (BMP), adopted by the Oakland City Council on December 4, 2007. Funded, in part, by a grant from the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority ACTIA), the BMP is the citywide, long-range policy document for promoting bicycling as a viable means of transportation and recreation in Oakland. The Plan includes an existing conditions analysis, policies and action items, the Proposed Bikeway Network, design guidelines for bikeways and bicycle parking, and an implementation program. In particular, the plan, which updated the first BMP adopted in 1999, reflects a detailed analysis of the Proposed Bikeway Network. This analysis developed proposals for maximizing bicyclist safety and access throughout the city while minimizing potential adverse effects on other roadway users.

Print copies of the plan are available from the Planning & Zoning Division, 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3341. Call (510) 238-3911 to order a copy. The Plan is also available in .pdf format.

• Download Plan
• Environmental Documents
• About the Community Process

The plan must be updated or reaffirmed every five years for the City to remain eligible for funding from the state Bicycle Transportation Account. The next update process is expected to begin in 2011.

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Download Oakland Bicycle Master Plan

The following documents are available for download in .pdf format.

• Chapters 1-6 (includes Table of Contents) (4.3mb)
• Appendices and References (1.8mb)
• Maps:
• Seven, 11" x 17" maps (5.7mb) including Existing and Proposed Bikeway Network, Bicycle Mode Share by Census Tract, etc.
• Large scale (37.65" x 24.6") Proposed Bikeway Network Map based on the Walk Oakland! Map and Guide basemap (2.5mb, password protected)
• Appendix H: Supplementary Documentation (not in print version)
• Citywide Feasibility Analysis: Explanation of Fields (13kb)
• Citywide Feasibility Analysis: Existing Conditions and Bikeway Proposals (211kb)
• Street Grade Analysis (65kb)
• Project Prioritization (23kb)

Selected Excerpts

• Executive Summary and Proposed Bikeway Network Map only (1.4mb)
• Proposed Bikeway Network Map (898kb)

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Documents from Environmental Review Process

• Notice of Preparation (September 2005) (799kb)
  Initial Study (September 2005) (887kb)
• Figure 1: Existing Bikeways (807kb)
• Figure 2: Preliminary Proposed Bikeways (880kb)
• Figure 3: Preliminary Proposed Bikeway Network (Existing and Proposed) (1.0mb)
• Notice of Availability of Draft EIR (March 2007) (129kb)
  Draft Environmental Impact Report (March 2007) (8.0mb)
• Notice of Availability of Final EIR (October 2007) (460kb)
• Final Environmental Impact Report (October 2007) (5.7mb)

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About the Community Process

The community process for the BMP benefitted from continuous involvement by a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) and proactive outreach to neighborhood groups, merchants associations, and community-based organizations. The CAC was composed of representatives for each council district, representatives of community-based organizations, and interested individuals. The committee met monthly from April 2005 through November 2007 with 20 people participating. Throughout the process, the project manager gave presentations on the project to neighborhood groups and merchants associations as part of those groups' regularly scheduled meetings. Over 50 presentations were made to such groups throughout the city, reaching over 850 people. Additionally, three large format, open-invitation public meetings on the project were held: two in June 2005 at the beginning of the process and a third in April 2007 to coincide with the release of the Draft Plan.

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