Very exciting to see WOBO get some ink in the East Bay Express – thanks to them for highlighting our hard work to make Oakland a better place to ride a bike and walk to our local neighborhoods and schools!

On a Roll | Eco Watch | East Bay Express.

And let’s hear it for the importance of WOBO and all of you – and the difference we’ve made and will make!

Jason Patton, City of Oakland bicycle and pedestrian program manager, said he’s grateful for Walk Oakland Bike Oakland’s presence in city government, especially when it pushes Oakland to do things it normally wouldn’t. “Working with organized groups who have views and positions is much easier than working with a heterogeneous public,” he said. “It helps tremendously when there’s a self-organizing factor in the community.”

SFgate  In Oakland blog : Oakland BRT meetings start today.

This week important community meetings are taking place to get feedback from Oaklanders on the future bus rapid transit project that will connect Berkeley/the O/San Leandro via Telegraph, downtown, and International.  Show up, be heard!

Thursday, January 21st: 6-8 PM, East Oakland Youth Development Center, 8200 International Boulevard

Tuesday, January 26th: 6-8 PM, Faith Presbyterian Church, 420 49th Street

Wednesday, January 27th: 11 AM – 1 PM, Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 2, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza

Wednesday, January 27th: 5-7 PM, Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 4, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza

Thursday, January 28th: 6-8 PM, St. Louis Bertrand Church, 1410 100th Avenue

New shuttle bus service to serve downtown Oakland – ContraCostaTimes.com.

For those of use working in DTO, it is great to see a shuttle starting up to get around.  Having this available helps access Jack London, Old Oakland, the Uptown/Arts district and Pill Hill!  Easy to use to shorten otherwise long walks and a nice alternative to riding sometimes.

Hope this is just the first of many improvements in downtown to make it easier to get around without a car.

“(Councilmember) Kaplan said she and other city officials also hope that new bus shuttle can be the first step toward developing an electric streetcar system to the downtown some time in the future. Streetcars ran in downtown Oakland in the 1940s.”