Building Oakland
From SPUR:
9:17 PM PDT on July 17, 2011
From SPUR:
Oakland is the Bay Area’s third largest city and supports the region’s second most transit-served downtown. In recent years, Oakland has begun major streetscape improvements and neighborhood planning efforts around the Lake Merritt BART station, International Boulevard and other areas. Come learn about the vision for Oakland’s planning and public works future, needed transportation and infrastructure investments, and how to accomplish these in the current fiscal climate. With Oakland Planning and Zoning Deputy Director Eric Angstadt and Iris Starr of the Public Works Agency.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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