Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Berkeley

Despite Broad Support, Sunday Streets Berkeley Can’t Grow Without Funding

By Laura McCamy | Oct 18, 2013 | 2 Comments

In its second iteration, Sunday Streets Berkeley flooded Shattuck Avenue with an estimated 50,000 people last weekend in an even more powerful demonstration of the draw of closing streets to cars and opening them up to people. Since the first event one year ago, political support seems to have only grown, and attendance once again […]

Berkeley City Council Hesitates to Fund More Sunday Streets Events

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 25, 2013 | 9 Comments

Berkeley residents are clamoring for more street openings following the city’s first Sunday Streets event last October, where an estimated 43,000 people enjoyed 17 car-free blocks of Shattuck Avenue. But the Berkeley City Council has been hesitant to make a full commitment to bring back the events on a regular basis. Livable Berkeley, the sponsor of […]

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First-Ever Sunday Streets Event Transforms Downtown Berkeley

By John Hamilton | Nov 8, 2012 | No Comments

Some 40,000 people flooded downtown Berkeley on a brilliantly sunny day in October, as the city became the latest in the San Francisco Bay Area to host a “Sunday Streets” event. Organizers closed 17 blocks of Berkeley’s Shattuck Avenue to cars––and opened them to pretty much everything else. Cyclists pedaled, hula hoops turned, children frolicked, […]

On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future

By Judy Silber | Oct 24, 2012 | 5 Comments

Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6. Measure B1 would generate a projected $7.8 billion over the next 30 years for projects selected using a “complete streets” approach aimed at improving the county’s streets, […]

Berkeley Embraces Its Inaugural Sunday Streets on Car-Free Shattuck Ave

By Judy Silber | Oct 15, 2012 | 9 Comments

Seventeen blocks of Shattuck Avenue, normally one of Berkeley’s most traffic-clogged streets, were filled with an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people walking, biking and skating for the debut of Sunday Streets Berkeley this weekend. “It was a huge success,” said Erin Rhoades, executive director of Livable Berkeley, one of the event’s main organizers. “It’s evidence […]

Alameda County’s Bike/Ped Plans Take Local Approach, But Short on Targets

By Judy Silber | Sep 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

In theory, the East Bay has nearly perfect terrain for bicycling. Streets slope gently east for miles from the Bay, and once over the hills, pedaling conditions are almost idyllic — that is, if you feel safe enough to ride. The East Bay, like much of the country, was built for cars rather than for […]

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