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San Leandro Crosstown Corridors Study 1-1 The Crosstown Corridors Study (the Study) is the culmination of a community- based planning process to improve safety, school access, and multimodal connections along both Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street in San Leandro. This was accomplished through extensive community and technical stakeholder engagement to understand existing issues and opportunities, discuss potential improvements, and ultimately arrive at a preferred set of recommendations that reflect the long-term priorities and vision for both corridors. 1.1 Study Purpose Running parallel to major commercial streets, Bancroft A venue and Williams Street have long been key corridors for biking and walking in San Leandro. Each corridor is home to multiple schools including San Leandro High School, Bancroft Middle, and John Muir Middle, and both streets serve students biking and walking as well as families picking up and dropping off their children. Because of their importance for accessing schools, businesses, transit, and recreation, these corridors were a major focus in the 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (BPMP). During the BPMP’s community engagement, residents and Bike & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) members emphasized the importance of Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street not only as crucial routes to essential services, but also as “cross -town” spines serving many San Leandro neighborhoods with the potential to bridge neighborhood barriers and bring people together. The Study builds off the City of San Leandro’s commitment to eliminating traffic deaths and severe injuries by developing transformative safety improvements that address driver safety and enhance mobility and safety for the most vulnerable travelers—namely, pedestrians, bicyclists and people using scooters and skateboards. This chapter highlights the process, approach, and planning background that informed the Study outcomes . Study Goals The Study process led to the following specific objectives for the corridor: • Safety: Develop street designs that provide separated bike lanes and improvements for walking that help people feel safer and more comfortable on Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street. • School Access: Improve access for students and families walking and biking to school on Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street. • Multimodal Connections: Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street will support access to BART, businesses, parks, and other community destinations for all modes, prioritizing sustainable and active transportation. The recommendations culminate in conceptual design plans, a preliminary cost estimate, and an implementation plan that the City of San Leandro can use to secure funding for implementation. 1. Introduction What is Vision Zero and Safe Systems? Vision Zero is not a slogan, not a tagline, not even just a program. It is a fundamentally different way to approach traffic safety. –Vision Zero Network The Vision Zero approach views transportation-related fatalities and injuries as preventable, rather than inevitable, and relies on data-driven, multi-disciplinary collaboration to eliminate fatalities and severe injuries to ensure safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. The “Safe System” approach is the set of strategies to achieve Vision Zero. This approach focuses on influencing system-wide practices, policies, and designs to lessen the severity of collisions. Encouraging safer, more context-appropriate travel speeds and building “safety nets” into the design of streets and crossings supports the goal of downgrading a fatal collision to a survivable collision, and a severe injury collision into a minor injury collision. DRA F T