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Hearing on 14th Street Safety Project Comes on Heels of Another Tragedy
Oakland lawmakers will decide today whether to approve an important safe-street redesign for 14th Street in downtown Oakland. Streetsblog will update this post to reflect the result, however, given what happened Thursday evening, it seems imponderable that anyone on the council would vote against protected bike lanes.
June 21, 2022
Advocates Demand Safe Streets in North Oakland
Demonstrators occupy the intersection where Jonathan Waters was killed to demand safety on Shattuck Avenue
June 9, 2022
Commentary: The Boudin Recall and the Failure to Prosecute Traffic Violence
If voters really want cities to get tough on crime, let's start with traffic violence
June 8, 2022
Commentary: Action Items for Reducing Fossil Fuel Use
What personal choices must we make and what policies should we advocate for to cut consumption of petroleum before it completely wrecks our world?
June 1, 2022
Reckless Motorists, Dangerous Streets: a Deadly Combination
Dangerous motorist behaviors, such as speeding, crosswalk incursions, and going the wrong way on a one-way street, are tolerated by law enforcement and a judicial system that basically never suspends or revokes the license of even the most egregious offenders.
May 26, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Redwood City, NL
For "Bike to Wherever" day, Streetsblog went to enjoy a block of Amsterdam right in the middle of the Bay Area
May 20, 2022
Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies
At $120,000 per space, using luxury parking to subsidize affordable housing undermines planning for compact development centered on green mobility. It’s tantamount to gentrification by parking.
May 19, 2022
SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?
People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.
May 17, 2022
Update on Efforts to Integrate Transit
"We run as one!" went the slogan of the Seamless cohort at Bay to Breakers. Unfortunately, Bay Area transit agencies still aren't on board.
May 16, 2022
