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OakDOT Wants to Rip Out Protected Bike Lanes on Telegraph
Five years ago Oakland pioneered protected bike lanes in the Bay Area with an installation in the KONO... now they may rip them out
June 4, 2021
Active Transportation Program Can’t Meet Needs on a Shoestring Budget
Any community that successfully navigates the gauntlet that is the ATP application -- a process requiring hundreds of hours of staff and community time -- and earns what is essentially a “B” grade deserves to be funded.
June 3, 2021
A Tragic Story, Used to Oppose Stop-as-Yield Bill on Safety Grounds, May Not Be True
A "safety advocate" rewrote the story of her friend's tragic death and has been using it to bolster for her personal "safety" agenda.
May 17, 2021
Advocates Continue Push for Integrated Transit
A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?
May 14, 2021
San Diego Making “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero Goal
In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.
May 12, 2021
Another L.A. Bridge Project Approved Bike Lanes but Omitted Them
Honey, we forgot the bike lanes
May 11, 2021
Up the Game on the Oakland A’s Proposed Ballpark, Say Advocates
Transportation panel says Oakland A's proposed Howard terminal stadium project isn't a home run on transportation, but it's not too late to hit it out of the park.
April 8, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: What Makes an ‘Age-Friendly’ Place?
Talking to AARP about how every city can become more age-friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.
April 5, 2021
Bike East Bay Calls Foul on Ballpark Bike Access
Advocates with Bike East Bay are taking developers of the proposed new Oakland A's ballpark to task for a lack of bike access in the project's draft environmental documents.
April 1, 2021
VIDEO: How the MUTCD Cuts Off Food Access For Pedestrians
Because of the strict adherence to the MUTCD we are denying some of the most economically challenged areas of our country safe access to food and recreation. Here's how.
April 1, 2021
