Editor’s note: Bike East Bay posted an update on progress in Oakland. Streetsblog shares their post below. It took years of hard advocacy work, but the city is in various phases of construction on six concrete-and-parking protected bike lanes. Here’s Bike East Bay’s list of projects:
7th St. / E 8th St. from Fallon to 5th Ave., past Laney College (see lead image).
This one is being built via a routine paving contract, including concrete islands & curb stops (not yet installed). Drivers are already behaving well & parking in the correct spots even before the curbs have been installed…