Oakland
Equity, Open Streets and the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
May 11, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: How Oakland Got it So Right
This week, we talk to a key official in Oakland, who explains how the city is creating the nation's biggest open-streets network practically overnight. Are you listening, Mayor de Blasio?
April 23, 2020
Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…
Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.
December 26, 2019
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.
November 12, 2019
Urban Transit Systems are Adding Riders (Mostly)
You asked for a deep dive on transit ridership numbers — you got it!
October 15, 2019
Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Oakland vs. Atlanta
We're on to our second round one match in this year's Parking Madness competition — comparing different cities that have repaired their parking craters with useful infill development: more city!
March 25, 2019
Vote for the Best Street Transformation of 2016
Street redesigns from Oakland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, Rochester and Chicago are competing for the title.
December 23, 2016
Oakland Forging Ahead With New Ideas for Transportation
It's exciting times in Oakland, California. In the past six weeks, Oakland has passed a raft of policies that promise to have a lasting effect on the city's future transportation and development. This is all being done as part of the city government's reorganization, creating a new Department of Transportation to better strategize and coordinate transportation planning and construction.
November 3, 2016
The Best Amateur Music Videos in Support of Active Transportation
Transit and bike activists are creative folks. More and more young, car-eschewing millennials are making their case in amateur music videos. The result is funnier and more imaginative than anything you'll find on basic cable.
August 3, 2012
Oakland’s Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity?
The Obama administration's warning that the Bay Area has jeopardized federal stimulus funding for its Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) project could have national consequences for other urban transit proposals that risk harming low-income riders, civil rights and transit advocates predicted yesterday.
January 27, 2010