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Bike to Work Day: Oakland to Demo Telegraph Protected Bike Lane, Parklet

By Melanie Curry | May 6, 2014 | 4 Comments

A block of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland will get a protected bike lane and parklet for one day — Bike to Work Day, this Thursday. Bike East Bay and Walk Oakland Bike Oakland will set up the demo on the southbound side of Telegraph between 27th and Sycamore Streets, providing a taste of the transformation possible […]

Polk Street Contra-Flow Bike Lane Opens to the Public

By Stan Parkford | May 2, 2014 | 65 Comments

City planners, politicians, and bicycle advocates gathered this morning for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the contra-flow bike lane on Polk Street, a two-block protected cycle track from Market to Grove Streets. Just in time for next week’s Bike to Work Day, the opening ceremony came after a decade of delays and a great deal of pressure […]

Protected Bike Lanes Key to a Calmer, Thriving Telegraph Avenue in Oakland

By Melanie Curry | Apr 29, 2014 | 7 Comments

At an open house meeting on proposals to redesign Telegraph Avenue in Oakland Saturday morning, attendees arrived to find the street blocked off by police investigating a hit-and-run crash in which a driver killed a pedestrian. The scene underscored the need to make the commercial corridor safer for people walking and biking, though the proposals to […]

CA Transportation Choices Summit Tackles Policy Issues

By Melanie Curry | Apr 24, 2014 | No Comments

The California Transportation Choices Summit, held in Sacramento this week, was an opportunity for sustainable transportation and public health advocates to spend the day learning about current state policies and legislation in the works to change them. This year’s summit was titled “2014: A Year of Opportunity.” The “opportunity” comes in the form of new funds from […]

Silicon Valley’s First “Bike to Shop Day” Set for May 17

By Andrew Boone | Apr 24, 2014 | No Comments

Planning to build on the wave of enthusiasm for bike commuting generated each May by Bike to Work Day, transportation and health advocates in Silicon Valley are promoting a spin-off called Bike to Shop Day on Saturday, May 17, to encourage people to shop by bike at local businesses. Retail businesses offering discounts to bicycling customers are shown on […]

Warriors Arena Moving to Mission Bay: A Win for Transit Accessibility?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 23, 2014 | 37 Comments

The Warriors announced this week that the site for the basketball team’s proposed arena would be moved from Piers 30-32 on the Embarcadero to Mission Bay, quelling opposition from waterfront development foes. Whether or not the new site will work out for better or worse in terms of accessibility to regional transit, however, is still […]

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