It was the highest number of traffic deaths the city has seen since at least 1984, the Berkeley Police Department found.
Pedestrian safety
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Police arrest hit-and-run suspect found hiding in hotel room
A 58-year-old Berkeley man was charged with vehicular hit-and-run causing injury, driving without a license and parole violation.
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Path Wanderers co-founder on the mend after driver hit her in crosswalk
A driver struck 90-year-old Jacque Ensign as she walked on Marin Avenue near her North Berkeley home earlier this month.
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Cyclist and pedestrian sent to hospital after separate car crashes on Marin
The crashes took place Thursday and Friday just one block apart.
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Street projects at North Berkeley BART aim to make walking, biking safer
A new stoplight at Virginia and Sacramento streets will soon be joined by other changes around the station.
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Man struck in Berkeley crosswalk in alleged DUI crash has died, police say
“It hasn’t hit me yet,” his daughter told Berkeleyside this week. “I just don’t know what I’m going to do without him.”
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Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after striking pedestrian on San Pablo
A pedestrian suffered major injuries after being hit by a driver in a van on San Pablo Avenue on Thursday afternoon, police report.
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Dana Street redesign to add protected bike track, cut car lane near UC Berkeley
It could be the first of several street changes in the Southside neighborhood to benefit pedestrians, bicyclists and public transit riders.
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Berkeley pedestrian, 54, hit by police officer in vehicle
The victim spent one night at the hospital, but may need surgery.
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Milvia Street getting 1 mile of protected bike lanes through downtown
A project to make a dangerous, highly trafficked stretch of Milvia Street safer for cyclists is expected to wrap up in January.
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Should there be bike lanes on Hopkins Street? What will that do to parking?
The city of Berkeley is soliciting ideas on how to make Hopkins Street available to all, but the process has not been smooth.
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Berkeley police ticket 32 drivers who failed to stop for pedestrians
Earlier this week, Berkeley police ticketed dozens of drivers who blew through crosswalks where pedestrians were trying to walk, the department reports.