{"id":397610,"date":"2026-07-14T06:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397610\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:31:18","slug":"advocates-and-officials-celebrate-san-pablo-ave-complete-streets-project-in-el-cerrito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397610\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates and Officials Celebrate San Pablo Ave. Complete Streets Project in El Cerrito"},"content":{"rendered":"

For pics and more details on the protected lanes on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, check out Streetsblog\u2019s sneak peek at this project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not just cutting a ribbon, we\u2019re transforming a community,\u201d said El Cerrito Mayor Gabe Quinto at an event to mark the completion of the El Cerrito Del Norte Transit-Oriented Development Complete Streets Project. \u201cThe vision and goal is for everyone who walks or rolls to feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Streetsblog\/Rudick<\/p>\n

The mayor and other officials made their remarks in a pedestrian walkway through the Mayfair housing development, part of a new mixed-use, high-density 225-unit apartment complex built next to the BART station<\/a>. The new protected bike lanes go past the front. \u201cThings now feel a whole lot safer,\u201d said Rebecca Saltzman, Mayor Pro Tem, former BART director, and a co-Executive Director of Bike East Bay<\/a>. \u201cThis is a demonstration of what a street can look like.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Mayor Gabe Quinto. Photo: Streetsblog\/Rudick<\/p>\n

More from the city of El Cerrito:<\/p>\n

The successful completion of the project reflects year of collaboration among the City of El Cerrito and its federal, state, regional, and local funding partners. Approximately $12.8 million in grant funding, complemented by local investments, helped bring this transformative project to life.<\/p>\n

\"\"A map of the train station and project area<\/p>\n

The project also includes new and enhanced crosswalks, bus boarding islands, and gardens around the station.<\/p>\n

For bike advocates, the 1.5 miles of protected lanes on San Pablo Avenue, a busy state highway, has larger implications for the entire 22-mile corridor. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about a mile or so of safe street, but the bigger picture,\u201d said Bike East Bay\u2019s Robert Prinz.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bike East Bay\u2019s Robert Prinz. Photo: Streetsblog\/Rudick<\/p>\n

One advocate explained how, unlike with the nearby Ohlone Greenway, this kind of protected lane on a busy shopping corridor helps people use bikes for errands and general transportation as opposed to recreational riding. However, both kinds of safe bike routes are needed.<\/p>\n

\"\"Diagram of the work from the city of El Cerrito<\/p>\n

\u201cEl Cerrito is taking giant steps to be a modern, inclusive, future-thinking city,\u201d said advocate Mary Ann Jawili. \u201cIt\u2019s just a few blocks, but now it\u2019s built.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For pics and more details on the protected lanes on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, check out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[109921,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-397610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-promoted","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}