Protected bike lanes, bus lanes, parking, and more. East Bay residents have until late May to let transportation planners know what they think.
Category: Public Safety
Posted inHealth & Environment
Could tearing up an Oakland freeway undo decades of racial injustice?
Plans to remove I-980 have energized urbanists and environmentalists. But longtime residents fear it could be a new phase of gentrification.
Posted inRoad Safety
Oakland’s new transportation department director says the days of widening vehicle lanes are over
Previously in charge of Atlanta’s DOT, Josh Rowan takes over a department struggling with a paving backlog but pushing ahead with several major street redesigns
Posted inCity Hall
Gov. Newsom touts hundreds of license plate reader cameras in Oakland
480 surveillance cameras will be installed around East Bay freeways and run by the highway patrol.
Posted inRoad Safety
Oakland is about to redesign one of its most dangerous roads—and you get to weigh in on the final plan
73rd Avenue’s big rebuild to add bike paths and reconfigure vehicle lanes is down to three options.
Posted inCity Hall
Oakland’s new Police Chief Floyd Mitchell promises to work with the community
At his first appearance in Oakland, Mitchell talked about his childhood, community policing priorities, and his plans for OPD.
Posted inPublic Safety
Oakland HOAs are quietly installing surveillance cameras to watch public roads
To fight crime, private neighborhoods are using license plate readers to track vehicles on city streets. One is already sharing data with cops.
Posted inCity Hall
Oakland’s new police chief is Floyd Mitchell
Mayor Sheng Thao announced today that she has selected the retired Lubbock police chief to lead OPD after a lengthy search process.
Posted inRoad Safety
East Bay Greenway that will connect Oakland and San Leandro gets $30 million federal grant
The bike and walking path, which expands a small strip of greenway already near Coliseum BART, is expected to begin construction in 2025.
Posted inPublic Safety
MACRO, Oakland’s non-emergency crisis response team, now has a phone number
People can now call these civilian responders directly as an alternative to 911.
Posted inRoad Safety
Oakland estimates more than 22,000 cars will be abandoned on streets this year
Oakland’s new vehicle enforcement unit towed roughly 3,000 abandoned cars in 2023. But the city is backlogged with work because of an influx of stolen and broken cars, and you guessed it—understaffing.
Posted inCity Hall
Why does the leader of the Pamela Price recall have armed bodyguards? We investigated
Payments to a security firm run by recall leader Brenda Grisham are under scrutiny—as are the guards’ licenses. We examined the videos and documents Grisham shared outlining her fears.
Posted inArts & Community
See which roads are closed for the 2024 Oakland Marathon this weekend
Now in its 15th year, the Oakland Marathon—which includes the marathon, half marathon, 10K, and 5K races—will start and finish at Lake Merritt.
Posted inCity Hall
Manual count needed to verify Alameda County DA recall petition signatures
Election officials were unable to determine if recall supporters collected enough valid signatures to initiate a recall election. A manual count is underway and could take a month to finish.
Posted inRoad Safety
‘We’re very much in danger here’: Oakland bus collision underscores fear along International Boulevard
16 people were injured when a driver smashed their speeding car into another vehicle and AC Transit bus. Community members are clamoring for a quick-build road safety project to speed up.
Posted inRoad Safety
Rider outrage causes AC Transit to stop downtown Oakland bus detour
What the bus agency intended as a permanent detour around five blocks lasted only one night.
Posted inCity Hall
Measure B, to change Alameda County recall rules, leans toward passage in early results
Early results showed “yes” votes ahead of “nos” by 62% to 37%, according to Alameda County. Many vote-by-mail ballots were still outstanding.
Posted inRoad Safety
Buses will skip some downtown Oakland stops on weekend nights in new permanent ‘detour’
AC Transit is instructing bus drivers to bypass part of Broadway due to “safety concerns” but riders are left confused.
Posted inRoad Safety
Oakland’s road safety chief is changing roles in surprise shuffle
After running the Department of Transportation for over a year and a half, Fred Kelley is shifting to parks.
Posted inCity Hall
Who are Oakland’s police chief candidates?
Four officers from around the country answered questions from the Oakland Police Commission about why they want to lead OPD.
