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

Take Action for Lake Merritt Protected Bike Lanes

A protected bike lane around Lake Merritt in Oakland should get the highest quality protection, says Oakland’s Department of Transportation (OakDOT). While construction continues on the Harrison St./Lakeside Dr. bikeways and pedestrian improvements, OakDOT wants to upgrade the project with...

More Money, Sooner for Bikeways

Caltrans advanced funding for two previously approved major bike projects in Oakland and awarded new funding to six additional projects in the East Bay–$15 million in advancements and $12 million additional. In Oakland, Bike East Bay specifically asked Oakland DOT to advance funding for a new...

Alameda County Funds 14 New Protected Bike Lanes

The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) is recommending a 3-fold increase in funding for bike projects—over $100 million in the next 3 years. New bike projects include 14 protected bike lanes, 5 new bike paths, 3 bike-ped bridges and numerous roadway improvement projects...

Ryan Russo New Director of OakDOT

Ryan Russo from New York Department of Transportation has accepted the position of Director of Oakland’s Department of Transportation. He starts work in Oaktown on May 8 (three days before Bike to Work Day May 11). Russo is NYDOT’s Deputy Commissioner of Transportation and oversaw many of the...

Oakland High Students Share Safety Concerns on Park Blvd

Numerous Oakland High School students and staff joined a handful of members of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland and Bike East Bay to discuss safety issues on Park Blvd and around Oakland High School at our focus workshop on January 17. A good crowd met OakDOT’s Director and several staff members, and...