Andy B.

  • 1593 Embarcadero Oakland, CA 94606, USA - East Peralta
    Really bad pavement condition. Not sure if this is the State's jurisdiction or the Union Pacific's, but it is still an active track (I saw a train on it today).
  • 2800-2898 Sand Hill Rd Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Menlo Park

    Right side of the right lane, on the westbound side, running for a few hundred feet in either direction from the marker.

    Some of these might be on state property, but otherwise it's in Menlo Park.

  • Pothole Archived
    1351 N Lemon Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Menlo Park

    Pretty much right in the middle of the road. The marker might be off by 100' or more, I can't see it on the satellite image.

    This is within the City of Menlo Park, but it was unincorporated until relatively recently, and the street hasn't been repaved since. Knowing Menlo, it's probably already scheduled to be resurfaced. :)

  • 2900-3198 E 9th St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - North Kennedy Tract

    Entrance to Fruitvale Station (shopping center, not BART station) parking lot. The asphalt roadway is buckling up at the concrete crosswalk. It looks like a pretty easy fix for a road grinder (I think such a machine exists...), or at least an hour or two with a jackhammer. I can't see any missing material (ie, it doesn't look like a pothole), it's like a really harsh speedbump in a very inconvenient place.

    It might be on private property, and because it's on the frontage road, it might be state-owned, but I think this falls under the City of Oakland's jurisdiction. Thanx!

  • 4401-4425 Oakport St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - Arrowhead Marsh

    This must have been a pretty active railroad spur, running from the mainline behind Economy Lumber to the glass plant on Fruitvale, busy enough that they built a viaduct over it at the interchange with High Street (and not just an overpass... the five long viaducts along 880 all cross the railroad: 5th/6th Streets, 5th Avenue, Fruitvale, High Street and San Leandro Creek).

    Anyway, they took out all the tracks years ago, except where cars actually drive over it! Cars have to slow down through the intersection, making the backup in a very busy intersection even worse. Caltrans is doing something to the offramp, but something tells me removing steel rails isn't part of this project. Not sure if the land is owned by the City or the State.

  • 3921 E 12th St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - Fruitvale Station

    In an already scary and blind intersection, there are some pretty vicious potholes when turning right onto the onramp from 41st Avenue (ie, from San Leandro Street).

    This is a safety issue, as cars come speeding down E 12th Street toward the onramp, and cars turning right have to zip around the corner in order to not get hit by cars you can't see coming until it's too late. A stop sign on eastbound E 12th Street would make it a lot less dangerous, but the potholes should be fixed, too.

    It's on State property, btw, specifically the degraded asphalt in the corner between the concrete for the roadways (visible color difference in satellite images).

  • Nimitz Fwy Fremont, CA 94538, USA - Baylands
    At the leading edge of the patch of concrete (the rest of the roadway is asphalt) under the antenna telling trucks if they need to enter the scales. The rest of the road is in great shape, the problem is where the two pavement types meet. Something like a 6-inch drop.
  • Nimitz Fwy Oakland, CA 94601, USA - North Kennedy Tract
    On the 29th Avenue offramp from northbound 880, when you're preparing to make a left turn onto East 9th Street. Hard to see coming.
  • potholes Archived
    1901-1999 High St Alameda, CA 94501, USA - Alameda
    Pretty gnarly potholes throughout the intersection of Fernside and High, but the worst is the left turn from eastbound Fernside to northbound High (toward to bridge).
  • 2681-2693 Blanding Ave Alameda, CA 94501, USA - Alameda

    The railroad tracks along Tilden Avenue connecting to the out-of-service Fruitvale rail bridge where they cross Blanding Avenue look like they were installed in the Roosevelt administration, and haven't been touched since the railroad went out of service. The problem is potholes cause by the wooden planks between the rails being worked loose. It is a major traffic obstacle.

    This has become a much busier intersection with the nearby shopping center, not to mention those taking a shortcut from High Street to Park Street. In peak hours, it is not uncommon to see block-long backups on Blanding (which back up further into the Nob Hill parking lot) which wouldn't be so bad if drivers didn't have to slow to 5 mph to enter the intersection to avoid damaging their cars!

  • 1363-1401 High St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - Melrose

    If anyone's ever tried to take High Street between, say, Maxwell Park or the Laurel to 880 or Alameda during the day, especially about 2-7pm, knows this horrific backup.

    Here's the situation: There are two lanes of traffic in each direction, no left turn lanes, no median barrier, no bike lanes, sidewalks abutting lanes of traffic (ie, no room to widen the street). The traffic light is on the simplest cycle imaginable: green for International, green for High, repeat.

    When the light turns green for High Street, traffic in the left lane almost invariably wants to turn left, and has to yield to oncoming traffic, blocking the left lane for most of the cycle of the light. Meanwhile, traffic in the right lane has to yield to the high volume of pedestrian traffic in the neighborhood, which can easily block the right lane. It is not uncommon for traffic to only be able to advance a couple of car lengths per green. To make matters worse, few drivers signal their intentions to turn, at best at the last second when it is too late to get out of their lane!

    While I don't expect any progress on Oakland driving etiquette, A left turn lane would alleviate a lot of this traffic. Perhaps signs at Courtland and 880 advising through traffic to take SR 77 (42nd Avenue).

    Here's my ideal situation for this intersection: approaching International on High (in either direction), there would be, from right to left, a right turn lane, a through traffic lane, a left turn lane, and the opposing through traffic lane, coupled with signalized left turns, in all four directions (there is already a left turn lane on International, but no separate signal phase). This geometry involves some slight weaving in the intersection, but only about as much as there currently is at High and Foothill. Of course, it means that technically, this would create a bottleneck as two lanes in each direction merge into only one, but one lane that actually moves would be a remarkable improvement over none!

    I have to drive this stretch of road multiple times a day, and I just can't believe how long this dysfunctional intersection has remained unchanged. Thank you!

  • 1000-1046 45th Ave Oakland, CA 94601, USA - Melrose

    Some of the trash is in bags, some just strewn about. The area is right under BART, in front of a vacant lot with a recently added "For Sale" sign, and across the street from an auto body shop. Lots of homeless people frequent the area, but it looks like dumping from elsewhere.

    The area is primarily industrial, but there are two houses on the block, both with children.

  • potholes Archived
    4301 E 12th St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - South Kennedy Tract
    end of the E. 12th Street offramp of SR 77 (42nd Avenue) at High Street, but still on state property. Multiple potholes and uneven pavement.
  • 701-751 High St Oakland, CA 94601, USA - South Kennedy Tract
    just as you turn from High Street southbound to the 880 North/42nd Avenue onramp (on state property)
  • Interstate 880 Oakland, CA 94606, USA - East Peralta
    The #3 lane (third from the median, second from shoulder) of 880 in both directions between 5th Avenue and High Street is so rugged and crumbling that I simply can't drive my older car in it through there. It's the lane the trucks hang out in to avoid merging traffic, so it gets much more of a pounding than the other three lanes, and doesn't appear to have ever been repaved since it opened in the 1950s. Recent repaving work just south of 5th Avenue is a promising sight, but I'm not holding my breath.