Which Local Bike and Pedestrian Projects Are Most Important?

But the 21 projects total almost $52 million — more than double the $24 million available. So, which ones should get the go ahead?

The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is asking Contra Costa County residents to vote online for the top five projects in the area. El Cerrito has one project awaiting funding: the Ohlone Greenway station access. safety and placemaking improvements. 

The project application gives this description:

"Ohlone Greenway widening, surveillance, crosswalk and landscaping improvements within the City's PDA and adjacent to two BART Stations to improve livability in these transit-rich neighborhoods and address pedestrian and bicycle access and safety concerns."

The cost is estimated at $3.4 million.

Several Richmond projects are also on the list, including improvements at the Richmond BART Station, a North Richmond pedestrian improvement project and Richmond 'ROUTE' (Regional Opportunities to Unite Transit and Employment). 

Here's a full list of the grant applications for Contra Costa County bike and pedestrian projects:

PROJECT

REQUEST

(THOUSANDS

Richmond BART Station Intermodal Improvement Project $2,900 Walnut Creek BART Transit Village Multi‐Modal Access Project $4,390 Concord: Detroit Avenue Complete Streets Project $2,154 Concord: Last‐Mile Bike and Pedestrian Access to BART $2,154 City of Concord's SR2S Implementation Program $643 North Richmond Pedestrian Improvement Project $1,770 Port Chicago Highway/Willow Pass Road Bike and Ped Improvement Project  $912  SF Bay Trail ‐ Pinole Shores to Bay Front Park $3,500 El Cerrito: Ohlone Greenway Station Access, Safety and Placemaking Improvements $3,468 Hercules Intermodal Transit Center / Hercules Bayfront Village $6,000 Lafayette: Downtown East End Ped., Bike & Streetscape Improvements, Ph. 2  $1,974 Moraga Center PDA Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements  $563 Moraga: Rheem Boulevard/St. Mary's Road Roundabout  $476 Orinda: Crossroads Area Streetscape Improvements $462 Downtown Pittsburg Plaza and Streetscape Improvements  $541 Pittsburg Multimodal Transit Station Access Improvements $1,300 Pleasant Hill: Contra Costa Boulevard Improvement Project (Beth Drive to Harriet Drive) $1,606 Pleasant Hill: Golf Club Road/Old Quarry Road Enhancement Project  $4,770 Richmond 'ROUTE' (Regional Opportunities to Unite Transit and Employment) $5,236 San Pablo: Riverside Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing Replacement $2,000  San Ramon: Iron Horse Trail Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing at Bollinger Canyon Road $6,000

Information on each project can be found here on the EBBC website.

Which local bike and pedestrian projects do you think are most important? Share your thoughts in the comments below.