Alameda County

Here are a few Streetsblog news nuggets to start your weekend.

She was out walking her dog. A driver hit her while she was crossing Shoreline on Alameda, causing a fatal injury

The 'West Bay' is getting quick-build, tactical bus and bike lanes before the anticipated post-COVID carmageddon... why not the East Bay?

Advocates were dismayed that the Alameda City Council voted Tuesday to tone down a letter condemning the Oakland Alameda Access Project's (OAAP) lack of bike and pedestrian accommodations

Alameda Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft calls B.S. on a Caltrans, Alameda County plan to turn the Webster and Posey tubes into I-880 ramps

East Bay Transit Riders makes interactive map of lines slated for possible elimination

Hand sanitizer, masks, and instructions on how to stay safe will become standard on AC Transit buses

What if the money had been spent on minor upgrades to stations throughout the East Bay, such as adding arrival signs, benches, and shelters? What if the money were spent on more buses, more drivers, and better bus fleets with comfortable seats and suspensions?

Joe Lamberti, who rides his daughter to Golden Oak Montessori School in Castro Valley on his cargo bike, was stark about bike and pedestrian infrastructure in Alameda County's unincorporated areas. "It sucks!" he said while heading into last night's charette about bike and ped plans, held at the Castro Valley library.