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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 […]

How Quickly Will Caltrans Embrace Complete Streets Guidelines?

By Matthew Roth | Mar 30, 2010 | 6 Comments

Photo: Thomas Hawk Though it may seem esoteric, one of the biggest impediments to designing streets for people is the over-reliance on design standards that have long privileged movement of vehicles over any other consideration on the streets. That’s why advocates cheered when U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood published a policy paper recently that, at […]

Bay Area Toll Authority Mulls Toll Increase Scenarios, Seeks Public Input

By Matthew Roth | Dec 7, 2009 | 21 Comments

Photo: kpmarek As the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) continues its regional public hearings, including one tonight in San Francisco, the various options the agency is proposing for increasing bridge tolls are generating a number of debates and proposals, including the funding of the long-discussed pedestrian/bicycle/maintenance paths over the west span of the Bay Bridge. […]

Advocates Question Public Benefit of Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore

By Matthew Roth | Oct 2, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: pbo31 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced bids for the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel earlier this week, claiming that the new $420 million tunnel on State Route 24 through the Oakland hills will reduce congestion for the 160,000 motorists who use it daily and that it will create 6,000 new jobs. "This project […]

Bike Commute Options During the BART Strike

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

Big, green AC Transit buses (foreground) have extra bike capacity in their cargo bays. Other AC Transit buses, such as the one in the background of this photo, only have room for two bikes. Flickr photo: Racingmix When the BART strike begins on Monday morning, the best way to commute will likely be via the […]

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