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On the Street: Update on the Grand Avenue Plan (Sept. 2024)
Here’s an update on timing around the Grand Avenue traffic plan.
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On the Street: Timing (and input) is everything
The plan to rework the traffic flows on Grand Avenue has been controversial. This month we look at the timing for how and when any plans will be implemented.
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Oakland’s Bicycle Plan
Learn about Oakland’s visionary Bike Plan which is guiding the remaking of miles of Oakland streets.
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Businesses or Bikes?
The plan to reorganize traffic patterns on Grand Avenue will be great for bicyclists but may be a disaster for businesses and those in cars. Learn more and weigh in!
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Changing how we get on and around 580
How will we enter 580W and how will we cross Santa Clara when the overpass is removed? That’s the topic of Jerry Barclay’s story, part of an ongoing series about traffic changes that may be heading in our direction.
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On the Street
Traffic improvement or disaster? By Jerry Barclay Re-imagining the intersection of Grand, Lake Park, and Santa Clara Avenues might be a transportation engineer’s dream assignment (or major headache). Anchored by the Grand Lake Theater and Splash Pad Park on one side with the freeway entrance and AIMS College Prep School on the other, it’s a…
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Homegrown Landscape Architect – David Thorne
by Jerry Barclay Landscape Architect David Thorne’s Oakland legacies run deep. His father, Beverley D. Thorne, was a noted modernist architect who uniquely developed the use of steel as the structure for his residential designs (more on this later). The offices of David Thorne Landscape Architect are located at 3315 Grand Avenue – the original…
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Farmers Market Has a New Lease on Life
by Jerry Barclay If you wandered through the Farmers Market on the Saturday before last, you may have wondered why a small group of people adjacent to the Information Booth had their arms held high with red plastic cups in hand. They were there to celebrate an announcement AIM CEO Andy Naja-Riese had made…
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