SPUR Responds to the Preliminary Draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan

Advocacy Letter

SPUR thanks the Oakland Planning and Building Department for the opportunity to comment on the preliminary draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan. Spur suggests several expansions of and improvements to the vision of the plan in the areas of: land use; office space; housing; suggested density bonuses; streets, mobility and parking; transit, bicycle and pedestrian service improvements; carpooling and carsharing; transportation demand management; economy; urban design and public space; and ground floor and community serving uses.