Talking Headways Podcast: Transport Oakland
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Here is the first (and hopefully not the last) episode in a series on the Oakland Transportation Department -- how it came to be and what comes next.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Oakland
Telegraph Avenue Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Show Stunning Results
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Oakland's Telegraph Avenue has seen an increase in people biking and walking as well as a decrease in speed, collisions, and delay along this heavily traveled corridor since reconfiguring the street with a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes. And retail establishments are reporting higher income.
Take Note, California: Oakland Tragedy Shows the Cost of Too Little Housing Construction
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Oakland's tragedy at Ghost Ship, where 36 people died after a fire dissolved the makeshift home into ashes, acts as mirror to SoCal and Long Beach specifically.
Oakland Forging Ahead With New Ideas for Transportation
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It’s exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city’s future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government’s reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate […]
Streetsblog Talks with Jeff Tumlin About Oakland’s Transportation Future
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Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, has until early next year to put together a Transportation Department, pretty much from scratch, for the City of Oakland. “A better Oakland starts with better streets today, in every part of our city,” said Mayor Libby Schaaf, in a prepared announcement. “We need a […]
Oakland’s Pedalfest: Celebrating All Things Bicycle
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On Saturday, Bike East Bay’s annual Pedalfest at Jack London Square in Oakland brought out bicyclists of all shapes, sizes, ages, and colors to celebrate what makes bikes wonderful. Below are some the day’s highlights. All photos by Melanie Curry.