The Oakland Alameda Access Project just kicked off its initial scoping meeting. Its goals include reducing traffic volumes through Chinatown, but does little for people not in cars.
For advocates in the safe streets community the "Better Market Street" design announced by the city this week is a major victory and a reason to celebrate.
San Francisco held the first in a series of meetings that will get community input on the "emergent neighborhood" surrounding the Transbay Terminal and Rincon Hill.
The redevelopment of the Safeway/Longs Drugs complex in Oakland could have been the centerpiece of one of the city's most walkable and bikeable districts. Instead, a lack of vision coupled with mismanaged implementation turned it into even more of a mess today than it was before.