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Advocates Rebuff Merchant’s Absurd Argument Against East Bay BRT
In an op-ed in the Oakland Tribune yesterday, local business owner Randy Reed laid down a whopping piece of misinformation: For businesses, he wrote, enhancing East Bay transportation options with Bus Rapid Transit will be no different than when construction removes all of the car parking on a street.
July 10, 2012
East Bay’s Record-Breaking Bike to Work Day: Ten Mayors, 17,000 People
10 mayors, 17,000 people, and 600 pancakes: the San Francisco East Bay celebrates Bike to Work Day 2012.
May 11, 2012
East Bay BRT EIR Approved, Final Agreements Set for June
Bus rapid transit (BRT) between Oakland and San Leandro in the East Bay cleared a major hurdle this week after AC Transit unanimously approved the project's environmental impact report. Agreements with the cities of Oakland and San Leandro must still be finalized in June before the project can officially break ground.
April 27, 2012
Oakland Officials and Advocates Celebrate 18 New Miles of Bikeways in 2011
Oakland stripes its 18th mile of bikeways for 2011, celebrating its busiest and bike-friendliest year to date.
December 19, 2011
Tomorrow: East Bay Advocates Call for Fixing Alameda Transit First
A coalition of East Bay advocates is urging supporters to speak up tomorrow morning and tell the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) to take advantage of a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to repair and restore a failing system and provide a cost-effective, equitable, and sustainable transportation future."
December 15, 2011
Dangerous Street Designs Threaten Oakland’s Communities of Color, Seniors
Oakland's pedestrian fatalities are centered in neighborhoods of color, around freeways and arterials designed to quickly move cars at the cost of safety.
May 26, 2011
Scenes from Oakland’s Bike Away From Work Party
Oakland's official Bike to Work Day after-party kicked into high gear in Old Oakland last night. Over 600 people converged to dance, eat, drink, mingle, and just take in the atmosphere from the middle of the street.
May 13, 2011
Record-breaking 10,000 People Biked to Work in Alameda County Today
Bike to Work Day is underway in Alameda County, and this year's riders already broke last year's record by 12.3 percent.
May 12, 2011
Oakland Hopes to Approve City’s First Parklet by September
As early as this September, Oakland residents won’t have to look west with parklet envy anymore.
May 10, 2011
AC Transit Riders Fight For Their Right to Ride, 55 Years After Montgomery
Editor's note: This story is being re-published from Race, Poverty and the Environment, a magazine produced by the social and environmental justice non-profit, Urban Habitat.
December 14, 2010