Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

Oakland Merchants Claim Higher Parking Rates Are Hurting Business

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 31, 2009 | 21 Comments

Are parking meters to blame for Oakland’s struggling economy? Flickr photo: mlinksva As Oakland businesses struggle to weather the downturn, parking policy has become a rallying point as well as a scapegoat for the long-term suburban exodus. Allen Michaan, owner of the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, wants to recall every member of the Oakland […]

When Old Parking Meter Poles Go, So Often Does Bike Parking

By Matthew Roth | Jul 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

Toronto’s Post and Ring solution for bicycle parking on old parking meter poles. Photo: David Baker When Oakland installed its first pay-and-display parking kiosks in early 2007, parking managers ordered employees to remove the heads of the approximately 5,000 single-space meters they were replacing. Just like other cities transitioning from using single-space parking meters to […]

What’s in a Neighborhood

By Matthew Roth | Apr 6, 2009 | 10 Comments

A Sunday Stroll on International Boulevard, Flickr photo by madpai How would you define the boundaries of your neighborhood? Is it the streets that describe it? Is it the people who live in it, a cultural or demographic group that you belong to, or that excludes you? Do you think your neighbors would describe your […]

The World’s Best Music Videos Featuring Bicycles

By Matthew Roth | Mar 26, 2009 | 12 Comments

Dave Burdick yesterday offered up his choices for the Top 5 videos featuring a bicycle on the Huffington Post. While it’s nice to see the mainstream blogosphere types showing some love for two-wheelers, c’mon man! Robin Thicke bouncing around NYC on a crappy bike to "Disco Beethoven" is the world’s number one bike video?! I […]

Advocates Upset Stim Money Could Still Fund Oakland Airport Connector

By Matthew Roth | Feb 24, 2009 | 3 Comments

How will you get to the Oakland Airport in 5 years? The debate over how to spend the federal transportation stimulus money at the regional level is heating up and may boil over tomorrow morning at the next Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meeting. As we reported here two weeks ago, the nine-county Bay Area will […]