A bike and pedestrian bridge linking Alameda and Oakland is in the planning process, but the project’s high costs and possible lack of public interest may hinder construction from ever starting, city officials warned at a recent public meeting.
Bikers and pedestrians are currently constrained to three options linking Alameda to Oakland and only one of them puts walkers and bikers near the downtown area: the treacherous 36-inch-wide raised path that runs through the Posey Tube where an estimated 48,000 cars travel daily.
Alameda city officials have been leading the project and city records estimate around 5,300 people would use the bridge on a daily basis if it were to be completed. "This [project] is much bigger than just Alameda or Oakland in terms of the connections that we could make with improving this crossing," Rochelle Wheeler, Alameda’s senior transportation coordinator, said at aAn open-air path linking the two cities would have many economic benefits and help alleviate greenhouse gas emissions, a 2021 report found.
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