East Bay Greenway project to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists gets $30M funding

U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, celebrated on Friday after receiving $30 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to install about 10 miles of street improvements along a transportation project corridor that parallels the BART tracks between the Lake Merritt and Bay Fair stations.

The project, referred to as the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project, intends to improve safety and allow more connection between communities by installing protected bikeways, improving pedestrian crossing safety and accessibility, enhancing bus stops and installing placemarks like benches, lighting and landscaping.