Aug 17, 2021
OakDOT Relaunches Street Mural Program, Paint the Town!
Applications open now with support available for high priority communities
Transportation
The Department of Transportation will envision, plan, build, operate and maintain a transportation system for the City of Oakland and assure safe, equitable, and sustainable access and mobility for residents, businesses and visitors.
News
Jul 02, 2021
Oakland’s Essential Workers Break Their Own Record, Deliver 40 Miles of Street Paving in a Single Year
- OakDOT paved more than 40 miles from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 – setting back-to-back records after paving 32 miles the previous year.
- Priority is on long-neglected neighborhood streets in a national-first equity-based 3-year paving plan that puts the infrastructure bond Measure KK to work.
Feb 23, 2021
City of Oakland Announces New Traffic Safety Innovations on High Crash Street to Prevent Future Crashes and Reduce Injury Inequities
After collaboration with family members of Deontae Bush, an Oaklander killed in a 2018 crash on 35th Avenue, OakDOT installs innovative ‘speed cushions’ designed to slow traffic without impeding emergency response and transit vehicles on high-injury East Oakland street
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Leadership
Ryan Russo
Oakland Department of Transportation, Director
Ryan Russo was appointed in May 2017 as the first permanent Director of the Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT). OakDOT pursues a vision of a more equitable, safer Oakland with improved access to housing, jobs, schools and services. It is responsible for the operations and maintenance of the city’s over 800 miles of roads and 1,100 miles of sidewalks and represents Oakland with the region’s transportation partners, such as BART, AC Transit, MTC and Caltrans. OakDOT has become a national model for incorporating equity into transportation planning, policy, programs and operations. From paving plans to emerging mobility, OakDOT is working to center racial equity in every organizational aspect and long-neglected communities are now being more authentically engaged and collaborating with government.
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Oakland, CA 94612
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