Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

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Repairing the Gash in the Heart of Oakland

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2015 | 48 Comments

On a rainy morning in Preservation Park in Oakland, I met with Andrew Faulkner and Jonathan Fearn, advocates with “Connect Oakland,” to discuss their organization’s vision to remove the 980 freeway, which sits between downtown and West Oakland. “The 980 freeway was supposed to save downtown,” said Fearn. Instead, he explained, it became a 560-foot-wide asphalt […]

A Downtown Oakland for Everyone

By Egon Terplan | Oct 9, 2015 | 8 Comments

Egon Terplan is SPUR’s regional planning director. This piece is reprinted with permission from the October 2015 of The Urbanist. After years of struggling to attract investment, downtown Oakland is enjoying a renaissance. Organic, bottom-up growth and targeted public investment are resulting in new cultural events, art galleries, restaurants, bars and retail stores. The population […]

Talking With Matt Nichols, Oakland’s New Transportation Policy Director

By Melanie Curry | May 22, 2015 | No Comments

Matt Nichols is Oakland’s newly hired policy director for infrastructure and transportation. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf created the position to shepherd her proposed reorganization of transportation planning, design, engineering, and construction into one department, and to oversee the creation of a cohesive transportation policy. Nichols has been in his new job for about two months, and he’s […]

What Oakland Mayor’s Proposal for a Department of Transportation Means

By Ruth Miller | May 19, 2015 | No Comments

This week, Streetsblog California takes a look at changes occurring in Oakland, California, related to the way the city plans and implements transportation projects. Today, Ruth Miller, a local planner, former Streetsblog contributor, and a member of Transport Oakland, writes about what the formation of a Department of Transportation will mean for Oakland. Later this […]

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New Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf: “Time to Re-Envision Our Roads”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 30, 2015 | 19 Comments

New Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf showed promise as an executive with a smart vision for her city’s streets at the annual kick-off party for Young Professionals in Transportation’s SF Bay chapter this week. In an interview at the event with Sam Greenspan of the podcast 99% Invisible, Schaaf said “it’s time we re-envision how we […]

Oakland Council Approves Protected Bike Lanes on Telegraph Ave

By Melanie Curry | Dec 10, 2014 | 17 Comments

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes to Telegraph Avenue, eliciting cheers from East Bay bike advocates. The vote allows the city to begin work on the first phase of the Telegraph Avenue Complete Streets plan, which covers the segment between 41st and 19th Streets in downtown. Planners […]

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