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A Little Girl is Dead. But OakDOT Director Still Won’t Commit to Safety
On Wednesday OakDOT's Fred Kelley, during a SPUR interview, said that protected bike lanes should be the default, but then listed a bunch of exceptions and political considerations. Later that same day he told the grandmother of a four-year-old girl killed on Lakeshore that the city can't build protected bike lanes on the east side of Lake Merritt, even though they would have saved the girl's life.
September 7, 2023
SPUR Talk: OakDOT Director Kelley Says Protected Bike Lanes Should Be the Default
... before hedging his statement with a list of exceptions and political qualifications and "trade-offs"
September 6, 2023
Eyes on the Intersection: Quick Update on Telegraph
The Bay Area is getting closer to having its first protected bike lane AND intersection project in a merchant corridor completed. Despite what merchants feared, Armageddon has not yet commenced!
August 21, 2023
Video on the Street: Update on Telegraph
Streetfilms documents Oakland's best-practice protected bike lane and decides it looks great
August 3, 2023
Call to Action: Sign Petition for a Safer Grand Avenue
Streetsblog readers need to sign this petition to restore the road diet and wide bike lanes on Grand Avenue in Oakland
July 24, 2023
Three East Bay Victories for Safety
14th in Oakland, 40th in Emeryville, and Grand in Alameda all got approvals Tuesday evening for protected bike lanes and other improvements
July 19, 2023
OakDOT Killing Grand Avenue Road Diet at AC Transit’s Request
The beautiful and successful Lakeside two-way cycle track (seen below) was supposed to wrap around the entire lake, but OakDOT, at the request of AC Transit, is significantly cutting back the section on Grand to preserve all six lanes for cars
July 18, 2023
OMG Update: Fruitvale Ave Has a Gold-Standard Bike Lane!
Okay, it's obviously not finished, but it sure is nice to see a sidewalk-level protected bike lane
June 20, 2023
Op-ed: Oakland Advocates Praise Increased Budget for Street Safety
But the city’s fiscal difficulties reinforce the Council and Administration’s need to update policies so each OakDOT traffic-violence prevention dollar goes further and safety improvements get deployed sooner
Traffic Violence Rapid Response
June 15, 2023
Another Cyclist Attacked in Oakland
The passenger "...leaned out a window to intentionally smack me in the head."
June 8, 2023
