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

Future of Adeline Street in Berkeley

This past weekend, City staff and new District 3 Councilmember Ben Bartlett welcomed a crowd of over 50 residents to the Ed Roberts Campus to see some of the creative ideas neighbors have suggested for Adeline Street in Berkeley. Three design concepts were presented and attendees had a lot of...

Berkeley Bike Plan Back On for May 2

Berkeley’s Bike Plan is back on Council agenda for May 2, just in time for Bike to Work Day. Join us in getting Berkeley’s innovative plan over the finish line. We are also asking Mayor Arreguin to greenlight design of the Milvia Street bikeway as part of bike plan approval. We need your...

Berkeley Unanimously Approves Bancroft Way Cycle Track

Last Tuesday, Berkeley’s City Council voted unanimously to approve the pilot installation of a protected two-way cycle track on Bancroft Way on the south side of UC Berkeley’s campus. When it is completed this October, Bancroft Way will connect Cal’s cross campus bikeway at Dana Street down to...

More Protection: Berkeley Draft Bike Plan Lacking

January 2017 Update: we expect a revised bike plan soon that takes into account many if not all public comments you have made to improve the plan. Stay tuned. Berkeley’s draft bicycle plan is out for public comment, and while there are good elements to the draft plan, much needs to be improved...

Protected Bikeway Network Developing in Berkeley

By the end of 2017, Berkeley could start to have a mini-network of much-needed comfortable, lower-stress bikeways in its busy downtown and southside areas. The network might even look like the map shown here, with green showing protected facilities and purple comfortable neighborhood bikeways....