Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Oakland

Streetsblog Talks with Jeff Tumlin About Oakland’s Transportation Future

By Roger Rudick | Aug 18, 2016 | 10 Comments

Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, has until early next year to put together a Transportation Department, pretty much from scratch, for the City of Oakland. “A better Oakland starts with better streets today, in every part of our city,” said Mayor Libby Schaaf, in a prepared announcement. “We need a world-class […]

Is BART Getting the Density Equation Wrong with Coliseum Station Project?

By Roger Rudick | Jan 27, 2016 | 4 Comments

Tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, the BART Board of Directors will review environmental documents for Phase I of the proposed Coliseum Transit Village, which will bring 110 housing units to a parcel that’s in walking distance of the Coliseum station. The hope is construction will start in November of this year, with completion two years later. […]