Walk down the street in Oakland's Chinatown and it's evident the neighborhood is very much alive.
The area has long been one of the city's busiest in terms of pedestrian foot traffic.
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And for the past few years, it's been the focus of the Oakland Department of Transportation's "complete streets" plan.
"The plan would be to widen some of the sidewalks. There are certain streets in Chinatown where the lanes would be reduced. There's also a plan to add pedestrian scrambles," said Stephanie Tran.
Tran, who is the president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, says some streets, including 9th, Harrison and Webster will be redesigned.
We spoke with several community members in Chinatown on Wednesday.
They told us they're not opposed to the plan itself but that they do have some concerns they'd like addressed.
Tran says one concerning issue is the lane reductions on certain streets.
Something we also heard from Jones Wu, the president of the Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center, a local language immersion school.
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"What we don't want to do is create a situation where cars can't literally come to Chinatown anymore. So the parents who need to pick up their kids and drop off their kids won't be able to do that anymore," Wu said.
Wu tells us other businesses near him are also worried about the impact potential lane reductions could have on their ability to attract customers.
An issue Wu says he's been trying to communicate with city officials.
"The latest one was back in February with the director, Josh Rowan. He listened and said he would go back to the department and come up with some sort of solution that would work for us. To this day, we're still waiting to hear from him," Wu said.
As for Tran, she says she supports the plan's goal to increase pedestrian safety and make the streets safer for everyone.
She just wants to make sure it's beneficial for everyone involved.
"This plan needs to be community driven in that it needs to take into account the residents, the visitors, the schools that are in this community and of course the merchants," Tran said.
The Oakland Department of Transportation did not return our requests for interviews in time for this story.