Recent Streetsblog SF posts about City of Oakland

Vote to Hand Latham Square Back to Cars Bodes Ill for Downtown Oakland

By Alec MacDonald | | 6 Comments
After a trial public plaza at Latham Square was undercut by Oakland’s Planning and Building Manager, the Oakland City Council voted last week to reinstate two-way car traffic on the small, southernmost block of Telegraph Avenue, caving to merchants and developers pushing for unfettered car access. At their January 7 City Council meeting, Oakland council members considered […]
Latham Square's moveable street furniture

Oakland’s Latham Square: Plaza to the People

By Laura McCamy | | 4 Comments
Just two weeks after Oakland’s Latham Square opened on August 16, office workers could be seen arriving in ones and twos at lunchtime. A clutch of high schoolers from the nearby Oakland School For the Arts zoomed in on skateboards and sat together on a big bench in the shade, looking cool and disaffected. The park, which made […]

With Help From Mayor Quan, Oaklavia Returns With a Bang

By Laura McCamy | | 7 Comments
When Walk Oakland Bike Oakland hosted the city’s first Ciclovia-style event in downtown Oakland in 2010, onerous city fees meant plans for a second Oaklavia that year proved too ambitious for the small organization. “We thought we wouldn’t be able to do it again,” said Jonathan Bair, WOBO’s Board President. Three years later, the city brought Oaklavia back, closing […]
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