In good news, City Council voted at its July 7 meeting to place an infrastructure bond on the November ballot, which would give voters the opportunity to decide its future. The measure passed 4–1, with Councilmember Daysog casting the sole dissenting vote. At its next meeting on July 21, they will have a final vote …
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What is Week Without Driving? Week Without Driving is a national event designed to help raise awareness and improve understanding of the daily challenges faced by those who can’t or don’t drive, which is nearly a third of us! It challenges participants to rely solely on walking, biking, transit, and other non-driving modes for an …
Caltrans District 4 is updating its 2018 Bike Plan, and is looking for input through this survey. Please take a minute to fill it out if you want a better way to bike or walk across the estuary in the West End (ie, something better than the path in the Posey Tube), drop a pin …
It was so great to see all the bikes at the parade this year, especially Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft on her e-bike kicking it off, the Alameda Democratic Club, and the dragons, fairies, maidens, and knights of the Cargo Bike Brigade — they slayed it! Thanks to the organizers and participants for such a creative, colorful event!
Check out the new San Francisco Bay Trail segment (and Watermelon Rock) along Doolittle Drive. It’s part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, which includes 748 acres of protected marshland, picnic sites, bird watching platforms, boat ramps, and miles of shoreline trail. There are more trail gaps to close still, but this is …
UPDATE! Join us Saturday, June 3rd at 10AM to Plant Pat Potter Memorial Grove Great news! Thanks to your generous support, we have raised enough money to plant over 20 trees in Pat Potter’s honor! Thanks to people like you who donated, to the City of Alameda, and 100K Trees for Humanity, we invite you …
The Planning Board recently approved a housing development at the old Pennzoil site, and with it will come more Cross Alameda Trail! For many years, this small but important gap in the trail between Hibbard and Grand has been a big question mark, a “TBD” on the CAT vision map. We’re excited to now be …