4CP Outreach Approach

Community voices are at the heart of the 4CP - your ideas and priorities will form the 4CP’s recommendations. Alameda CTC is partnering with local community-based organizations (CBOs) to better reach historically underserved communities.

CBO partners for the 4CP include:

• Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro
• Cherryland Community Association
• Community Resources for Independent Living
• El Tímpano
• Padres Unidos de Cherryland
• San Leandro 2050

Initial feedback from the first two rounds of 4CP public outreach is summarized below. Full summaries of public engagement activities and feedback will be included in the final 4CP.

Round 1 Outreach (Fall 2025)

The first round of 4CP outreach, which took place between November 2025 and early January 2026, was focused on confirming community goals and priority locations for transportation improvements within the study area. We heard that improving safety and access were the top two goals for community members. More specifically, community members advocated for reducing speeding cars and making it easier and safer to walk and bike - especially by freeway and rail crossing barriers. Community members also called out other concerns, like the need for more reliable buses, protections against extreme heat and flooding, and improved street lighting.

We received a total of 47 survey responses and 117 map comments in addition to comments documented through listening sessions with community members. Based on this feedback, and findings from the 4CP’s technical needs assessment, the 4CP identified 10 high-priority, high-need street segments for improvement that were not being addressed through other planning efforts. In addition to developing area-wide recommendations, the 4CP is developing location-specific improvement ideas for each of these priority corridors.

The priority streets include:

• Lewelling Boulevard
• Grove Way
• Hesperian Boulevard
• Castro Valley Boulevard
• Lake Chabot Road
• Foothill Boulevard (North segment: 173rd Ave - John Dr)
• Foothill Boulevard (South segment: Mattox Rd - Grove Way)
• Washington Avenue
• Redwood Road
• Ashland Avenue

Round 2 Outreach (Spring 2026)

The second round of 4CP public outreach, which took place in Spring 2026, focused on asking community members for feedback on draft area-wide recommendations, as well as two improvement ideas for each of the 4CP priority corridors. We received over 700 comments from over 430 community members across 12 outreach activities, which included a community survey, pop-ups, guided walking tours, design workshops, and listening sessions.

Across the 4CP study area, community members rated safer walking, safer biking, and slowing down cars as their top three priorities for improvement, consistent with findings from the first round of outreach. While the project team is still reviewing all comments received, community members generally expressed support for bold safety improvements, particularly near schools and transit. At the same time, many community members raised concerns around potential traffic impacts if vehicle lanes are reduced, especially in Cherryland and Castro Valley.

Round 2 outreach activities included:

• Padres Unidos de Cherryland – Easter Event Tabling
• Guided Walking Tour and Design Workshop (Hesperian & Lewelling Focus)
• Castro Valley Farmers' Market Booth
• Padres Unidos de Cherryland – Spanish speaking focus group
• San Lorenzo Unified School District Wellness Committee
• Edendale Middle School Tabling
• Design Workshop (Redwood Rd & Castro Valley Blvd Focus)
• Guided Walking Tour (Grove Way, Foothill Blvd & Castro Valley Blvd Focus)
• San Leandro Bayfair Farmers' Market Booth
• San Leandro Boys & Girls Club Tabling

Visit bit.ly/4CPinfo to be notified of upcoming public engagement opportunities via email.

For questions or comments on the 4CP, please email contact@alamedactc.org. For assistance in other languages, please call (510) 208-7475.

Many of the communities in the 4CP study area have been heavily and disproportionately impacted by the extensive freeway and railroad infrastructure that divides central Alameda County. While many plans and studies have been done nearby over the years, the 4CP focuses on a narrow area that borders multiple jurisdictions to comprehensively identify and advance improvements across jurisdictions.

The 4CP will document community-identified projects through focused technical analysis and extensive stakeholder and public engagement, and develop initial project descriptions, designs and cost estimates to support the community’s highest priority projects. The final plan will summarize the 4CP planning process and recommendations, and be accompanied by an implementation strategy to ensure communities benefit in the near-term.

Alameda CTC is leading this effort in collaboration with Caltrans thanks to a Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant. Other key stakeholders include the cities of San Leandro and Hayward, the Alameda County Community Development Agency, Alameda County Public Works, AC Transit, BART, and the Hayward Area Recreational District. Alameda CTC is working closely with stakeholders to ensure the 4CP complements other nearby planning efforts currently underway, such as two Community-Based Transportation Plans (CBTP) that Alameda CTC recently funded for the City of Hayward and the area surrounding the Bay Fair BART Station. Local needs and strategies identified by the 4CP may also inform the 2026 Countywide Transportation Plan.

Work began in early summer 2025 and will be complete no later than June 30, 2027, per grant requirements.