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    676 55th St Oakland, CA, 94609, USA - Bushrod
    Three large potholes on busy 55th Street near Dover Street. Traffic hazard as well as shaking nearby houses when cars/trucks roll through them.
  • 5601-5611 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA, 94609, USA - Shafter
    The traffic lights on Telegraph at 56th Street under Highway 24 are placed in such a way that drivers routinely look past them toward the Telegraph/55th St traffic signals and run right through the Telegraph/56th light. There have been several accidents and near misses. The Telegraph/56th Street lights should be reconfigured, so that they are more prominently in drivers' line of sight.
  • 770 55th Street Oakland, California - Bushrod
    This collection bin on 55th Street near MLK continually attracts trash and graffiti. The city should require the owner to remove it.
  • Graffiti Acknowledged
    681 - 665 55th Street Oakland, California - Bushrod
    Black tagging on City street trees
  • 55th Street And Dover Intersection Oakland, California - Bushrod
    A crosswalk has been needed for years at the intersection of 55th Street and Dover, between MLK and Shattuck Avenue. Cars drive at advanced speeds and pass other cars since the street is quite wide (even with the addition of the bike lanes neighbors suggested). Due to its location between several freeway on and off ramps, along with the street's width, drivers treat this stretch of road as a freeway extension. At the residential intersection of 55th and Dover, residents and neighborhood visitors and Children's Hospital Oakland employees (often children and seniors) routinely cross to reach the hospital, the popular Dover Street Park (@Dover/59th), the North Senior Oakland Senior Center, CHORI, and the bus stops (two well-used AC Transit lines run down 55th Street) on either side of the street. Although not a formal bike route, Dover Street is also heavily utilized by bicyclists. Crossing for pedestrians and bikers is often an impossible task due to the lack of signage and a steady stream of speeding cars (some passing other cars in the oncoming lane at even higher speeds). It is particularly difficult to cross during the winter, when residents coming home from work must disembark from buses and try to cross the street after dark (and sometimes in the rain). Pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers would benefit greatly from a large reflective thermoplast crosswalk and reflective signage at 55th/Dover to alert drivers to the presence of pedestrians (particularly children and seniors) for whom they should slow down.