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A look at what's planned for Berkeley streets. Image: City of Berkeley

Good News for Berkeley Cyclists Using Bancroft, Dana, and Fulton

By Roger Rudick | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

But the fight for a car-free Telegraph continues even as the Berkeley City Council approves funding to solicit bids for the Southside Complete Streets Project

Visitors during a 2013 tour (yes, 2013) marvel at “Mom Chung,” the boring machine used to dig the Central Subway tunnel. Photo: Erica Fischer/CC

SF’s Central Subway Is Open. Let’s Look at Boondoggles and Why We End Up Needing Them

By Roger Rudick | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments

Big urban projects often look like disasters from the jump. Yet their value can take years to shine through.

Still from Randecker's bike camera

“Entitled” Bike Lane Lady Speaks Out

By Roger Rudick and Stacey Randecker | Jan 31, 2023 | No Comments

A cyclist had the nerve to feel "entitled" to a safe bike ride. But the San Francisco Fire Department thinks it's more important to park wherever they please, even when it's not an emergency

Alameda County proves again that they're hopeless when it comes to designing streets for people. But hey, the sidewalk stencils are nice. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Eyes on the Street: Hellscape on Hesperian

By Roger Rudick | Jan 30, 2023 | No Comments

Alameda County's Hesperian Boulevard Project in San Lorenzo is a sop pretending to be a multi-modal, safety project

This Week: 16th Street, Burritos, Future of Urbanism

By Roger Rudick | Jan 30, 2023 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

I-980 cuts downtown Oakland from West Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

I-980 Makes List of Top Freeway Removal Proposals

By Roger Rudick | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

Meanwhile, East Contra Costa getting a new surface-level freeway. Some people never learn.

A rendering of legally approved upgrades to Grand Street in Alameda. Image: Fehr & Peers

Alameda NIMBY Sues to Preserve Parking

By Roger Rudick | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

How many broken limbs, life-altering injuries, and deaths is a parking spot worth? To some morally confused people, that's a legitimate question.

New lights, fresh paint, new art at 19th Street BART. And a BART janitor keeping it all sparkly. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Eyes on the Station: BART Celebrates 19th Street Modernization

By Roger Rudick | Jan 23, 2023 | No Comments

If you're wondering where the money goes when you vote for a BART measure, as you did in 2016, here's an example

This Week: SFBC Board, Slow Streets Advocacy, JFK Promenade

By Roger Rudick | Jan 23, 2023 | No Comments

Here is a list of events this week.

Mr. Barricade shows off a new, uh, barricade in Emeryville. He's standing on the raised asphalt designed to warn turning motorists to slow down before they strike the curb. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

Eyes on the Street: Mr. Barricade Keeps Crushing in Emeryville

By Roger Rudick | Jan 20, 2023 | No Comments

Tiny Emeryville keeps showing the world how it's done

Good busy, Page Street. Photo: Charles Whitfield

Victory on Page Street

By Roger Rudick | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

After another long battle, Page Street is added to the list of permanent Slow Streets

Amtrak, Jack London Square, Tuesday night. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Commentary: The Bay Area has a Driver Problem

By Roger Rudick | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

Actually, it's the whole country. Why isn't anybody working on solving it?

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