Oakland
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Commentary: Let’s Talk About Car-Free Broadway
How come San Francisco's main commercial street is car free, but Oakland's continues to be a traffic sewer?
March 23, 2022
Ryan Russo Leaving OakDOT
Ryan Russo, Director of Oakland's Department of Transportation, will be leaving this summer.
February 17, 2022
OakDOT Installs Unprotected Bike Lanes in the Telegraph Gap
OakDOT relapses to the same old compromises on safety
January 25, 2022
Bullet Train Update, Ball Park Safety Fail
...and S.F. dedicates millions more for Vision Zero
December 20, 2021
Last Push to Keep Telegraph Safe
Tuesday, July 6, the Oakland City Council will hear arguments for removing safety features from Telegraph in the KONO district
July 2, 2021
OakDOT Study Affirms Protected Bike Lanes Are Safest
But they want to rip them out on Telegraph anyway
June 8, 2021
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
Eyes on the Street: Township Commons Park is Great – Just Don’t Bike to It
Oakland welcomes a new park to Brooklyn Basin. But bike access is terrible
November 23, 2020
Alameda Mayor Blasts Oakland/Alameda Freeway Plan
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft calls B.S. on a Caltrans, Alameda County plan to turn the Webster and Posey tubes into I-880 ramps
October 26, 2020
Safest Block on Broadway Is a Construction Zone
Oakland finally follows Dutch/Danish best practices by placing the construction barrier between moving cars and the bike lane
October 20, 2020
