@colburn
#Oakland doesn't even pretend to enforce laws against delivery vehicles parking in bike lanes.
0 tickets were issued for bike lane violations to the big delivery companies from 2010-2022.
And only 33 were issues for other parking violations.
#VisionZero #BikeOAK #BikeOakland #BikeEastBay #BikeLanes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8AuKf3g7J1AIu5XwB6yb3ZSp7KMq9Gy4aQIAwp-En4/edit?usp=sharing

Another bike lane video from yesterday. There is 20 feet of legal curbside parking next to these two empty pickup trucks, but their owners left them parked in the bike lane anyway, because they know the City of #Oakland tolerates flagrant illegality like this. This part of 38th Ave almost always has several vehicles blocking the bike lane, and some drivers even use it for overnight parking, because they know they won't be ticketed, never mind towed. #BikeOAK #BikeOakland #BikeEastBay #BikeLanes #Cycling

Drivers are always innovating new ways of scaring cyclists. Yesterday, right after I had ridden around one empty car parked in the Telegraph bike lane, the driver parked in the bike lane 30 feet ahead of it suddenly put his car in reverse as I approached it from behind, only putting his foot on the brake AFTER his Prius started moving backwards. (He ended up making an illegal U-turn after I passed him, so I'm chalking this one up to sheer lack of driving skills, since he probably didn't mean to reverse at all.) #Oakland #BikeOAK #BikeOakland #BikeEastBay #BikeLanes #Cycling

@colburn
At tonight's #Oakland #D4 budget hearing many people support traffic safety, moving police funding to other departments.
Berkeley liberals moved to Oakland

TBF, many of us are over 60.
And some newcomers support hiring more police

#JananiRamachandran
#VisionZero

#berkeley #BikeEastBay

Nobody expects the Berkeley inquisition.

Actually, it is sadly predictable. "Progressive" cities like #Berkeley are now full of wealthy liberals with "THINK GREEN" bumper stickers on their Priuses and Subarus, who write a check to the Sierra Club with one hand while shaking a pitchfork with the other when anyone tries to take away any parking spots for a bike lane. #BikeEastBay

A couple routine examples from yesterday of why cyclists should avoid riding in the door zone. These weren't close calls, but if I'd been riding closer to the parked cars, they could have been, and even so, I was being careless enough that I swerved a bit in each case. #Cycling #Oakland #BikeOakland #BikeEastBay #GoOutside

Oaklandside has a very thorough recounting of the automotive attacks on bike riders on Friday and Saturday, which were even more extensive than I realized. Impressive work by activists (and the reporter) to gather all this info.

I hope these incidents light a fire under #Oakland #Emeryville & #Berkeley politicos to get more serious about car violence, whether intentional or accidental. Not holding my breath, though. #BikeOAK #BikeEastBay @BikeEastBay

https://oaklandside.org/2023/02/14/east-bay-bicyclists-frightened-by-string-of-recent-car-attacks/

Repping #BikeEastBay and the #RadicalBikeLobby today. It’s gorgeous in #Oakland. Get out there!

Your mileage may vary. #BikeEastBay #BikeOAK #BikeOakland #MilesPerBurrito #YMMV

I’ve learned that I should be spinning more and pushing less when I ride my bicycle. It did get me to work five minutes faster but it was much less pleasant. #SlowcCycling #BikeEastBay