Oakland Bikeways Campaign

Oakland has striped approximately 100 miles of bike lanes toward a goal of 241 miles of bikeways in its Bicycle Master Plan.

Our priorities are a successful rollout of protected bike lanes on Telegraph Ave in the KONO District in 2016, extension of these bike lanes into Temescal District in 2018, a world-class bikeway on14th St downtown and a road diet with bike lanes on Park Blvd. All three streets will require lane reductions for this to happen, which means we need a lot of help reaching out to businesses and neighborhood groups to gain their support for completing bikeways on these three key streets. Park Blvd bike lanes are expected to happen in 2017 and Oakland received a $10 million grant to add protected bike lanes and bus boarding islands to 14th Street.

Updates

Traffic Calming Contribution in Lower Elmhurst

In Spring 2012, the Lower Elmhurst neighborhood of NCPC 33X got together to address concerns about the look, feel, and safety that residents have in an area much neglected by city decision-makers in Downtown Oakland and even more impacted by large capital projects that don’t benefit their...

New Bikeways Cleared in West Oakland

Despite loading zone concerns from the Ocho Candy Factory on Adeline St, on July 15 Oakland City Council approved the West Oakland Specific Plan. In the Plan are road diets and new bike lanes for Adeline St and Grand Ave and improved bike lanes for 14th St west of Market. This is progress...

Telegraph Avenue Outreach Strategy/Talking Points

Overview: Because there is a crash every week on Telegraph Ave, high speed traffic in many areas, and pedestrian crossings that are intimidating, Oakland is studying a variety of safety improvements for all users of this popular street. Specifically, the City is studying adding a new bikeway,...

Roadway Design Options for Telegraph Include Parking-Protected Bikeways

Our goal should be an 8-80 bike facility on Telegraph, i.e. one that you would let your child or your grandparent ride on. Standard bike lanes will increase riding a bit, but not much. Cars just go too fast for anyone other than confident cyclists to ride there. I’m pretty confident, but I...

Telegraph Avenue Complete Street Plan Goes to Council Dec 9

What you can do: Come to the December 9, 2014 City Council Mtg and show your support for protected bike lanes. Council Meetings start at 5:30pm, but the Telegraph agenda item could come up later. Check here for the Dec 9 agenda...