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The rendering of the proposed A's gondola.

Oakland/Western Alameda Project-a-Palooza

By Roger Rudick | Apr 18, 2019 | 8 Comments

Advocates convene to review, discuss and update on some of Oakland and Alameda's most exciting projects and proposals

Current conditions on 5th Street. Trucks and "sharrows." Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Update on 5th Street: Protected Bike Lanes Coming, But Not Everywhere

By Roger Rudick | Apr 17, 2019 | 6 Comments

Safety treatments planned for another notorious SoMa street--but intersection treatments, again, are lacking

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Next Round in Fight for Bike Space on Caltrain

By Roger Rudick | Apr 16, 2019 | 25 Comments

BIKES ONBoard and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition want more, safe space on new electric trains

An electric assist GoBike in Oakland last year. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Ford GoBike Electric Bikes Taken out of Service

By Roger Rudick | Apr 15, 2019 | 10 Comments

Lyft cites brake issues as reason for removal in NYC, DC and Bay Area

This Week: Central Richmond, 5th Street, Resilient by Design

By Roger Rudick | Apr 15, 2019

Highlights from the Streetsblog calendar

We've already raised $10,000! Thank you! Motley, Roger’s cat, is meowing for a celebratory bike ride and purring up a storm (and coughing up a fur ball, but we’re pretty sure that’s unrelated).

Fund Drive Going Fantastically Well… But We Still Need Your Help

By Roger Rudick and Damien Newton | Apr 12, 2019

Thank you for your amazing, incredible and heart-warming support

BART GM Grace Crunican at the Hayward maintenance facility. Photo: BART

Open Thread: General Manager Grace Crunican Leaving BART

By Roger Rudick | Apr 12, 2019 | 14 Comments

What will it mean for the Bay Area's rapid transit system?

Mayor London Breed, Walk SF's Jodie Medeiros, Supervisor Norman Yee and others at today's Walk to Work Day rally. Photo: Greg Zeppa, Walk SF

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Walk to Work Day and a Renewed Commitment to Safety

By Roger Rudick | Apr 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

Supervisors and advocates extol virtues of walking and vow to continue push for safe streets

The MacArthur Maze options. What will detours for this project do to bike safety on surface streets? Image: Caltrans

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Advocates Want Protected Bike Lanes to Mitigate Caltrans Ramp Construction

By Roger Rudick | Apr 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

Construction detours will pipe traffic onto surface streets in West Oakland, Emeryville

A cyclist was seriously injured Friday night just at the end of the last safe-hit post (seen in the above image) where cyclists and right-turning motorists are suddenly thrown together. Image: Google Streetview

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Motorist Injures Cyclist in Wiggle Mixing Zone

By Roger Rudick | Apr 8, 2019 | 10 Comments

How many cyclists have to die and get severely injured before we build protected intersections?

This Week: Bike to Baseball, Walk to Work, Main Street

By Roger Rudick | Apr 8, 2019

Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday Bike to the Park Night. The Giants, in conjunction with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, are holding a special, pre-game fundraising event before Tuesday’s game against San Diego to raise money for community bike builds. Tuesday, April 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Seals Plaza, Oracle Park, 24 Willie […]

Maureen Persico, one of the organizers of the “People Protected Bike Lane” protests, at Thursday evenings demonstration on Bayshore. Photo: John Entwistle

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Weekend Roundup: Bayshore People Protected Bike Lane, Oakland Plan, Adaptive Bikes

By Roger Rudick | Apr 5, 2019

A few words about some important bike developments on both sides of the Bay

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