Thank you for your request regarding street signs, it has been received as #16-09-0103. If your request is regarding the replacement of an existing sign that has been damaged or is missing, Public Works will respond within 1-2 weeks. Given a lack of staffing, your request is responded to in the order received, unless there is an urgent safety issue. We appreciate your patience.

Thank you for submitting this request (#16-09-0103). It has been addressed and is now closed.

apologies, this case was closed in error

Thank you for your request regarding street signs, it has been received as #16-11-0003. If your request is regarding the replacement of an existing sign that has been damaged or is missing, Public Works will respond within 1-2 weeks. Given a lack of staffing, your request is responded to in the order received, unless there is an urgent safety issue. We appreciate your patience.

Your request (#16-11-0003) is now a work order, assigned to staff. Thank you for helping to keep Alameda a great City. This is an automated response. If your request is an emergency, please call 911.

The corner is unsafe. People use Sherman to cut from Lincoln to Central. It's a blind corner and people go way too fast. crossing there is terrible.

This corner is a major cross-section for children riding and walking to school. Cars try to bolt across Santa Clara or folks on Santa Clara have a hard time seeing the children with fault on the drivers and young inexperienced bike riders. Let's not wait until something terrible happens to make changes. Please accelerate this request!

Thank you Zac and AKChristensen for joining me in the request for signage at the corner of Sherman and Santa Clara. I originally submitted this request on 09/28/16 and nothing has been done with the exception of making the request a work order and assigning it to staff. Very discouraging. I'm so afraid something horrible will happen before this request rises to the top of the "yes we will take care of this" list. In the meantime, cars, bikers, and walking people continue to take their chances on a major intersection with blocked viewing. Issue ID: 2949219 - please act on this.

I drive down Santa Clara all the time and couldn't agree more. This is a dangerous intersection and should be made a lot safer with stop signs. Hard to believe the original complaint was posted a year ago and nothing has been done!

Completed in Lucity.

Why has this been closed? What action has been taken?

Thank you for your request regarding street signs, it has been received as #17-09-0065. If your request is regarding the replacement of an existing sign that has been damaged or is missing, Public Works will respond within 1-2 weeks. Given a lack of staffing, your request is responded to in the order received, unless there is an urgent safety issue. We appreciate your patience.

Please do something about this intersection soon! So many kids and cars are dodging this intersection getting to work and school. Sherman connects 2 ends of the island. Do not wait until a tragedy occurs- this needs to be prioritized! It has been over a year since this case was opened? Why is the city closing it every few months??????

Hello City of Alameda,

This is your last post: Thank you for your request regarding street signs, it has been received as #17-09-0065. If your request is regarding the replacement of an existing sign that has been damaged or is missing, Public Works will respond within 1-2 weeks. Given a lack of staffing, your request is responded to in the order received, unless there is an urgent safety issue. We appreciate your patience.

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Now, I live two three houses down from this intersection and we DO need 4 stop signs at Santa Clara and Sherman. There are currently stop signs on Sherman and a crosswalk on Santa Clara that can get scary with drivers speeding up.

We are requesting that stop signs are placed on Santa Clara as well. A couple of facts make this intersection unique and very dangerous. Please see below:

- A lot traffic entering and leaving Alameda comes down Sherman via the tube. There are SO MANY close calls that I am surprised nobody has been killed there yet.

- Santa Clara Avenue is the road many students and groups of students take to go to middle schools such as Jr. Jets, AoA, Nea, and ACLC.

- This road is also utilized by commuters going to the ferry.

With the above stated, now the question for you City of Alameda is, what do we need to do next to get 4 stop signs on that intersection? Signatures? An inspection from the city? If so, how do we request it?

I truly hope the city will not wait for a tragedy to happen to look into this intersection and install the much needed stop signs.

Thank you Anna for getting the ball rolling with this!

Sincerely,
Tatiana Stollman

PW Admin Gail assigned this issue to Public Works Transportation Alan

Staff is wrapping up our review and we will be sending a notice with our findings on January 22nd. This notice will be sent to all properties within 300 feet of the intersection. If you'd like to receive this notice via pdf, please email me at ata@alamedaca.gov.

AWESOME! I got the letter from Public Works just this past Friday! Yay! Thank you for listening! This past week twice I witnessed two different cars ignoring the stop sign on Sherman and almost running over some bikers coming on Santa Clara. I am sending my feedback via email as requested in the letter from Alan Ta.

Since you are already doing the study, would a traffic light be an option? Traffic can be so heavy on that intersection... Just putting out there.

What a relief! Thank you again!

At a minimum you need to red paint the corner curbs so the cross traffic can SEE the traffic on Santa Clara. I've lived on SC for 20 years and this corner is blind when people park (esp. trucks) on Sherman or SC right near the corner.

People blowing through street signs are breaking the law already. Most likely island newcomers who tend to be entitled. Stop signs on SC won't fix that problem. Traffic cameras like San Leandro is needed to stop those people.

Issue 4268083 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

I agree with the OP that this intersection poses a safety issue. The problem is one of visibility for drivers on Sherman crossing Santa Clara. I think the simple act of adding more red curbs to increase visibility would be a huge improvement from a safety perspective. I personally have a much easier time crossing Bay Street at Santa Clara due to the increased visibility on account of the bus stop. (At least, it is helpful to see east-bound traffic.) If a red curb is resisted by residents in the immediate area due to the loss of parking spaces, then I would consider, at a minimum installing "no parking" zones near the intersection during AM and PM rush hour (covering school drop off/pick up times as well). I would support the stop signs if I thought they were the only solution or if I thought they would otherwise help mitigate some of the speeding issues I regularly see on Santa Clara between Grand and 9th, but I don't believe either to be the case. Plus, painting a few curbs red is a several hour job and doesn't require traffic flow analysis or pricey consultants.

Stop signs were opened today and just had a massive accident at the corner.

On 9/28/2016 I first made this request for four-way stop signs on the intersection of Sherman and Santa Clara. I'm delighted to say that the four-way stop signs were installed the latter part of June 2018. Kudos to the City of Alameda for following through on this request. I smile every time I stop on Sherman or Santa Clara, happy that See/Click/Fix actually works, in spite of the 22-month time lapse. Well worth the wait! :-)

Thank you to those who provided comments during the outreach phase of this review. They were very helpful during the analysis. We have completed the installation of the all-way stop signs, and are now closing this case.

Thanks for fixing this request!