Walk Bike Berkeley

Thursday, March 12 - 4:15PM Safe Streets For All - Show up for Bike Lanes on Hopkins! The planned Hopkins bike lanes are threatened once again What: Peaceful demonstration at the intersection of Hopkins and Monterey to show the City of Berkeley and the City Council that they need to finish what they started and build protected bike lanes on Hopkins when the street is repaved. When: Thursday March 12, 2026, 4:15pm-5:15pm. Gather at 4:15pm at King School Park on Hopkins. Demonstration to be followed by a bike ride to City Hall.

Safe Streets for All = Protected Bike Lanes on Hopkins!

Join us for a rally and ride this Thursday, March 12, 4:15pm at King School Park.

Proud to see that my representatives in Sacramento, Asm. Wicks (@buffywicks.bsky.social) and Sen. Jesse Arreguin (@jessearreguin.bsky.social) both received better than perfect scores on the @streetsforall.org 2025 Mobility Report Card.

Check out your legislators!

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Kidical Mass ride into spring at Waterside Workshops with Mayor Adena Ishii (@mayoradenaishii.bsky.social) this Saturday, March 14!

Tell the City to charge $ car storage in the public right of way!

Our hearts go out to the victim. Safety improvements on Oxford can’t come soon enough.

Tomorrow!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Walk Bike Berkeley: Hopkins Teach-In. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. When Hopkins is repaved, it should receive pedestrian, bicycle, and transit improvements consistent with Council-approved plans and policies. Bicycle improvements should provide low stress connections...

Hopkins Street is back, but the news isn’t good. A new proposal would pave the street without previously-approved bicycle and transit improvements.

Learn more at our Hopkins Teach-In on Monday, March 9 at 7-8pm (virtual).

Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Take the survey! Tell the City to charge for street parking on evenings and Sundays. Managing street parking in commercial areas to ensure parking availability benefits all road users.

New hit-and-run crash sparks concerns at Zachary's Corner A UC Berkeley student spoke out this week after a hit-and-run driver struck her, causing lasting injuries, in one of Berkeley's high-injury corridors.

“I am angry that the city that I love allowed an accident that should not have happened."
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Local dad still unconscious after being hit in Berkeley crosswalk "He might wake up tomorrow or he might wake up in a month. It's hard to predict," his brother, Luis Soto, told The Scanner.

EXCLUSIVE: For Luis Soto, it all began with a mysterious voicemail from Highland Hospital saying his younger brother, Diego, might have been admitted. When he finally got through, the news was horrific. "I'm praying every day," he told us. "All the friends and family are praying for Diego."

"WE RIDE IN UNITY SAT 1/31 2026 10:00 AM MEET 10:30 AM ROLL EAST BAY RIDE: ROCKRIDGE BART PLAZA RIDE TOGETHER STAND TOGETHER"

"Alex was one of us, could’ve been any of us, so as we mourn, all of us can come together in unity to remember Alex for what he was."

Join us for a memorial ride, 10am Saturday at Rockridge BART.

There will be donations requested for local Bay Area ICE defense networks & for Minneapolis orgs.

Black graphic reading "when we talk about safe streets, we don't just mean bike lanes. No matter how people move through our streets— whether by bike, in a car, rolling in a wheelchair, or marching in protest— they should be able to do so freely, without fear of violence."

The attacks on everyday people in the streets of Minneapolis betray the values of safe, thriving communities. These aren't isolated tragedies: they're the result of a system that treats public space as a battleground and our neighbors as expendable.

Full statement at bikeeastbay.org/minneapolis-...

Let’s gooooo 🚌🚇

Thanks everyone who acted! As we requested, the proposal to pave Hopkins without bike or transit improvements was referred to Council’s infrastructure committee, which will hopefully modify it before it goes to full Council. More to come!

Thanks everyone! As we requested, the proposal to pave Hopkins without bike or transit improvements was referred to Council’s infrastructure committee, which will hopefully modify it before it goes to full Council. More to come!

Hopkins is an incredibly important street for Berkeley and surrounding cities. It’s a destination and critical for school access.

It would be a huge loss for Berkeley to pave Hopkins without making it safe for ALL users, including people walking and rolling.

Take 2 minutes to email the Council:

We welcome anyone who walks, bikes, scoots, skates, drives, or takes transit on Hopkins!

Save bike and transit improvements on Hopkins Street! In a stunning reversal of an earlier 8-1 council vote, the Berkeley City Council is proposing to move forward on Hopkins Street repaving without any bike or transit infrastructure improvements. There...

🚨Action Alert🚨
Berkeley Council is considering repaving Hopkins without bike and transit improvements! Tell them to make Hopkins safe for all:
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The campaign to save Bay Area transit kicks off this Friday! Join events happening across the region as we start collecting the 200k signatures needed to get this initiative on the November ballot.

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Berkeley Bikeways in Development (Jan 2025 update) – Felt The only cloud-native GIS platform.

Berkeley has a lot of exciting projects in the works for 2026-28, including quite a few overdue bike boulevard upgrades to add traffic calming, diverters, & major intersection crossings. Check out my map w clickable details & links here, & let me know if I missed anything!

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Ava has helped 2,746 people get on e-bikes since last July. Apply for Ava Bike Electric for a chance to receive an instant rebate of $400 to $1,500 off a new e-bike. Drawings take place every month through September 2026.

Visit AvaEnergy.org/bike-electric or the link in our bio to apply!

Over 2,000 East Bay residents bought e-bikes with vouchers in the last 6 months The Ava Energy e-bike voucher program has become a popular way for East Bay residents to buy bicycles.

“An e-bike rebate program run by a local energy agency had a massive impact in its first six months, with nearly 2,750 new e-bikes subsidized in its first six months.”
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San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Public Review Draft Comments Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

A survey for the San Pablo Ave plan is available here & open through January 9. Please take a few minutes to fill it out & leave a comment for "Chapter 5 - Streets" demanding a corridor study be initiated NOW, not after the county project.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/T5HX8YR

Increasing housing opportunities & density around San Pablo Avenue is a great thing. But doing so w/o simultaneously providing better access, safety, & service for public transit, biking, & walking is dangerous. New residents make transportation decisions based on what's available when they move in.

Thanks @oaklandside.org for covering the ballooning cost & timeline for the Oakland-S Berkeley San Pablo Ave bike/bus project. @bikeeastbay.bsky.social will be posting about ways to get involved soon, so register for updates here to learn more: BikeEastBay.org/SPA

Join workshop to make walking, biking to Downtown schools safer | City of Berkeley Learn and share thoughts about improving road safety near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary on October 29. Come to an in-person workshop to talk to staff about proposed road changes near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary schools. These changes aim to increase safety for those on bikes and foot in the area.Over the past decade, there have been more than 450 crashes within a half-mile radius of Washington Elementary School. Of those, 46 led to severe injuries. Three people died.The key corridor is Martin Luther King Jr. Way, which separates the two schools. The proposed changes will also stretch to nearby streets.

Do you live near Berkeley High or Washington Elementary, or do you have children enrolled there? Come join us at a workshop tomorrow to help make walking and biking to, from, and around the schools safer.

📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary

Community Message:

Apply for subsidy to buy an electric bicycle | City of Berkeley Berkeley residents can enter monthly lottery to win rebate of up to $1,500 to buy an e-bike, making it even easier to bike around Berkeley. Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.The rebate will cover part of the cost of your new e-bike. Those selected will receive a personalized rebate code via email to buy an e-bike within 60 days from one of more than two dozen shops countywide – including five in Berkeley.This program is being offered by Ava Community Energy, the local electricity provider for virtually all residential and commercial accounts in Berkeley.

🚴🚴🚴Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.

Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:

It’s 10pm. This marks the first time since November 2019 when there is no way to cross from Richmond to San Rafael without a car.

Thanks to the @mtcbata.bsky.social plan, endorsed by Caltrans & approved by the Bay Conservation & Development Commission there is now no trail, no shuttle, & no bus.

Join workshop to make walking, biking to Downtown schools safer | City of Berkeley Learn and share thoughts about improving road safety near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary on October 29. Come to an in-person workshop to talk to staff about proposed road changes near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary schools. These changes aim to increase safety for those on bikes and foot in the area.Over the past decade, there have been more than 450 crashes within a half-mile radius of Washington Elementary School. Of those, 46 led to severe injuries. Three people died.The key corridor is Martin Luther King Jr. Way, which separates the two schools. The proposed changes will also stretch to nearby streets.

Come to an in-person workshop to talk to staff about proposed road changes near Berkeley High and Washington Elementary schools. These changes aim to increase safety for those on bikes and foot in the area.

📅Oct. 29 5:30-6:30pm
📌Washington Elementary

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Claremont Avenue traffic safety meeting draws a crowd Since 2013, there have been seven severe-injury crashes on Claremont Avenue and one, over the summer, that was fatal.

“Audience members also cheered in response to a bid for action over more studies.”
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