Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

Dangerous Street Designs Threaten Oakland’s Communities of Color, Seniors

By Ruth Miller | May 26, 2011 | 5 Comments

Oakland's pedestrian fatalities are centered in neighborhoods of color, around freeways and arterials designed to quickly move cars at the cost of safety.

Scenes from Oakland’s Bike Away From Work Party

By Ruth Miller | May 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

Oakland’s official Bike to Work Day after-party kicked into high gear in Old Oakland last night. Over 600 people converged to dance, eat, drink, mingle, and just take in the atmosphere from the middle of the street. “We saw people of all ages out enjoying bicycle carnival rides, great local food, and the company of […]

Record-breaking 10,000 People Biked to Work in Alameda County Today

By Ruth Miller | May 12, 2011 | 6 Comments

Bike to Work Day is underway in Alameda County, and this year’s riders already broke last year’s record by 12.3 percent. The Cities of Emeryville and Berkeley saw the largest increases, with 15 and 14 percent increases respectively. At one point, a quarter of street traffic at Sproul Plaza in the heart of Downtown Berkeley […]

Oakland Hopes to Approve City’s First Parklet by September

By Ruth Miller | May 10, 2011 | 12 Comments

As early as this September, Oakland residents won’t have to look west with parklet envy anymore.

AC Transit Riders Fight For Their Right to Ride, 55 Years After Montgomery

By Bob Allen and Marcy Rein | Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published from Race, Poverty and the Environment, a magazine produced by the social and environmental justice non-profit, Urban Habitat. Fifty-five years to the month after the start of the Montgomery bus boycott, people of color can sit wherever they want on the bus—when and if one arrives. Bus operators […]

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Streetfilms: Thousands Play in Oakland’s Streets at First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’

By Janel Sterbentz and John Hamilton | Jul 7, 2010 | No Comments

On Sunday, June 27th, downtown Oakland opened two miles of its streets to fun and activities—zumba dancing, circus arts, BMX bike competitions and performances from local musicians. Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) partnered with the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, Oaklandish, Oakland YMCA, Cycles of Change, and other civic organizations to create the East Bay’s first […]

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