Oakland

SFMTA board again fails in its role to put transit, safety, and city wide interests above parochial politics

Trucking/port lobbyists want to destroy a long-established plan to build protected bike lanes connecting Jack London Square, West Oakland, and downtown

But they blew it on the bike lanes themselves, which are paint only

Bye bye slip turns. You won't be missed.

Some Oakland motorists may have been slightly delayed Saturday by hordes of children having fun biking around Lake Merritt

Public seems fairly positive and accepting towards the coming project. Let's hope it stays that way

Josh Rowan, formerly head of Atlanta's DOT, coming to Oakland

At least 14 people were injured Friday in yet another collision on International Blvd. in Oakland, this time involving two drivers and a bus. "At 4:55 p.m. Friday, March 8, an AC Transit Bus Operator reported a head-on collision with a passenger vehicle at 54th Avenue and International Boulevard," explained Robert Lyles, a spokesperson for AC Transit. Apparently, the crash involved a Blue Chrysler 300 "heading Southbound on International Boulevard at a still undetermined speed. Simultaneously, [the driver of] a Toyota Prius, also in the Southbound lanes of International, apparently attempted to make a left turn onto 54th Avenue."

A project to transform 8th from a deadly speedway back into a residential street is making real progress