The City of Berkeley has secured $4.5 million to expand the current bike path system! The expansion will include a bridge over Highway 80 near the Marina, paving of previously unpaved sections, and expansions to link existing sections of path.
The paths will link parts of town that cyclists could previously only get to by riding [...]
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Congratulations, Berkeley!
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
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Wow! A New Bike Lane in San Francisco!
Friday, December 4th, 2009
They say it’s one step forward, two steps back, right? Well, having just posted about the two steps back in the world of Bay Area bike lanes, it’s time to write about that one step forward.
San Francisco got a new bike lane! It’s the first new bike lane in the city in three years, and [...]
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Traffic Calming Features Contribute to Bicycle Boulevards’ Success
When I did my first post about Bicycle Boulevards in East Bay, I really only knew they were dedicated streets for cyclists. I was mostly riding around the routes that connected Berkeley to Emeryville and Oakland, and these are really just quiet streets that have been marked as Bicycle Boulevards. But then I started riding [...]
Bicycle Boulevards in the East Bay
I’m sure it didn’t escape your notice, but this site is named after the Bicycle Boulevard system that’s found in such East Bay cities as Berkeley and Emeryville. The reason it’s such a great name for a site is that a Bicycle Boulevard is intended to make a path for cyclists, a place where they [...]