Some East Bay residents want to convert the route into a hybrid lane to relieve traffic congestion for morning commuters.
Rubio Hernandez of San Rafael rides towards Richmond on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. A sign posted near the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge lets riders know to prepare for downhill portion of the span in San Rafael on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Rubio Hernandez of San Rafael rides toward Richmond on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Project leaders and proponents say the path has been a success so far and has fulfilled a decades-old vision to create the first transbay path connecting the North Bay and East Bay. “Virtually all of these drivers have no other practical means to get to work,” Bay Area Council president and chief executive officer Jim Wunderman wrote in a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission this month. “Since they often come from very long distances and from all over the East Bay, biking, walking and public transit are not practical commute options.
“Despite the slight capacity reduction, the extent of the congestion upstream of the toll plaza and average peak travel times from I-80 to the end of the bridge on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays have remained similar to the before conditions,” the study states. “This can be explained by traffic demands remaining slightly below before conditions, particularly at the start and end of the peak periods, due to lingering Covid-related factors.
At the same time, the UC Berkeley review found that opening the third vehicle lane on the lower deck has provided several benefits to eastbound commuters. Congestion issues that existed before the lane opened in 2018 have largely “disappeared” and reduced travel times by 14 minutes from Highway 101 to the toll plaza, according to the study. Traffic incidents and crashes on the bridge have also had a 70% reduction, according to the study.
These are the people, many of them Black and Latino, who have had to bear the brunt of the impacts of the pandemic, the pressures from recent high gas prices and the major traffic delays, Fisher said. “It’s not an attack on any aspect of the pilot program,” Richmond Councilman Demnlus Johnson said during an Oct. 25 discussion on the bike path. “It’s actually to enhance it with more information around air quality.”
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