February 2026
- Alameda Gets the Gold!
- Bay Farm Island Update
- New Laws around E-bikes and E-motos
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Why Cargo E-bikes are the Missing Middle of Transportation
- Campaign to Avert Bay Area Public Transit Death Spiral Gets Underway
- A ‘Demographic Time Bomb’ Is About To Go Off — And the Transportation Sector Isn’t Ready
- Nearly One in Five Americans Want to Ditch the Car
- Is N.J.-Style Bikelash Coming For Your State Next?
- Upcoming Events and Classes
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January 2026
- New Year, New…E-bike?
- Intersection Plans for Gibbons/High/Fernside Deferred
- Sharing our Trails
- Join the Pothole Challenge
- This City Has the Bay Area’s Worst Streets. It’s Not S.F. or Oakland.
- The Right to Wind in Your Hair
- Traffic Deaths in San Francisco Fell in 2025: What this Does & Doesn’t Mean
- A Bright Idea for Road Safety: Traffic Light Timing
- The Fire Department vs. Traffic Safety Advocates
- The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly
- International Blvd is Now Much Safer
- License to Kill (Part 3 of 3): 15 DUIs, Still Driving: California’s Failure to Take Repeat Drunk Drivers Off the Road
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
November 2025
- The Debut of Alameda’s First Neighborhood Greenway
- Hallo-meda Fun
- Gibbons/High/Fernside Goes to Council
- West Alameda Site Level Leaders Wanted
- Why More Parents are Riding Cargo Bikes, Skipping the Minivan
- A Step Forward: How “Complete Streets” and Neighborhood Walkability Make Streets Safer for Older Adults
- The E-Bike ‘Problem’ is an E-Moto Problem
- Speed Cameras are a Good Start for Safe Streets
- School Crossing Guards Face Life-Threatening Dangers on the Job
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
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October 2025
- #ConesAndDozers, Part 2
- More Bike Capacity for Seaplane Ferry Passengers
- The Need for Speed (Humps)
- Update on Fernside/Gibbons/High Intersection Improvements
- Shareables: Learning from Vancouver, Mayor Ashcraft‘s Best Practices for E-bikes, Oakland to Pay $7M to Cyclists Injured by Pothole; Top 10 Bicycle-friendly Cities to Visit in North America this Fall; Beyond Highways; Wildfire Smoke is Killing Americans
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
September 2025
- Funding our Future
- Alameda Participates in “Week Without Driving”
- #ConesAndDozers
- Shareables: Active Transportation: Youth Cyclists and E-Bikes, Lakeshore Ave Protected Bike Lane Honors Oakland Girl who Died in Collision, Cities Matter More than Ever, Look Both Ways, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, The 10 Most Common Myths About Cyclists
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
View the September newsletter >
July 2025
- No Rain on this Parade!
- Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle Turns 1
- New E-bike Incentive Alert!
- Shareables: The Alameda Aquatic Center, Redesigning Disney World for Cars, Bikenomics, A Classic Childhood Pastime is Fading, Does Constant Driving Really Make our Country Richer?
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
June 2025
- A Joyous Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Day
- Caltrans Revises Otis and Doolittle Plans
- Street Safety Enforcement: Updates to the “Fine” Print
- JSOSP Connectors Coming Soon!
- Ride of Silence
- Shareables: MTC Canceled Bridge Bike Lane Meetings Because Staff Findings Showed it Should Stay Open, SF Speed Cameras Arleady Catching More than 1,000 Violations a Day, Racing KIds Around in Speeding Boxes is Slowing them Down, Time to Ban Right Turns on Red Lights in Cities Across North America
- Fav Retweets
- Upcoming Events and Classes
May 2025
- Happy Bike Month!
- Budget Season
- Construction!
- New Report: Traffic Crashes Cost San Francisco $500M a Year
- Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
- Explainer: What Is a Road Diet—And Why Should Cities Embrace It?
- Where Does ‘Motonormativity’ Come From — And Which Country Has It Worst?
- Growing Old in a New Town: 15-minute Cities, Loneliness and Elderly People’s Mobility
April 2025
- Pop in to a Pop Up!
- Hope for the Lincoln Speedway
- Willie Stargell Avenue Complete Street Corridor Goes to Council
- Fernside Update
- The Top Countries on the World Happiness Report Love Riding Bicycles
- States Push to Shift Road Funds to Transit and Bike Projects as Trump Threatens Cuts
- Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft to Join National Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety
- The User-Pay Myth: We All Pay for Our Roads, Not Just Drivers
- The Economic and Health Costs of Cutting Funding for Family-Friendly Communities
March 2025
- Help Save Lincoln Avenue Improvements!
- Fernside Goes to Council
- Draft Bay Area Bike Plan Update is Out
- Strongest Town Contest
- More Americans are Riding Bicycles than Ever Before, Report States
- U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Grant Infrastructure, Bikes
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February 2025
- Tragedy on Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway
- Update on the Willie Stargell Complete Street Project
- The Pavement Management Program: A Sleeper Hit
- Federal Funding at Risk
- We’re on Bluesky!
- Urban Bikeway Design Guide
- StreetSmart (Podcast)
- UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’
- Can San Francisco Stop Traffic Violence? So Far, Efforts are Failing
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January 2025
- Alameda’s New Council and Other Election Reflections
- 2025: A Big Year for Infrastructure
- Fernside Bouldevard Traffic Calming and Bikeways Update
- The 15 Minute City
- Bike Lanes Gave Me “Permission” to Ditch My Car
- The Car That Wanted to Be a Bike
- Freedom to Move: Investing in Transportation Choices for a Clean, Prosperous, and Just Future
- Meeting the Moment After the 2024 Elections
View the January 2025 newsletter >
November 2024
- A Ribbon Cutting!
- Woodstock News
- Estuary Bridge Update
- Highlights from California’s 2024 Legislative Session
- The Safe Systems Pyramid: Treating Traffic Deaths Like an Epidemic
- Bikeside Chat
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October 2024
- Election Season Is Here! Do You Know Where Your Candidates Stand?
- Another Beast of a Commission Meeting
- Update on Neighborhood Greenways
- The Art of Taking it Slow
- Incomplete Streets: Aligning Practice with Promise in Caltrans Projects
- Why Cars Suck
- Why Car Companies Might Finally Have to Care About Pedestrian Safety
- The Case Against Driving City Kids to School
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September 2024
- The Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Part IV)
- Highlights from a Beast of a Transportation Commission Meeting
- Elections are Coming!
- Commentary: Let’s Talk About Woodstock the Water Shuttle V2.0
- Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System
- The Secret to Japan’s Great Cities
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August 2024
- Improve — Don’t Remove — Our Slow Streets!
- The Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Part III)
- Project Updates
- This is the Bay Area’s most harrowing bike ride. Is it about to be history?
- “I’m on a Boat” (Part III)
- ‘This is not a blip’: A quiet movement grows on San Francisco’s streets
- Cyclists Are Taking Over Paris for the Olympic Games
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July 2024
- How Long Do We Plan on Living in Alameda?
- The Estuary Water Shuttle: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Part II)
- The Fourth of July Parade: “Come On In! The Water’s Fine!”
- The Beauty — and Benefits — of Cargo Bikes
- I’m a Nondriver — and There’s a Good Chance You Are, Too
- Not Just Bikes: More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing (Video)
- What Makes a Good Network?
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June 2024
- If It Fits, It Sits (And What to Do About It)
- Input Wanted: Fernside Boulevard Designs
- Update on Neighborhood Greenways
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Part I)
- Book Launch: Save the Planet in Your Spare Time
- City Limits
- Not Just Bikes: What is the Correct Speed (Video)
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May 2024
- Happy Bike Month!
- A Refresh for Webster Street
- Survey Lovers, Rejoice
- “Immediate Action” on Traffic Safety in Alameda vs. Out at Alameda Point
- The Reckless Policies that Helped Fill our Streets with Ridiculously Large Cars
- How to Hit the Trail with Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle
- Five Car Culture Euphemisms We Need to Stop Using
View the May 2024 newsletter >
April 2024
- Organizational Changes at Bike Walk Alameda
- The 2024 Work Plan
- A 15-MInute City in the Making
- Update on AMP’s E-bike Rebate
- Hoboken Touts Success of Vision Zero Safety Program
- American Society Wasn’t Always so Car-Centric. Our Future Doesn’t Have to Be, Either.
- 4 Car-Free US Destinations
- Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future
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March 2024
- Calling on Council for a Course Correction
- All About Alameda’s Neighborhood Greenways
- If You Build It, They Will Come
- Fight for Bike Lockers at South Shore
- Traffic safety for all road users: A paired comparison study of high/low bicycling rates
- Dublin aims to double cycling over the next four years with 15-minute city plan
- NOFOs
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February 2024
- Heads Up: 2023 Transportation Report and 2024 Work Plan Coming Soon!
- Reclaiming Bay Farm School Bike Lanes
- Have a Bike to Donate?
- Drive Less, Live More: How States Can Lead the Way in Climate-Smart Transportation
- 5Q4: George Stephens
- Fernside Boulevard: 85% and 5%
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January 2024
- A Big Thank You to Joyce!
- Getting to Woodstock
- Other Free Public Shuttles in Alameda
- Cheers to the New Year, and New Laws
- A New MUTCD
- Johns Hopkins Study Recommends Narrow Travel Lanes
- You Shouldn’t Be Driving Over 100 mph—and Your Car Shouldn’t Let You
- Local Events and Classes
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Holiday Letter
November 2023
- The Cross Alameda Trail (CAT) is Purring Along
- California’s 2023 Legislative Recap
- A Boo-tiful Alameda Halloween
- Celebrating Four Years of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Path: What’s Next?
- Winter Getaway by Train
- A Modern Era: E-bikes are Replacing Horse and Buggy for Some Amish Communities
- Local Events and Classes
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October 2023
- All Aboard the Bike Bus!
- Cargo-Curious Bike Guide
- Our Cycle September Winner is…
- Main Street Ferry Terminal Upgrades
- 6PPD and Thee
- Green Schools
- California at a Crossroads: Unleashing Climate Progress in Transportation Planning
- Local Events and Classes
View the October 2023 newsletter >
September 2023
- Electric Cargo Bikes: Too Cool for School
- Cycle September is Rolling
- Bay Farm Bay Trail and Other Infrastructure Updates
- Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge Progress
- Local Events and Classes
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August 2023
- Grand Street Design and Funding Approved!
- The San Francisco Bay Trail Grows
- Encinal Upgrades
- A Blue Ribbon for the Cargo Bike Brigade
- Recommended Listening (Podcast): Freeway Exit
- Local Events and Classes