Berkeley Bikeways

Berkeley has completed a major update to its Bicycle Plan and now its time to get new bikeways into repaving projects.

Berkeley approved an innovative new bike plan on May 2 and is currently busy building two new bikeways that are high priorities in that plan–Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way. Thanks to our effective advocacy, Berkeley will get to work next year on Milvia Street, the highest priority bikeway of the plan. Your 130+ emails to City Council and almost 30 speakers staying through the night in support on May 2 are what made the difference.

Updates

Guide to the New Bancroft Way

The newly redesigned Bancroft Way on the south side of UC Berkeley now has new dedicated bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and shorter crosswalks. These upgrades between Dana Street and Fulton Street will speed up bus service and make the street safer for walking and biking. Do you bike, walk,...

East Bay’s First Connected Protected Bike Lanes

[Update August 15, 2017] Berkeley’s newest protected bike lanes are undergoing striping on Bancroft Way this week. Bike East Bay is working to speed up AC Transit buses while making the south side of UC Berkeley safer for walking and biking. Returning students are finding a smooth re-paved...

Hearst Avenue Protected Bike Lanes Open this Fall

It took two Bike East Bay pop up bikeway demos and years of convincing Berkeley to fund and build its first protected bike lane, but when construction completes this Fall (estimated late September), Hearst Avenue will be Berkeley’s fourth protected bike facility, having been caught at the finish...

Berkeley Bike Plan Passes Unanimously, Ha!

Repaving New Bikeways in Berkeley

Bike East Bay volunteers met April 14 at Westbrae Beer Garden to look over Berkeley’s upcoming five-year repaving plan and identify potential bike improvements on streets getting repaved. Of all the money Berkeley spends each year on transportation improvements, its repaving program is the...