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Plans Advance for Bay Bridge Bike/Ped Path to San Francisco
By Roger Rudick |
Although still no funding source has been identified to build it
Engineers Unveil Designs for Bike/Ped Path on Bay Bridge West Span
By Aaron Bialick |
The long-sought addition of bicycle and pedestrian access across the length of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is one step closer to fruition. Last night, engineers presented the first design proposals for a pathway for bicyclists, pedestrians and maintenance crews to the west span, but they say the funding and technical challenges that lie ahead […]
MTC to Award $1.3 Million for Bay Bridge West Span Bike Path Study
By Matthew Roth |
A simulation of a pedestrian and bicycle path on the Bay Bridge, from a 2001 Caltrans study The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), a division of the MTC, is expected to approve a $1.3 million contract with TY Lin International consulting to prepare a Project Study Report (PSR) that would analyze the feasibility of adding […]
UC Planners Envision “Bay Line” Park on the Old Bay Bridge Span
By Matthew Roth |
Images: Rael Fratello Architects When Joshua David formed Friends of the High Line in 1999 and started raising money to transform abandoned train tracks in mid-Manhattan into an elevated urban park, more than a few people thought him nuts. With the opening of the High Line in June and the warm reception it has received […]
Editorial: Motorists, Be Thankful about Cost of Bay Bridge Bike Path
By Roger Rudick |
The high cost isn't really about bikes, it's about giving almost everything to cars
Hancock Introduces Bill to Allow Toll Funds for Bay Bridge Bike Path
By Bryan Goebel |
Rendering of West Span bike path: Caltrans State Senator Loni Hancock (D-Oakland) has introduced a bill in the Legislature that would allow the Bay Area Toll Authority to use toll revenue to help fund a bike path on the West Span of the Bay Bridge. Advocates on both sides of the Bay worked with Hancock […]