Sen. Arreguín, advocates gathered at Oakland City Hall and across the Bay Area to begin a six-week push to pass a $14 billion measure to bail out BART, AC Transit and other systems.
Category: Roads & Transit
Posted inMass Transit
AC Transit director subjected to ‘unwanted physical contact,’ investigation finds
An independent inquiry found that Joel Young inappropriately touched fellow board member Sarah Syed during a meeting last fall. Both are running for reelection in November in districts representing Oakland.
Posted inGreen Transportation
Oakland low-income transit guide: How to get around for free or at a discount
From Veo Mobility and Lime scooters to Oakland’s e-bike library and discount bus passes, the Town has a variety of options to make transportation affordable.
Posted inRoads & Transit
Waymo is poised for Oakland
Waymo has won official approval to operate in the Town. Meanwhile, golden Tesla Cybercabs have been spotted around Lake Merritt.
Posted inMass Transit
Sign-up for October ‘Walk & Roll to School Day’ ends tomorrow
The day of cycling, scooting, and walking to school takes place on October 7, with Alameda County students aiming to beat last year’s numbers. Last-minute participation is also welcomed.
Posted inRoads & Transit
A massive airship drifted by the Port of Oakland today
The rigid ship — not a blimp — was likely Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s Pathfinder 1.
Posted inMass Transit
Oakland’s rapid Tempo line set to lose millions in cap-and-trade dollars
15 state legislators, including Rep. Wicks, said changes to the state’s cap-and-trade program could derail climate change goals and starve mass transit of funds. AC Transit said the cuts won’t affect this year’s budget.
Posted inRoad Safety
Family of young mother killed in hit-and-run still seeking answers three weeks later
Maribel Pablo Matias, the mother of a 7-year-old, was hit on 73rd Avenue on August 8 by a driver who remains unidentified.
Posted inRoad Safety
Marvin Boomer’s partner argues teen accused in crash should remain in jail pretrial
Nina Woodruff told the court defendant Eric Hernandez Garcia is ‘a risk to society.’ His attorneys argue he needs mental health treatment.
Posted inRoads & Transit
A vision for pedestrian and bike access to Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline
The East Bay Regional Park, a haven for migratory shorebirds, is a highlight of East Oakland’s natural environment. But it’s hard to reach across I-880.
Posted inRoad Safety
Cameras caught half a million speeders in 6 months. Many aren’t from Oakland
Most speeders in Oakland just got warnings. But of 194,000 citations, most went to non-Oakland addresses. Mayor Lee has declared success, saying drivers are already slowing down.
Posted inRoad Safety
Potholes are the worst. Learn how to report them
This Sunday, the advocacy group Bike East Bay hosts a Pothole Reporting training event, where newbies to Oak311 can learn how to flag road damage — and spark repairs.
Posted inMass Transit
Trailer trucks on I-580? Lifting the ban would open the floodgates, study finds
A new Caltrans study estimates that traffic on I-880 would decline by a third, shifting 3,800 heavy trucks to I-580 each day, exposing schools, hospitals and senior centers to emissions.
Posted inRoad Safety
Family of man killed in Oakland police ‘ghost chase’ will get $17M settlement
In one of the highest lawsuit settlements in city history, the money will go to the survivors of an unauthorized 2022 vehicle pursuit that left 28-year-old Lolomania Soakai dead.
Posted inRoad Safety
Degraded roads and sidewalks have cost Oakland $55 million
16 years of data. Thousands of claims. Payouts as high as $7 million. All over injuries or damage caused by sidewalks and roads in disrepair.
Posted inOaklandside 510
A new BART station in East Oakland?
A conversation with Oaklandside road safety reporter Jose Fermoso on the decades-long push for a San Antonio BART station — and the students who just made that dream easier to picture.
Posted inMass Transit
Weigh in on road improvements along Grand and Fruitvale avenues, and more
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission seeks input on documents that will guide its infrastructure work in East Oakland, Downtown, and beyond.
Posted inRoad Safety
Oakland’s most dangerous crosswalks: 112 injured, 9 killed over 10 years
The city now has a plan to create quick-builds for better pedestrian safety, but it needs money. Here’s where Oakland is starting.
Posted inMass Transit
Public blasts AC Transit report as ‘undemocratic’
After years of contentious relations between board members, a consulting group recommended changes to the transit agency’s meetings. The response was overwhelmingly negative.
Posted inRoad Safety
In 2 years, Oakland’s new innovative traffic safety program has completed only 3 projects
Neighbors are submitting proposals for road safety infrastructure, but the community-led pilot has been slowed by OakDOT’s backlog of work.
