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Protected Bike Lanes Key to a Calmer, Thriving Telegraph Avenue in Oakland
At an open house meeting on proposals to redesign Telegraph Avenue in Oakland Saturday morning, attendees arrived to find the street blocked off by police investigating a hit-and-run crash in which a driver killed a pedestrian. The scene underscored the need to make the commercial corridor safer for people walking and biking, though the proposals to remove traffic lanes and add improvements like protected bike lanes, landscaped medians, and sidewalk extensions still saw opposition from a few at the meeting.
April 29, 2014
Tonight and Next Week: Open Houses on Oakland’s Telegraph Bike Lanes
Oaklanders won't want to forget about the city's open house meetings, starting tonight, on proposals for parking-protected bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue. Show up, learn about the proposed design options, and let city staff know what you think will make this vital commercial corridor safer and more efficient, and livable. There will even be food trucks outside each meeting, in case you get hungry.
April 24, 2014
Oakland Proposes Parking-Protected Bike Lanes on Telegraph Avenue
The City of Oakland has released preliminary design options [PDF] for a redesign of Telegraph Avenue, which include parking-protected bike lanes, improvements to speed up AC Transit lines, and pedestrian safety upgrades. Planners will hold open house meetings to collect input on the design options starting next week.
April 18, 2014
Fifth Street Bike Lane Plans on Hold for Central Subway Construction
Plans for bike lanes on Fifth Street, which would connect Market Street to the Fourth and King Caltrain Station, are on hold at least until the Central Subway is completed in 2019.
April 17, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Polk Contra-Flow Bike Lane Nearly Ready to Ride
Here's a little change of pace from the bad news this week. The Polk Street contra-flow protected bike lane, connecting Market Street northbound to Grove Street and City Hall, appears almost ready to go. A Department of Public Works spokesperson said the agency is shooting for a tentative opening date of May 2 or 5 and plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
April 17, 2014
NACTO’s “Cities for Cycling” Road Show Comes to Oakland
Today and tomorrow, Oakland will host the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Cities for Cycling Road Show, which brings experts on NACTO's "Urban Street Design Guide" to Oakland to meet with city planners, engineers, and elected officials.
April 10, 2014
Detailed Polk Street Designs: Plans for Safe Bicycling Still “Lackluster”
The SFMTA and the Planning Department presented detailed plans for Polk Street at the project's final open house meeting yesterday. The new aspects include specific locations of bulb-outs, dedicated bicycle signals, left turn prohibitions, loading zones, and new trees and landscaping. Plans to improve bicycle infrastructure are still composed of a mix of protected, buffered, conventional, and part-time bike lanes, depending on the stretch and side of the street.
March 27, 2014
Tonight: Final Open House on a Safer Polk Street
Tonight is the SFMTA and Planning Department's final open house on the Polk Street redesign, the last chance to weigh in on the agency's preferred design before it goes to the SFMTA Board of Directors for approval. As you can see from the above flyer, the parking-obsessed "Save Polk Street" group is still fighting against safety measures in order to hang on to the small amount of car storage the SFMTA proposes to remove.
March 26, 2014
Bayshore Blvd Gets Buffered Bike Lanes, But “Alemany Maze” Still a Barrier
The SFMTA extended the buffered bike lanes on Bayshore Boulevard earlier this month from Silver Avenue south to Paul Avenue, reducing four traffic lanes to two. The street now provides a calmer, safer bicycling link for Bayview residents all the way up to where Bayshore ends, at Cesar Chavez Street and the "Hairball" freeway interchange.
March 24, 2014
Belmont’s Ralston Corridor Study Ignores Need for Safe, Direct Bicycling
The Belmont City Council is gearing up to decide on a list of infrastructure investments intended to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion on Ralston Avenue. At a community meeting last month, representatives from consulting firms W-Trans and Alta Planning presented their Ralston Avenue Corridor Study, intended "to improve the multi-modal function" of the busy arterial street.
March 21, 2014