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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
East Bay Regional Parks Gets $10 Million TIGER Grant for Bike and Ped Trails
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $600 million dollars in TIGER II grants today and the only project in Northern California to make the cut was the East Bay Regional Park District's proposal to fill in seven key gaps on the 200-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail system that runs across Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
October 20, 2010
Statistics Alone Paint an Incomplete Picture of Women and Bicycles
"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can't get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." -- Susan B. Anthony, 1896.
June 1, 2010
Among Walkable Regions, San Francisco One of Most Dangerous
Just how dangerous is San Francisco for pedestrians?
November 10, 2009
Eyes on the Street: Oakland’s Newest Bike Lanes
Cyclists in Oakland's Lakeshore district are celebrating a hard-fought new bike lane that runs along Harrison and Oakland Avenues south of I-580. Jen Jackson, Vice Chair and co-founder of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO), helped spearhead the initiative, and was thrilled:
August 7, 2009
Help Oakland Name Its Own “Summer Streets”
We were excited to welcome two dynamic Oakland, CA, groups to the Livable Streets Community this week: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) and TransForm. Inspired by the success of San Francisco's Sunday Streets, WOBO wants to launch its own East Bay version and is asking for input on what to call the event. Shannon T. writes:
June 26, 2009