Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike East Bay

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 […]

BART Survey: Promising Findings for Lifting the Rush-Hour Bike Ban

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 1, 2012 | 21 Comments

BART released results Friday from its survey of riders’ attitudes toward the pilot program that lifted the rush-hour ban on bikes each Friday in August. Although BART and media reports have called the findings “split” and “varied,” the responses in some key areas look promising. The vast majority of the more than 7,500 respondents felt that […]

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Bikes on BART, Day 1: All Signs Point to a Smooth Morning Commute

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 3, 2012 | 23 Comments

With bikes let loose on this morning’s rush hour BART commute, all signs indicate that things went as smoothly — if not better — than usual. Our most recent search on the Twittersphere turns up not a single complaint, and reps from the East Bay and San Francisco Bicycle Coalitions, as well as BART, are reporting […]

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Advocates: Help Make BART’s Rush Hour “Bikes On Board” Pilot a Success

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 22, 2012 | 19 Comments

[Update: BART released a video explaining the bikes-on-board rush hour pilot.] BART announced a pilot last week to lift the ban on bikes aboard rush-hour trains each Friday in August. The news is cause for celebration among bike advocates, who are calling upon bike-toting passengers to help make the pilot a success by setting a […]

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Can BART’s Bike Plan Double Bike-to-Train Ridership in Ten Years?

By Aaron Bialick | May 23, 2012 | 16 Comments

BART is updating its bicycle plan [PDF] and setting a new goal to double the rate of passengers who bike within ten years, largely by expanding secure parking and possibly relaxing its restrictions on bike access to trains and stations. The agency is asking the public to submit comments on the draft plan until May […]

East Bay’s Record-Breaking Bike to Work Day: Ten Mayors, 17,000 People

By Ruth Miller | May 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

10 mayors, 17,000 people, and 600 pancakes: the San Francisco East Bay celebrates Bike to Work Day 2012.

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