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This Week: Fix a Flat, 16th Street, Federal Funding
By Roger Rudick |
Here is a list of events this week.
Berkeley Embraces Its Inaugural Sunday Streets on Car-Free Shattuck Ave
By Judy Silber |
Seventeen blocks of Shattuck Avenue, normally one of Berkeley’s most traffic-clogged streets, were filled with an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people walking, biking and skating for the debut of Sunday Streets Berkeley this weekend. “It was a huge success,” said Erin Rhoades, executive director of Livable Berkeley, one of the event’s main organizers. “It’s evidence […]
Berkeley Bicycle Subcommittee Meeting: Green Bike Lanes on Hearst Ave
By Robert Prinz |
Agenda [pdf] From ebbc.org: Green bike lanes on Hearst Avenue on the agenda The Bicycle Subcommittee of the Berkeley Transportation Commission will conduct a workshop concerning the Hearst Corridor Study, which focuses on pedestrian, bicycle, transit and traffic safety improvements on Hearst Avenue between Shattuck Avenue and Gayley/La Loma along the north side of the […]
Berkeley Bicycle Subcommittee Meeting: Buffered Bike Lanes on Tunnel Road
By Robert Prinz |
Agenda On the agenda: Tunnel Road buffered bike lanes HAWK bike signal at Hillegass & Ashby Berkeley Bicycle Plan update Hearst Avenue Bikeway Project New bike parking ordinance Bike/ped pathways update
Calling Attention to a Dangerous Crossing in Berkeley
By Melanie Curry |
Caltrans plans to add a pedestrian beacon at a busy crossing, but will it make anything safer for bicyclists?