Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

Ryan Russo, Dan Kalb, Renee Rivera and Ann Smulka cut the ribbon on Oakland's first concrete -protected bike lane. Photo Streetsblog/Rudick

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Oakland Opens its First Concrete-Curb-Protected Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | May 8, 2017 | 21 Comments

Some twenty advocates, planners and officials attended a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning for the opening of Oakland’s first concrete, fully protected cycletrack bike lane. The lane runs along upper Broadway between Keith Ave and Brookside Drive, next to SR 24. “This is a great way to spend my third hour on my first day […]

Oakland will now be able to complete its protected bikeways along Telegraph Avenue. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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Jeff Tumlin Exit Interview

By Roger Rudick | Apr 12, 2017 | 1 Comment

Nine months isn’t a long time to create a Department of Transportation (DOT) for the City of Oakland. But that’s exactly what Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, was tasked with last July. Next week, Tumlin’s service as director of the department he has now created comes to an end. He will […]

Chris Hwang, President of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Checking out Oakland Bike Infrastructure with WOBO

By Roger Rudick | Mar 28, 2017 | 32 Comments

Streetsblog did a survey tour of Oakland bike infrastructure last Friday with Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) president Chris Hwang. The group’s mission statement, from its web page, is a familiar one for safe-streets advocates: “We want every person who lives, plays, and works in Oakland to feel safe and comfortable walking and bicycling, and that they know how to […]

The Oakland Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities is pretty dissatisfied with Bay Area Bike Share plans that don't include provisions for adaptive bikes. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Bike-Share Plans Irk Oakland Disabilities Commissioners

By Roger Rudick | Mar 21, 2017 | 12 Comments

Members of Oakland's "Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities" (MCPD) are miffed at Motivate and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for planning Bay Area Bike Share without including bikes for disabled users.

Time to Fix Oakland’s Streets: Vote Yes on KK

By Roger Rudick and Melanie Curry | Oct 19, 2016 | 6 Comments

Oakland voters, as with voters throughout the Bay Area and the nation, will have quite a slew of decisions to make on November 8. KK is one of the easiest. Measure KK is a $600 million general obligation bond to invest in Oakland infrastructure and affordable housing. As the Yes on KK campaign writes, it […]

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SPUR Talk: Developing the Oakland Waterfront

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2016 | 20 Comments

SPUR hosted a lunchtime forum today at its Oakland location to discuss the $1.5 billion Brooklyn Basin development. The panel, which was moderated by SPUR’s Oakland director Robert Ogilvie, included Mike Ghielmetti of Signature Development Group, Matt Franklin of MidPen Housing, and Patricia Kernighan, who represented District 2 of Oakland during the authorization phase of […]

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