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Sneak Peak at Oakland’s Rebuilt Embarcadero Bridge
A successful intervention by OakDOT and Bike East Bay helped salvage the project, but it's still got a fundamental problem
June 27, 2019
Parking-Protected Bike Lanes, Even When Built on the Cheap, Work Really Well
These graphics tell a clear story about improved safety for everyone on Telegraph Avenue.
June 18, 2019
City Council Pres. Rebecca Kaplan Wants to Kill Oakland’s DOT
They've been improving safety all over Oakland...so Kaplan wants that stopped?
June 4, 2019
Sweet Mitigation: Protected Bike Lanes on 27th
Oakland got a developer to build a protected bike lane--can this become the norm for mitigation on big projects?
May 8, 2019
Inside the Push to Tear Down an Oakland Freeway
Scrapping I-980 seems like a no-brainer, but the historical argument for getting rid of it assumes the freeway is a legacy of mid-century attempts to build barriers around white middle-class neighborhoods. That’s true of several major freeways, but the story of I-980 isn’t so clear cut.
April 17, 2019
Lyft Announces $700,000 Investment in Oakland Transportation Options
The money will fund a bike lending library and community-led planning on bike-share deployment and affordable transportation options in East Oakland
February 13, 2019
Oakland Needs to Act Faster at School Site
Streets around Franklin Elementary school are too dangerous; school zones and other areas with a history of bad crashes can't wait for grants and paving schedules
January 8, 2019
Editorial: Vote on Temescal to Test Core Values
Is a human in a car equal to a human on foot, on bike, or on public transportation?
December 12, 2018
Plans Advance for Bay Bridge Bike/Ped Path to San Francisco
Although still no funding source has been identified to build it
October 25, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Oakland’s New DOT Builds Some Sweet Protected Bikeways
The Lakeside Green Street Restoration project is not finished, but this is a good beginning
October 8, 2018
