Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

Oakland City Council to Consider Scaling Back Parking Meter Hours Tonight

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 22, 2009 | 4 Comments

The Grand Lake Theater. Flickr photo: Fragmentary Evidence Facing mounting pressure from merchants and residents, the Oakland City Council will vote tonight (agenda PDF) on whether to partially roll back parking changes that have spurred an effort to recall the entire council. In late June, the council voted to raise the parking meter rates by […]

Shoup Weighs in on Oakland Parking Controversy

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 3, 2009 | 7 Comments

A newly installed SFpark parking meter in San Francisco. The SFpark program was inspired by Donald Shoup’s theories on parking management. Photo: Bryan Goebel If the recent parking battle in Oakland had you thinking of UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, you’re not alone. After the Oakland City Council raised parking fines and extended parking meter hours […]

Eyes on the Street: Lake Merritt Bike Lane Ends Abruptly

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

Lakeside Drive along Lake Merritt, Oakland. Photo: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland A recently-striped bike lane is causing confusion along Lakeside Drive in Oakland. Brian Smith posted the above photo to Livable City’s car-free living mail list, and Walk Oakland Bike Oakland blogged about the issue earlier this month. It still hasn’t been corrected, but Jason […]

National Transit Funding Report Highlights Local Transit Woes

By Matthew Roth | Aug 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

ATU Local 192 representative Anthony Rogers, who has been an AC Transit bus driver for nearly 20 years. Photo: Matthew Roth Genesis, a local affiliate of the Gamaliel Foundation, joined with representatives from the national Transportation Equity Network (TEN), AC Transit, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 today to call on Congress to act to […]

Eyes on the Street: Oakland’s Newest Bike Lanes

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photos: WOBO Cyclists in Oakland’s Lakeshore district are celebrating a hard-fought new bike lane that runs along Harrison and Oakland Avenues south of I-580. Jen Jackson, Vice Chair and co-founder of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO), helped spearhead the initiative, and was thrilled: WOBO is very excited about this important new addition to Oakland’s bike […]

Streetfilms: Scraper Bikes and the “Bike 4 Life” Ride

By John Hamilton | Jul 31, 2009 | 8 Comments

Born in the streets of Oakland, scraper bikes have become so much more than just a colorful trend of tricked-out bicycles. Scraper bikes have become an Internet phenomenon via YouTube, a practical means of greening urban space, a social movement, and a rallying cry for young people organizing against violence in their community. Tyrone "Baby […]

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