Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Downtown Oakland

I-980 cuts downtown Oakland from West Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

USDOT Head Tours Oakland’s Chasms

By Roger Rudick | Sep 9, 2022 | No Comments

Pete Buttigieg met with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and others Friday morning and took a bus tour of the city's efforts to repair the damage done by the freeway building age.

The MacArthur Maze options. What will detours for this project do to bike safety on surface streets? Image: Caltrans

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Advocates Want Protected Bike Lanes to Mitigate Caltrans Ramp Construction

By Roger Rudick | Apr 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

Construction detours will pipe traffic onto surface streets in West Oakland, Emeryville

I-880 severs downtown Oakland from Jack London Square. What can be done about it? All Images from the SPUR presentations unless otherwise indicated

SPUR Talk: Reconnecting Oakland to its Waterfront

By Roger Rudick | May 25, 2017 | 27 Comments

Stand in downtown Oakland and look around and it can be easy to forget it’s a coastal city. That’s because Interstate 880 cuts a giant, uninviting swath between the city center and the waterfront at Jack London Square. But that could change. Walk this Way: The Broadway/Webster Project aims to make it more inviting to […]