RFP for EMBARCADERO WEST RAIL SAFETY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 1007091

The City of Oakland (City) Department of Transportation (OakDOT) is soliciting proposals from professional service providers to provide technical assistance in the design and delivery of the EMBARCADERO WEST RAIL SAFETY AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS. The proposed project segment on Embarcadero West and contiguous block segments, between Adeline Street and Oak Street, will deliver complex transportation infrastructure elements to improve safety, strengthen connectivity, and increase access to Oakland’s Downtown, West Oakland, the Port of Oakland and the historic waterfront. The design efforts will seek to address long-standing conflicts and safety issues through corridor safety improvements and proposed grade separations. The project will install rail safety, pedestrian improvements, and "quiet zone" improvements, including a fence along the tracks at designated crossings along the Embarcadero railroad corridor. Other safety elements include, but are not limited to, geometric improvements, new and existing traffic signals, pavement engineering, green infrastructure, and utility related designs. Access for pedestrians is enhanced between downtown and the waterfront/Jack London Square by adding a Class I path (for bicyclists and pedestrians) between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Webster Street. Included in this scope of work, feasibility studies of new and existing grade separated railroad overcrossing features will be developed and analyzed for implementation in the project area in collaboration with stakeholders. Completion of subsequent phases of the designs of these structural features are an optional task pending approval described in the detailed scope of services. Primary scope of services includes, but are not limited to, developing engineering design and cost estimates, feasibility studies and concept development, environmental clearance, stakeholder and utility owner coordination, right of way investigation and analysis, and to provide community engagement support.