Many Berkeley residents want traffic calming on their streets, but changes are slow as the city struggles with vacancies in its transportation office.
Traffic safety
Posted inTransportation
Watch for road work on Ashby, Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Two projects by the city and Caltrans aim to improve pedestrian safety and curb ramps along the busy streets.
Posted inCity
Vacancies, turmoil in Berkeley Transportation Division threaten street projects
City officials have been raising concern for months about the backlog of projects in the short-staffed division. Now its leader is out amid an investigation into the office.
Posted inCity
Update: After another crash on San Pablo, traffic signal finally turned on
The pedestrian signal was installed at Virginia Street and San Pablo Avenue last fall. Two people were hit by drivers and injured as it sat dark.
Posted inCity
Bike advocate Dave Campbell announces he’s leaving the East Bay after 24 years
Campbell showed bicyclists how to organize to make streets safer for everyone. And he made advocacy fun.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Cyclist seriously injured in Northwest Berkeley crash
Caltrans installed a crossing signal earlier this year at the intersection where the crash happened, but hasn’t activated it.
Posted inCity
Berkeley could ban right turns on red in push for street safety
Several cities across the country are rethinking right on red amid an increase in serious traffic crashes.
Posted inObituaries
Remembering Enid Young, psychoanalyst hit by an SUV while walking in the Berkeley Hills
A creative, compassionate Buddhist, Young was an expert in chronic pain and formed a nonprofit for veterans with traumatic brain injuries.
Posted inCity
Berkeley remembers William Evans, veteran hit and killed by truck driver
Friends, neighbors and safe street advocates gathered to commemorate the Marine veteran who lost both legs in Vietnam and his life in downtown Berkeley.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Truck driver hits and kills man in wheelchair in downtown Berkeley
William Evans, 72, was hit at the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way late Thursday morning.
Posted inCity
Woman, child hit by driver in North Berkeley crosswalk
Neither the woman nor her son suffered major injuries and the driver stayed at the scene afterward, police said.
Posted inCity
East Bay Bike Party cyclists reeling from hit-and-run
Organizers of the monthly rides — which often traverse Oakland and Berkeley — say it’s just another example of aggressive behavior by people behind the wheel.
