How can Oakland fix Grand Avenue?
Grand Avenue is broken. Like countless other streets in Oakland, the design of Grand...
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San Francisco’s proposed bike-yield law continues to roll forward
Several weeks ago we wrote about a proposed bill that would make San Francisco...
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Rebuilding a highway for imaginary traffic: Oakland’s Lakeside “Green Streets” project
Should Downtown Oakland be a great place to drive, or a great place to...
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New pedestrian safety banners target San Francisco’s most dangerous streets
As of yesterday, pedestrian safety banners are now flying in SoMa. The banners, proclaiming...
Keep ReadingStudy shows making streets safer is the best way to encourage cycling
A recent study conducted by the University of Bath, Department of Psychology, has concluded...
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The I-80 Smart Corridor’s dumb approach to San Pablo Avenue
If you’ve recently traveled along I-80 in the East Bay, you may have noticed...
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Engineers behaving badly: Oakland’s pedestrian signal fail
Oakland has a lot of strange, poorly-designed pedestrian signals, but we think we’ve found...
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Survey: most Temescal shoppers don’t drive
The City of Oakland, in partnership with UC Berkeley, recently conducted a survey of...
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What is a protected intersection?
As protected bike lanes become more common across the U.S., the way in which...
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The worst bike lane in the world?
Streetsblog California recently proclaimed a new bike lane in Orinda “The Worst Bike Lane...
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