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Oakland Promises Fast, Guerilla-Style Safety Measures
The intersection of Harrison and 23rd where Robert Bennett was killed while crossing the street in a poorly designed crosswalk is now much easier to access, automobile speeds are slower, and it's safer, with a minimum of cost and time spent on improving it.
October 11, 2017
New Oakland DOT Tackles Pedestrian Safety Fix
The crosswalk was a known danger spot. Visibility is poor, motoring speeds are typically high, and it's not accessible to people with disabilities. For some time, advocates had been pushing the City of Oakland to fix it.
August 2, 2017
A Talk with the Head of Oakland’s DOT
Streetsblog caught up with Russo on Friday near his office in downtown Oakland to talk about how he's settling in, what he thinks of the strides Oakland has made so far, and how he will shepherd the department towards a safer, more equitable and more sustainable future.
June 20, 2017
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
It was a beautiful day to mark the Bay Bridge "People" Path's new seven-days-a-week open hours, and to ride a bike to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
May 2, 2017
Jeff Tumlin Exit Interview
Nine months isn't a long time to create a Department of Transportation (DOT) for the City of Oakland. But Jeff Tumlin did it, and how he's moving on.
April 13, 2017
Talking Headways Podcast: Transport Oakland
Here is the first (and hopefully not the last) episode in a series on the Oakland Transportation Department -- how it came to be and what comes next.
April 3, 2017
Telegraph Avenue Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Show Stunning Results
Oakland's Telegraph Avenue has seen an increase in people biking and walking as well as a decrease in speed, collisions, and delay along this heavily traveled corridor since reconfiguring the street with a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes. And retail establishments are reporting higher income.
January 30, 2017
Take Note, California: Oakland Tragedy Shows the Cost of Too Little Housing Construction
Oakland's tragedy at Ghost Ship, where 36 people died after a fire dissolved the makeshift home into ashes, acts as mirror to SoCal and Long Beach specifically.
December 15, 2016
Oakland Forging Ahead With New Ideas for Transportation
It's exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city's future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government's reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate transportation planning and construction.
November 2, 2016
Streetsblog Talks with Jeff Tumlin About Oakland’s Transportation Future
Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at NelsonNygaard Consulting, has until early next year to put together a Transportation Department, pretty much from scratch, for the City of Oakland.
August 19, 2016