RSR Bridge Path Closures start on Monday 10/27/25.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Remember riding the new A. Zuckermann Path, watching the old Bay Bridge being dismantled, & marveling: "We used to drive on THAT?" I get the same uneasy feeling on the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge today. Someone should be planning for a RSR Bridge replacement. Like, NOW.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Found at my neighborhood bookstore. Read for your Rights Banned Books Week Oct 5 - 11, 2025

A friend just send me this photo. Appears it was taken on Russell St at College Ave in Berkeley’s Elmwood neightborhood. Sorry I can’t give credit to the photographer.

Just a reminder that convenient bicycle parking on Solano Avenue is available AT NO CHARGE. Also, you don’t need to provide any identifying information to park a bike there.

Hey #CityOfElCerrito, Nearly hit by a speeding driver approaching an unusual & dangerous 5-way intersection at Ashbury/Ablemarle/Stockton while I was cycling to buy pet food. Why does this slip-lane thingy even exist? Just to expedite drivers entering the 7/11 parking lot?

Jalopnik correctly identifies driver behavior as the hazard, but distracted driving is just 1 hazard. Aviation has long recognized that EXTERNAL PRESSURES distort our ability to manage risk. Here’s what it looks like for drivers: STRESS -> FRUSTRATION -> IMPATIENCE -> ANGER -> RECKLESS BEHAVIOR

Kudos to @berkeleyca.gov for creating this raised crossing at Franklin when the Ohlone Greenway near N Berkeley BART was repaved. All ped/bike crossings should be like this.

Reported to Safety Concern to CalTrans and their response: "Your concern as reported to Caltrans has been reviewed and determined that no service request is needed for this location therefore, this ticket will be closed." 🤔

An NPR listener since the 1980s, this was one of the most offensive stores I've ever heard. Aggressive, antisocial behavior by drivers is at an all time high. Statistics show people outside of a car are paying dearly. NPR, stop victim blaming & raise the awareness of people behind the wheel.

Nice day for a bike ride on the SF Bay Trail today, but CalTrans always seems to ensure cyclists don't have a moments peace.

Cross the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge by car, by bike, or on foot, and one thing is very clear: the bridge is deteriorating rapidly & our leaders should be working on a replacement. NOW. The new design should include accommodations for LRT, buses, and, of course bikes and pedestrians.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell

Love this trompe l'œil. Imagine there were still streetcars stopping at the top of Solano Avenue in Berkeley and throughout the East Bay. Imagine.

Pam Bondi has a lot to say about hate speech and the First Amendment after Charlie Kirk’s murder. The problem is, everything she says is flat-out wrong under controlling Supreme Court law. Why she needs to go back to law school is in today’s write-up, in the replies.

A study conducted in Germany showed that people there who choose to travel by bicycle were more likely to be concerned about the common good of their neighbors and communities. 🤔

Nothing says “freedom” like a young man in a BMW doing donuts near the Shipyard 3 Trail at Point Richmond.

It’s almost impossible for Berkeley to build safe streets, reduce VMT, create new housing, or maintain bus routes for school children, but at least we’ve been a nuclear free zone since 1986!

Apropos of nothing, just a reminder that Turning Point USA actively maintains a "professor watchlist" that encourages intimidation tactics, harassment and attacks of all kinds against teachers and faculty members. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A friend in France asked about the Gettysburg Address, so I tried to explain the central question behind the US Civil War: Should our country be dedicated to an economy based on racism & cruelty or to the principle that all people are created equal? It seems that question was never fully resolved.

A UK company from which I ordered cycling gear emailed me with 2 options: 1) Pay additional $40 customs duties & processing fees, or 2) they'd cancel my order provide a full refund. I held my nose & said I’d pay the additional amount. Sophomoric? Idiotic? Pointless? I’m at a loss for words ...

During 2025 Pacific Palisades Fire, a traffic jam ensued, folks abandoned their cars, and fled on foot. Yet Berkeley's emergency page still recommends: "Avoid walking or biking if you can. Cars provide better protection against fire and traffic collisions. If you must walk or bike, leave early …”

How did we get from "government of the the people, by the people, for the people" to a president advocating violence against the very government and citizens he is sworn to protect?

Absolute greenwashing. This project greatly harms the environment by adding a highway lane and inducing many more vehicle miles and greenhouse gas emissions. This will harm the marshlands and wildlife by furthering climate change. Shame on everyone supporting this.

Gov Newsom still hasn't signed the $750m loan to Bay Area transit agencies that would get us to the Nov 2026 funding votes. He has eight days to act. Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.

Bad news: Caltrans is closing the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail for maintenance, 8am to 3pm Monday to Friday over the next 2 weeks: dot.ca.gov/caltrans-nea... Free bike shuttle services will be provided at the Stenmark Drive Bridge entrance in Richmond and at Vista Point in San Rafael.

A. Martínez @npr.org, reporting on a botched US operation in 2019 in N. Korea, stated no US admin ever discloses the failure of special operations. Patently FALSE. When an rescue op in Iran failed, president Jimmy Carter announced it the next day at 1 AM 4/25/1980. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

Now if only Albany & @berkeleyca.gov could collaborate on traffic calming for the longest unsignalized crosswalk in Berkeley - Solano Ave at Tacoma Ave. Most of the intersection lies in Albany. The extraordinary width encourages double-parking, u-turns, & speeding. @adenaishii.bsky.social

Stuff is happening in Albany, CA. Marin Ave & Ordway. Just talked to the workers on site and it appears that the street will be repaved and bulb outs added to slow high speed turns off of Marin Avenue. Kudos C hey ity of Albany!

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

Bike math is paying virtually nothing and getting a lot in return. Car math is selling your soul to waste your life in traffic and inhale kilograms of particulate matter.

A motorcyclist neighbor just zipped down the SIDEWALK in front of our house to get around a garbage truck. A few days ago, a driver drove onto the sidewalk at Peralta & Solano to pass a driver who was turning left. A new level of driver entitlement has been unlocked. Pedestrians beware.

Motornormativity continues to reign supreme in Berkeley. Preserving car parking on Grizzly Peak Blvd instead of preserving school bus service and reducing VMT. This is NOT the way a city meets its climate change goals.

At least 13 families were impacted by route changes in the Berkeley Hills. Many parents felt the new stops were too far from students’ homes.

Unfortunately the draft bike plan for Berkeley is woefully inadequate for delivering bikeable streets for all ages and abilities. It needs serious help and we need to speak up. Read this op ed and email comments to [email protected] www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/19/t...

PG&E replacing utility poles in our ‘hood & to keep lights on, 2 diesel generators are attached to our local circuit. Also 2 diesel trucks have been idling for hours. Renting a diesel generator supports cancer research? Pretty ironic, that. Waiting for them to connect the dots. Still waiting.

If 85% of drivers naturally choose the best/safest speed for a road/street, why not extend the concept? 85% of drivers don’t stop or yield? Remove the traffic controls. If 85% park in fire zones? Remove the fire hydrants. Clearly, the 85th percentile premise was flawed from the get-go.

Potentially unpopular take. E-motorcycles/dirt bikes, operated by inconsiderate riders, provide just one more way for people to direct competition/frustration/anger toward others in inappropriate & hazardous ways. It seems America has a problem w/ impulse control, anger, & a desire for vengeance.

Nearly t-boned in Albany, CA by 2 young men, dressed in black, on a black electric motorcycle, running a red light. Luckily I saw them & stayed out of the way. Electric motorcycles operated by young people w/ limited experience/training who make poor decisions are a hazard to themselves & others.

Every planner's goal should be a reduction in VMT, full stop. "While a greater number of bicycle commuters may not be a city's primary end goal, it could help lower fuel consumption, emissions, and transportation costs while producing better health outcomes and greater safety for bicyclists."

Why get in a 2 ton vehicle to drive 6 miles round trip to buy 3 pounds of goods? Ride a bike, get to the store faster, parking is easier, & ... YOU'LL HAVE A BLAST ! 4 cans of dog food, my favorite #walzcycling cap, & partial view of a #TailFin tear rack/bag.

Amsterdam through the tram window. On my way home from work tonight.

EXACTLY the vibe during our block party last week as I tried chatting up city staff from the fire dept as well as the Berkeley mayor about road safety for peds and cyclists. 🤷🏻‍♂️

"You pay every time you board a bus, and that makes you think about whether you want to ride it. If you paid every time you used a parking space, you'd also think about whether you want to drive. Free parking doesn’t mean free markets; it often means freeloading." —Donald Shoup

Glaciers melting at alarming rates, mega wildfires rage in California & France, meanwhile my local fire department insists on using huge vehicles for medical emergencies & they also impede safe bike infra design that would reduce VMT. Nothing to see here ... move along. apnews.com/article/alas...

It's unfortunate that Appendix D is still (apparently) driving street design in Oakland. Street safety advocates have been pushing for a better safety balance, between maximum fire truck access and pedestrian and bike protection, for a long time.

Arresting homeless people for sleeping in public spaces doesn't reduce homelessness, according to a professor who studies the issue. It often leads to worse health and makes it harder to find stable housing. buff.ly/aHuwSNG By @sprzybylinski.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social