Albany council directs staff to study parking impacts and two Solano Avenue alternatives as part of active transportation update

City transportation staff and consultants laid out draft goals and an existing‑conditions analysis on Feb. 18 as part of an update to Albany’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP), and the City Council directed staff to study parking impacts for two Solano Avenue alternatives before returning with more detailed cost and implementation information.

Justin Fried, the city’s transportation and sustainability manager, introduced the project’s first phase and asked the council what additional analysis it wanted before staff presented policy recommendations for Solano Avenue. “We’ve collected public comments for four weeks via the project website and at the first public open house,” Fried said, summarizing outreach and noting staff had received more than 700 public comments on existing conditions.

Consultant deputy project manager Jen Schreiber framed the ATP goals around four priorities — access and connectivity, safety and comfort, equity,…