High Injury Corridor Daylighting Project

Updated March 20, 2025

Beginning on January 1, 2025, the California’s New Daylighting Law (Assembly Bill 413) took effect to ban cars and trucks from stopping, standing, or parking within 20 feet of the approach side of all marked and unmarked crosswalks, essentially every street intersection within the City of Alameda. The figure below illustrates how parking immediately adjacent to an intersection makes it difficult for drivers to see motor vehicle and bicycle traffic in the cross-street, as well as pedestrians entering the crosswalk. This law recognizes and upholds the importance of improving visibility at intersections.

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(Source: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency)

Beginning in 2019, the City of Alameda City Council adopted its Policy for Improvements to Visibility (Daylighting)(PDF, 407KB), which allows for parking to be prohibited within 20 feet of corners to increase visibility and increase safety at any intersection. It also requires visibility enhancements on busier streets, stating that “no parking shall be permitted within 20 feet of intersections along collector and arterial streets.” This policy is consistent with the new California Law AB 413 and is in direct support of Alameda’s Vision Zero Action Plan which aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2035.

To implement the Policy, beginning in 2021, the City of Alameda painted red curbs at intersections along nine Tier 1 and Tier 2 High Injury Corridors to improve visibility for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The City is now expanding this daylighting project to address Tier 3 High Injury Corridors in 2025 to increase street safety for all users. High Injury Corridors are the stretches of road with the highest density of crashes, weighted by severity, based on 10 years of crash data. Also, as part of the City’s paving program and when needed for safety, other streets, that may not otherwise be a High Injury Corridor, have red curb painted at intersections to improve visibility.

Pursuant of Alameda Municipal Codes 8-7.1 and 8-8.5, the Public Works Director is authorized to remove or change parking to achieve the goals of the AB 413 Law, the Vision Zero Policy, as well as the Alameda General Plan Safety Element Policy SN-5, which requires Vision Zero safety measures. The decision to remove parking in order to improve visibility is not appealable, but adequate notification about parking removal will be provided in advance to those most impacted.

To ensure daylighting is achieved, the City currently issues parking citations to vehicles parked in marked prohibited areas. While AB 413 allows the citing of vehicles parked 20 feet of the approach side of crosswalks at all intersections throughout the City beginning in 2025, regardless of whether the area is marked using paint or a sign, the City plans to continue its focus on improving visibility at intersections along High Injury Corridors and arterial and collector streets with red paint and/or signs, coupled with enforcement.

Due to limited resources, parking enforcement on neighborhood local streets will be reactive in response to resident requests within SeeClickFix or called into (510) 522-PARK. At the present time, the City can only issue a warning for vehicles parked within 20 feet of crosswalks. In order to cite violations, the City must amend the Master Fee Schedule to include the relevant CA Vehicle Code Section 22500(N)CVC in the parking fine schedule. The updated Master Fee Schedule is expected to be brought to City Council for approval this summer.

The corridors completed for this project so far were along Tier 1 and Tier 2 High Injury Corridors. There are eight (8) anticipated corridors to be completed as a part of the Tier 3 High Injury Corridors. High Injury Corridors that were left out were due to the following exceptions:

  • Already had sufficient parking prohibitions at the intersection corners
  • Had upcoming projects incorporating daylighting or similar improvements
  • Are along Caltrans right-of-way (State Route 61)

For questions, contact Aaliyah Douglas at adouglas@alamedaca.gov and/or pw@alamedaca.gov.

High Injury Corridors

Tier 1 (Completed) Tier 2 (Completed) Tier 3 (In Progress)

1. Grand Street

  • Otis Drive to Lincoln Avenue

2. Central Avenue

  • Union Street to High Street

3. Main Street

  • Navy Way to Pacific Avenue

4. Park Street

  • Shoreline Drive to Blanding Avenue

5. Webster Street

  • Central Avenue to Stargell Avenue

6. Lincoln Avenue

  • Paru Street to Everett Street

 1. Grand Street

  • Shoreline Drive to Otis Drive
  • Lincoln Avenue to Fortmann Way

2. Central Avenue

  • 3rd Street to Union Street
  • High Street to Hansen Avenue

3. Otis Drive

  • Grand Street to Fernside Boulevard

4. Oak Street

  • Powell Street to Blanding Avenue

5. Willie Stargell Avenue

  • Main Street to Webster Street

6. Atlantic Avenue

  • Webster Street to Sherman Street

7. Lincoln Avenue

  • Everett Street to Fountain Street

8. Santa Clara Avenue

  • Park Street to Grove Street

9. Encinal Avenue

  • Union Street to Pease Court

1. Lincoln Avenue

  • High Street

2. Santa Clara Avenue

  • 8th Street to Paru Street
  • Mound Street to Fountain Street

3. Encinal Avenue

  • Versailles Avenue to Fountain Street

4. Pacific Avenue

  • 8th Street to Stanton Street

5. Sherman Street

  • Eagle Avenue to Dayton Avenue

6. Shoreline Drive

  • Kitty Hawk Road

7. Fernside Boulevard

  • Washington Street to High Street

8. Clement Avenue

  • Entrance Road to Hibbard Street
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