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Checking In On Downtown Oakland Projects: 3-21-2008
I recently had occasion to check out some of the new projects under construction in downtown Oakland, so this post will provide a pictorial update of the construction reported in this post from last October. This post will be mostly photos; for more context and details on the projects, please check out that earlier post. … Continue reading
Reader Inquiry: Ridership on AC Transit’s Transbay O Route
Reader Inquiry: Ridership on AC Transit’s Transbay O Route. I noticed that someone has hit this site a few times, searching for ridership information on AC Transit’s O route, which is the transbay route that largely runs on the Alameda portion of the 51/851 route. This is a question that before now has remained unanswered … Continue reading
East Bay BRT Hits Snag at Lake Merritt
Courtesy Flickr member in2jazz. The Berkeley Daily Planet mentioned last week a problem point in the planning of the proposed East Bay bus rapid transit route, which would run from Berkeley to San Leandro via Telegraph Avenue, downtown Oakland, and East 14th Street. The issue concerns the new street replacing the expressway around Lake Merritt, … Continue reading
A Ferry for Oyster Point
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transit Authority dreams of a bright day in the future when many points all around the Bay will be accessible via an expanded ferry network that would carry many more passengers, make more effective connections to buses and rail, and generally be regarded as a serious alternative to … Continue reading
Altamont Bypassed
This is a post I started to write a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, a couple weeks of illness and the general pandemonium of the holidays prevented me from finishing it in a timely fashion, but better late than never, right? Somehow, this blog has been running for a few months now, with barely a single … Continue reading
Subway Dream (East Bay)
If you haven’t gotten to it already, please check out the introductory post. Also, the San Francisco half of the map can be found in this post. Unlike the San Francisco half of the map, which takes a stab at expanding both the BART and Muni Metro systems, the East Bay half of the map … Continue reading
A Fight Over the Secret Garden
The Oakland Tribune reports today about a public scoping meeting that will take place at Oakland City Hall, tonight at the 6:00 pm Planning Commission meeting. The goal of the meeting is to receive public commentary about a project in planning, a new tower at 222 19th Street known as Emerald Views. Soaring to 457 … Continue reading
Downtown Oakland Construction: 10-25-2007
There are some exciting construction projects rising in downtown Oakland these days, since many of the projects that were initially proposed in response to Jerry Brown’s 10K downtown revitalization plan are finally emerging from the planning process and becoming a reality. This post will attempt to cover some of the more high profile downtown projects, … Continue reading
Envisioning a Carfree Auto Row
Oakland’s Broadway is analogous to Market Street in San Francisco, and the analogy is especially strong downtown. Both are major transit streets served by both subway rail and a confluence of surface bus lines, and both streets are the main spine of their respective downtowns. It seems natural for the energy of lower Broadway to … Continue reading
Berkeley NIMBY Ordinance Holds the Elmwood District Hostage
Bolfing’s Elmwood Hardware, the famous hardware store which opened in 1923 and has since come to be a key fixture of the Elmwood District in South Berkeley, is in danger of closing its doors — and this only months after Telegraph Avenue lost Cody’s Books, a venerable Berkeley institution of 50 years. Why is Elmwood … Continue reading
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