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Berkeley Bicycle Plan

Caption: Berkeley's Public Works Department hosted a January 30 open house at Berkeley High School Library to solicit public input on the city's Milvia Protected Bikeway Project. Photo: Stuart Luman
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Berkeley unveils preliminary designs to make Milvia Street safer for cyclists

Avatar photo by Stuart Luman Feb. 05, 2019, 11:15 a.m.August 4, 2022

Berkeley’s Public Works Department has come up with various options for a redesign of Milvia Street, from Hearst Avenue to Blake Street, to make it safer for bicyclists and others traveling through downtown.

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Berkeley unveils a ‘street for everybody’

Avatar photo by Mary Rees Jan. 29, 2018, 3:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

Using over-sized scissors, Berkeley officials on Friday opened a model ‘Complete Streets’ project that should make cyclists, drivers, transit-users and pedestrians very happy.

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Hearst Avenue: Where bikes, buses, cars and pedestrians have to get along

Avatar photo by Mary Rees Nov. 13, 2017, 12:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley transportation planners don’t just look at the flow of cars on streets anymore. They try to consider the needs of people, bicyclists, and wheelchair users too.

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Opinion: Unsafe traffic control at California and Dwight

by Charles Siegel Oct. 04, 2017, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

City Council voted to install a rectangular rapid flashing beacon, thinking it would make the intersection safer for bicyclists. But a four-way stop would be more effective.

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New bike and bus lanes are coming to Bancroft Way in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Aug. 16, 2017, 3:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

New lanes for bicycles and buses are coming to Bancroft Way, the southern border of the UC Berkeley campus, cycling advocates have announced.

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‘Bike to Work Day’ comes Thursday

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso May 10, 2017, 6:57 p.m.August 4, 2022

Berkeley cyclists are slated to take to the streets Thursday for “Bike to Work Day” with “energizer stations,” a ride with the mayor, a happy hour after work, and more.

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Officials approve $62.5M ‘visionary’ bicycle plan

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso May 03, 2017, 7:45 p.m.August 4, 2022

Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved, in concept, a 20-year vision to improve the city’s bicycling infrastructure.

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Op-ed: Berkeley City Council should approve the new Bicycle Plan

by Guest contributor and Bobby Lutzker Feb. 14, 2017, 11:49 a.m.October 4, 2022

For the vast majority of people in Berkeley, especially families, the new Bicycle Plan would make it safer and easier to get around the city by bike.

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Op-ed: Draft bicycle plan is good, but not good enough

by Dave Campbell Sept. 06, 2016, 3:17 p.m.October 4, 2022

Bike Plan drafting. Photo: Courtesy Dave Campbell Berkeley’s draft bicycle plan, released Aug. 29, is a good improvement over its current plan, and is better than most bicycle plans currently under development in other East Bay cities such as Concord, Pleasanton and Moraga. But Bike East Bay members and thousands of people who bicycle in […]

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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Sept. 11, 2015, 1:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

The annual Solano Stroll will be on Sunday, Sept. 13. Visit the Berkeleyside booth near Peet’s. Photo: Neil Mishalov SOLANO STROLL The forecast is for a break in the heatwave this weekend, so it should be pleasant to amble down Solano Avenue with tens of thousands of others on Sunday at the annual Solano Stroll. As always, […]

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Op-ed: The decay of Berkeley’s infrastructure

by Isabelle Gaston May 11, 2015, 7:35 p.m.October 4, 2022

On May 12, the city of Berkeley’s budget manager, Teresa Berkeley-Simmons, will present to city council the proposed spending over the next five years for capital improvements. This includes money to be spent on sidewalks, streets, parks, storm drains, sewers, and transportation such as bike improvement projects. Between 2016 and 2020, Berkeley plans to decrease […]

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Bay Area Bike Share slated to expand to East Bay in 2016

by Kathleen Costanza May 06, 2015, 9:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

Bay Area Bike Share in San Francisco: after some hiccups, the program should be running in the East Bay by 2016. Photo: Kathleen Costanza There may have been some bumps in the road, but Bay Area Bike Share is set to expand to Berkeley and the East Bay in 2016. In early April, officials announced […]

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