Franklin Complete Streets Paving Project

• Project TypeTransportation
• Project StatusConstruction Start: March 2026

Project Update - February 2026

The planned repaving of Franklin Street will commence construction in Spring 2026.  This project will repave Franklin Street from 6th Street to Broadway.  The Resident Engineer assigned to this project is Biniam Tesfazghi, please reach out to them with any construction-related inquiries at BTesfazghi@oaklandca.gov.

Complete Streets Paving Project Description

This project will install safety and accessibility improvements on Franklin Street from 6th Street to Broadway along with planned repaving.  This project will remove one northbound travel lane from Franklin Street.  The project will install angled parking on Franklin Street from 7th to 10th Streets to provide more parking supply in Chinatown, and install a separated bike lane on the east side of Franklin Street from 11th Street to Broadway.  This separated bike lane will connect bike lanes on 11th Street with separated bike lane projects currently under construction on 14th Street and 20th street.  This project will also upgrade curb ramps along the corridor to meet accessibility requirements.  See links at the right side of this page to view proposed project plans.  

Long-Term Capital Project Plans

OakDOT has also completed the concept design phase for a long-term capital project to install a two-way cycletrack on Franklin Street which would provide a two-way bikeway connection between separated bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue, 20th Street, and 14th Street.  This long-term capital project would install new traffic signals, concrete sidewalk extensions, and concrete bikeway barriers to add a two-way bikeway along the west side of Franklin Street between 11th and Broadway, and on 22nd Street between Broadway and Telegraph.  The City of Oakland applied and was rejected for a California Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant for $17M in 2024/25.  This long-term capital project is on hold and requires prioritization via the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and allocation of staff resources to re-start.  Please see link below for plans related to this long-term project.   

Franklin Complete Streets 35% Plans(PDF, 5MB)

Project background

OakDOT prioritizes roadway safety improvements based on safety needs, coordination with other projects, and geographic location in high-equity priority neighborhoods. With a dense concentration of vehicle collisions on Franklin Street, this street is on the City's High Injury Network (HIN), which represents the 6% of Oakland's streets that account for over 60% of severe and fatal crashes. Repurposing a lane of travel on Franklin will shorten pedestrian crossing distances, slow vehicle speeds, and allow less opportunity for reckless driving/speeding.

This project bisects two of Oakland's Highest Equity Priority Census Tracts per the City's Geographic Equity Toolbox, which takes several demographic factors into account to target investment in the highest-need neighborhoods in the City. This project will connect to several ongoing projects including the 14th Street Safety Project and the 19th Street BART to Lake Merritt Urban Greenway Project (on 20th Street). These connections will form a complete grid of slow, calm streets in Downtown Oakland that are prioritized for people walking, biking, and taking transit. This grid of connected streets will allow residents of these equity priority neighborhoods to travel safely to, from, and around Downtown Oakland.