Article by Laura McCamy.
Last updated at Fri, 23 Dec at 12:22pm.

The East Bay Bicycle Coalition and Walk Oakland Bike Oakland recently gathered to celebrate 2011’s bicycling victories, including 18 miles of new or improved bikeways, 292 new bicycle parking racks and a Safe Routes to School grant that will fund a valet bicycle parking station near 19th Street BART.

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 13 Sep at 1:49pm.

from our friends at WOBO: On Friday September 16th, Oakland businesses and organizations will participate in International Park(ing) Day by transforming metered parking spaces into alternative public uses such as campfires and miniature parks. International Park(ing) Day, started in 2005, challenges people to rethink the way streets are used.

Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Mon, 16 May at 2:12am.

Just over a year after San Francisco welcomed its first parklet, Oakland is gearing up to see its own streetscape installations as soon as administratively possible - if not earlier.

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sat, 17 Jul at 8:11am.

Oakland Local loves Oaklavia; so it was super to see this movie and post by the wonderful Streets Films go up - with a lovely video of the event you can show your friends before the next one (yep, there will be another).

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 30 Jun at 6:15am.

Oaklanders turned out in force for the first Oaklavia, a Sunday afternoon party that shut down 2 miles of streets to automotive traffic, freeing t

Article by Laura McCamy.
Last updated at Tue, 15 Jun at 1:12am.

Modeled on the Ciclovia - which started in Bogotá, Colombia, and has since spread to cities around the globe - this WalkOaklandBikeOakland sponsored event is the first in the East Bay.

Article by Laura McCamy.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Jun at 11:54pm.

As the number of cyclists on the streets of Oakland has grown, cycling deaths remain rare.  Only one cyclist was killed in all of 2008.  Waves of concern recently radiated through the cycling community when two cyclists were killed in collisions in less than one month.

Article by Laura McCamy.
Last updated at Wed, 24 Mar at 6:18am.

In 2006, a group of residents in the Oakland/Harrison Street neighborhood saw an opportunity in the proposed development of the new Whole Foods Store in their neighborhood. Through committed advocacy, they secured improved pedestrian access to the  neighborhood and new bicycle lanes. 

Rather than resting on their laurels, they decided to expand their success and create a citywide advocacy organization focused on bicycle and pedestrian issues.  That was the birth of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO).  Kassie Rohrbach, a veteran organizer around issues of climate change and sustainable energy, became the group’s first Executive Director this January.