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A flyer by a group opposed to dense housing at BART stations featured this photo illustration, with huge buildings towering over the flattened houses surrounding the station, and immense shadows... at sunrise?

Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.

Bike East Bay staff celebrates at Biketopia. Photo: Alfonso Alvarez

At Bike East Bay’s Biketopia, Berkeley Mayor Promises to Pilot a Milvia Street Protected Bike Lane

By Melanie Curry | Nov 9, 2018 | 1 Comment

Milvia is a top priority in the city's Bike Plan, but construction wasn't slated to begin until 2021. Advocates had asked for something better.

At Long Last, Berkeley Gets an Updated Bike Plan

By Melanie Curry | May 3, 2017 | 2 Comments

At close to midnight last night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the Berkeley Bike Plan, which seeks to build a network of safe, connected bikeways throughout the city to encourage more people to ride bikes.

Proposed East Bay Bike-Share Sites Announced

By Melanie Curry | Apr 25, 2016 | 49 Comments

Note: This story has been corrected since it was originally posted. Thank you to sharp-eyed readers. Bay Area Bike Share released a map of proposed sites for bike-share stations in the East Bay today. Proposed sites for expansion into San Francisco and San Jose have already been released, but these are the first ones for […]

Berkeley Advocates Win Agreement for Long-Delayed Bike Lanes

By Melanie Curry | Mar 16, 2016 | 13 Comments

At a packed meeting last night, the Berkeley City Council approved a project to bring a long-delayed bike lane to Fulton Street, the site of a recent collision that seriously injured a cyclist. The section of road where the crash occurred is where a bike lane disappears, forcing bicyclists to merge into traffic. The city’s […]

Berkeley Bike Station Contract Extended — For Now

By Melanie Curry | Jun 27, 2014 | 3 Comments

Buried in Tuesday evening’s Berkeley City Council agenda was a resolution to extend the contract on the Downtown Berkeley Bike Station for one more year, at its current terms. The station moved to its current street-level storefront location in the historic Shattuck Hotel building in 2010 after extensive renovations to the former retail space, and […]

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