Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Downtown Oakland

The MacArthur Maze options. What will detours for this project do to bike safety on surface streets? Image: Caltrans

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Advocates Want Protected Bike Lanes to Mitigate Caltrans Ramp Construction

By Roger Rudick | Apr 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

Construction detours will pipe traffic onto surface streets in West Oakland, Emeryville

I-880 severs downtown Oakland from Jack London Square. What can be done about it? All Images from the SPUR presentations unless otherwise indicated

SPUR Talk: Reconnecting Oakland to its Waterfront

By Roger Rudick | May 25, 2017 | 27 Comments

Stand in downtown Oakland and look around and it can be easy to forget it’s a coastal city. That’s because Interstate 880 cuts a giant, uninviting swath between the city center and the waterfront at Jack London Square. But that could change. Walk this Way: The Broadway/Webster Project aims to make it more inviting to […]