Willie Stargell Complete Street Corridor

The Willie Stargell Avenue Complete Street project will construct safety and transit improvements between Main St and Mariner Square Loop, by improving school crossings, slowing traffic, improving the safety of major intersections, greening the street and adding new bus stops for the Line 19 bus that will be re-routed to Stargell Ave in August 2025.

Concept plan

Project components include:

• Construction of separate walking and bicycling paths in the un-used, city-owned, right of way to the north of Stargell Ave

• Traffic calming features to slow speeding traffic along Stargell Ave

• Safety improvements at school crossings at Mosely Ave and Coral Sea St

• Upgrades at the offset Stargell/5th St intersection  

• Eastbound separated bike lanes from Mariner Square Loop to 5th St

• A seamless connection to the existing pathway at Bette St

• New bus stops to serve a re-routed bus Line 19, per AC Transit's Realign planning effort, completed in October 2024, and to take effect in August 2025.
• Roundabouts at 5th St & Stargell and at Mariner Square Loop & Stargell, to improve safety for all roadways users and reduce conflicts.
  • Why roundabouts? They reduce the types of crashes where people are seriously hurt or killed by up to 78 percent when compared to signalized intersections. Roundabouts result in lower vehicle speeds around the roundabout. Crashes that occur will be less severe because of this reduced speed and the more “sideswipe” nature of crashes. Pedestrians are generally safer at roundabouts, and are faced with simpler decisions at a time. Find much more info on the City's Transportation web page, under "Planning Efforts."

Funding:

The City applied for grant funding for the active transportation project in 2016 unsuccessfully, to two different grant funding sources. In 2020, the City initiated the process of applying for state funds, but that was put on hold. In 2022, the City applied to the state and regional Active Transportation Program Cycle 6 grant program, but was unsuccessful. In 2024, the City again applied for Active Transportation Program funding in Cycle 7, and for four additional grants. Funds are currently being sought for the roundabouts and for the new bus stops.

Community-wide Workshops

• 9/18/24: Stargell Ave Safety and Transit Improvements Community Meeting // Presentation(PDF, 4MB)
• 5/12/22: Stargell Ave Community Workshop 2022 (Virtual) // Presentation(PDF, 890KB)

Public Hearings

• 4/01/2025: City Council (tentative)
• 3/12/2025: Commission on Persons with Disabilities
• 2/26/2025: Transportation Commission
• 1/30/2025: City-AC Transit Interagency Liaison Committee (ILC)

Online Survey

• 8/19/20 - 1/17/25: Stargell Ave Concerns and Needs

Email Bulletin Mailings

• 9/16/24: This Weds! Stargell Workshop: Roundabouts, Bus Stops and Walk/Bike Improvements
• 9/05/24: Sept 18 Stargell Workshop: Roundabouts, Bus Stops and Walk/Bike Improvements
• 5/28/24: Stargell Ave - Share your input!
• 5/11/22: Tomorrow Night: Community Workshop on Willie Stargell Complete Street Project
• 5/06/22: Community Workshop and Survey: Willie Stargell Complete Street Project

Press

• 9/25/24: Envisioning a Multimodal Future for Stargell Ave, Alameda Post

City is still seeking funding for this project.

2016: Applied for project funding in TIGER grant. Unsuccessful.

2020: Considered applying for Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 5 funding, developed concept plan and began outreach. Determined not to apply, given lack of matching funds and grant funding priorities.

April 2022: Council accepted 2022 Grant Priorities list, which included Stargell project, as part of the Annual Transportation Report.

June 2022: City applied for state and regional ATP Cycle 6 grant funding, but was unsuccessful.

June 2024: City applied for state and regional ATP Cycle 7 grant funding, at the encouragement of grant fundors. ATP Cycle 7 state funding was unsuccessful. City considering roundabouts at 5th & Stargell and Mariner Square Loop & Stargell. AC Transit considering re-routing a bus line to run along Stargell Ave, as part of Realign planning effort.