Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Monthly Meeting

"Join Walk Oakland Bike Oakland to learn about restoring Oakland’s urban pathways network, working to get bike lanes on Broadway, and other upcoming bike and pedestrian campaigns to improve neighborhood quality of life in the Town. Snacks and good company to boot!"

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

Checking out Oakland Bike Infrastructure with WOBO

By Roger Rudick |
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 entrance to the Posey Tube. Cars transitioning from the tube to I-880 turn Oakland's Chinatown into a traffic sewer. Image: Alameda County Transportation Commission

Oakland Alameda Access Project Kicks Off With a Car-First Focus

By Roger Rudick |
Thanks to I-880 and its complex of on and offramps, walking or bike riding through Oakland’s Chinatown, downtown, or on routes to Jack London Square and the estuary, can be pretty awful. That’s why a series of projects, some official, some grass-roots, including Walk this Way and Connect Oakland, are trying to fix some of the damage […]