Berkeley Bikeways

New protected bike lanes are open on Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way, with thousands enjoying them every day. Next up is Dana Street south of campus and Milvia Street downtown.

Berkeley set a standard when it dedicated two blocks of protected bike lanes on Fulton Street in 2016. They followed that up with an innovative bike plan in 2017 proposing 20 protected bike facilities to safely get residents around town. However, the Plan received much push back because it included the public’s vision for better bicycling in Berkeley, a vision not shared by everyone. Thanks to huge public support, this forward-looking plan got approved and is the City’s basis for pushing forward on modern bikeways for streets such as Adeline, Hopkins, Oxford, Claremont, San Pablo Avenue and more.

Updates

Berkeley Bike Updates

At Berkeley’s Bicycle Subcommittee Meeting on October 27, city staff provided a robust update on bike projects moving forward. Problems with Tunnel Road bike lanes: plans for new bike lanes on Tunnel Road have been significantly altered, for the worse, due to feedback from Caltrans. Members...

Tunnel Road Update

Your emails of support and personal stories provided during public comments at many neighborhood meetings have secured a way forward for building a better bikeway up Tunnel Road. The bike lane design is a compromise for sure but also an iterative plan designed to create a safe bike route with...

A Bikeway Forward for Tunnel Road

Your emails of support and personal stories provided during public comments at many neighborhood meetings have secured a way forward for building a better bikeway up Tunnel Road. Enjoying a rare moment of consensus, the Berkeley Transportation Commission approved a bike lane in the uphill...

Hearst Avenue Protected Bike Lanes Open

Almost ten years in the making, new protected bike lanes on Hearst Avenue in Berkeley are now open and being enjoyed by many Berkeley residents and Cal students every day. When Berkeley heard two years ago from many people wanting better bike facilities away from high-speed traffic, they switched...

Green Bikeways for Hearst: Updates from the City of Berkeley

At a time when cities are facing budget cuts and reducing staff, Berkeley is pushing ahead with several bikeway projects and initiatives to make the city more walkable and more bikeable. It’s a good thing that transportation funding is steady for projects, if not enough. Many of the Berkeley’s...