Thanks to all who engaged with the project team from January-April. The final conceptual designs and a summary of community engagement thus far is available at the links below.
Detailed design is underway and construction is anticipated to begin in Summer/Fall 2026. The project team will notify stakeholders of final design decisions and residents, including those living on the street, of upcoming construction.
The 18th Street Complete Streets Paving Project will repave 18th Street between Mandela Parkway and Market. It will make changes to reduce vehicle speeding and improve safety and connectivity for people walking and biking.
Winter-Spring 2026: Public Engagement and Conceptual Design
Spring-Summer 2026: Detailed Design
Summer 2026: Construction
This timeline is subject to change due to coordination with other planned paving in West Oakland. To stay in the loop, sign up for the project email list below.
The 18th Street Complete Streets Paving Project will repave 18th Street between Mandela Parkway and Market. The project has the following goals:
To achieve these goals, OakDOT proposes the following changes:
In 2020, the City of Oakland was awarded an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant to improve 18th Steet in support of the Mandela Station Transit Oriented Development. Following delays to the housing development, these changes will be implemented in coordination with a scheduled paving project, per the City’s 5-year paving plan.
Vehicle speeding on this corridor is common (85th percentile speed of 34 mph in 2026) and traffic volumes are low for a four-lane road (5500 ADT in 2026). Let’s Bike Oakland (2019) recommended contiguous buffered bike lanes on 18th Street between Lake Merritt and its western terminus at Brush Street. From 2019-2023, there were 16 collisions on 18th Street, including three involving bicyclists.
Map of Project: 18th Street Complete Streets Paving Project(PNG, 2MB)