Oakland
Another Cyclist Attacked in Oakland
A passing car’s passenger assaulted cyclist David Colburn on Wednesday while he was riding his bike on San Pablo in Oakland. The passenger “…leaned out a window to intentionally smack me in the head.”
June 8, 2023
Safe Streets Victories on Both Sides of the Bay
Slow Streets and Great Highway Park victories in San Francisco, fire code disaster averted in Oakland
December 7, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: What Sports Teams Bring (and Don’t Bring) to Cities
There are both benefits — and pitfalls — from stadium deals.
June 9, 2022
OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car
Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.
June 8, 2022
THE DREAM DIES? Oakland Ends Slow Streets
The city that pioneered Slow Streets at the start of the pandemic is now cancelling the program. We talk to an activist about future plans to preserve some streets and bring back a more robust version of the program in the future.
February 15, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Coordinating Pandemic Transit
This week we’re joined by Robert del Rosario, director of service development for AC Transit in Oakland to talk about the pandemic, what’s needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward.
July 1, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: A Second Bay Crossing (And One Big ‘Ugh’)
This is "a plannerly podcast" about the ultimately plannerly issue — better rail links in the SF Bay Area.
February 18, 2021
Six Million Dollars for a Fake Bike Path
November 18, 2020
Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?
A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.
October 26, 2020
Interview: Oakland leader on Racial Equity And Mobility
May 28, 2020
