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.
City adds new Slow Streets: Essential Places installations at West Oakland Food Distribution Sites and a new Slow Streets Corridor to support East Oakland Seniors
As Oakland businesses continue work to safely reopen under the terms of Alameda County’s shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the City of Oakland offered a reminder today that it will continue supporting economic recovery and enable easier access for patrons of local businesses by reactivating all parking meters citywide, effective July 6. Ticketing at time-limited parking zones (such as 1-hour zones and 2-hour zones, for example) will also resume July 6.
The City is waiving fees and streamlined the permitting process for use of sidewalk space and parking areas for businesses to expand while complying with revised Alameda County shelter-in-place order
Oakland Department of Transportation, Director
Russo comes to his new role in Oakland from New York City, where he served as deputy commissioner for transportation planning and management with the New York City Department of Transportation. Russo held senior positions under New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio, overseeing some of the nation’s most innovative and transformative safety, pedestrian, cycling and transit projects over the last decade. He led a division staff of about 500 employees in planning and operational offices with an annual budget exceeding $100 million.