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Plan outlines major improvements to Oakland’s bicycle network and introduces brand new cycling programming

The City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) announced today the issuing of the City’s first official e-scooter permits. The permits will allow four operators to provide the popular shared mobility service while holding them accountable to concerns voiced by Oakland residents.

The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the Lakeside Green Streets Project!

Oakland is proud to be the first Bay Area city to offer Adaptive Bike Share for people with disabilities.

On Thursday May 9, 2019, from 7am to 9:30am, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) produces the largest Bike To Work Day celebration of the No Pollute Commute at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall. Councilmember Dan Kalb will present a resolution celebrating the City of Oakland’s Gold Level Bicycle-Friendly Community designation and Bike To Work Day. Thursday marks the City of Oakland’s 26^th celebration of Bike To Work Day, held on the 2^nd Thursday of May each year.

The Department of Transportation is currently developing a plan for which streets to pave over the next three years -- and the values that guide those choices.

Safety initiative improves pedestrian visibility at crossings for students walking to and from 35 Oakland schools, primarily elementary schools, with funding from Measures B and BB

Mayor Libby Schaaf, TransForm and Lyft announced a groundbreaking new joint partnership designed to bring more transportation options to historically underserved Oaklanders.

Oakland now ranks among the nation’s top bicycle-friendly cities. The City’s investments and long-term commitment to bike-friendly infrastructure and services helped win Oakland recognition as one of just 34 U.S. cities designated a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community by Washington D.C.’s League of American Bicyclists (LAB).

Oakland’s forecasted rainy weather is a helpful reminder that winter will arrive in a matter of weeks, and could bring with it rainy or stormy weather that City workers, residents and business owners can all prepare for now.