Witnesses say Hector Jose Ortega had run a stop sign and the SUV was speeding.

On Friday a driver killed a 63 year old cyclist who had lived in Garfield most of his life Our hearts go out to our neighbor whose life was cut short while biking around his own neighborhood and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/fatali...

“The price paid for these chases is too often paid by community members and bystanders like Dr. Marvin Boomer. We should focus on solutions and interventions that create safer streets through street transformation, not by making our streets battlegrounds.” Justin Hu-Nguyen, @bikeeastbay.bsky.social

Police Commission is considering updating the OPD Pursuit Policy to allow more dangerous high speed chases High speed chases all too often end in tragedy and death for our neighbors Join tonight at 6:30pm to insist OPD keep 50mph limit and supervisor approvals www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets...

On Thursday a driver hit and killed 90 year old woman as she was walking across Broadway at 8th 😢 Our hearts go out to our neighbor whose life was cut short and we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/fatali...

A very special Transit Month Car Free Happy Hour will be at… Temescal Brewing Tuesday, September 9 starting at 5:30pm 4115 Telegraph Ave, Oakland AC Transit lines 6, 18, 57, BayWheels bike share, MacArthur BART @tvrr.bsky.social @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @walkoakbikeoak.bsky.social

There is no safe way for a cyclist to cross this high volume and high speed intersection We call on OakDOT to prioritize street safety upgrades here and across the city to ensure bicyclists and pedestrians can safely cross the street

I stood on this corner with an eyewitness to the tragedy and went step-by-step through this tragic incident and the below is correct: there is no moment in the light cycle when people on foot or on bikes can cross without conflicts with turning vehicles. So people cannot avoid taking risks.

On Saturday a driver hit and killed women in her 50s as she was biking across 51st at Shattuck 😢 Our hearts go out to her life cut short as she was doing something as simple as riding her bike, and we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/bicycl...

We know physical interventions will prevent deadly collisions because we've seen those interventions already work wonders It is so very crucial that we install those safety projects without delay, especially on high injury streets where we know fatalities will happen again

Oakland needs you! Please apply for Oakland Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission! Our DMs are open If you need help applying. oaklandside.org/2025/08/14/w...

Sheila and Hydeh's persistent advocacy will ensure safe travels for families on Lakeshore in the future Thank you everyone who worked to make this protected bikeway a reality We must work faster to build safe streets before tragedy hits so no other family experiences the loss of their child

Groundbreaking celebration for Lakeshore Ave at noon today at Lakeshore/E 18th See you there!

Calling all Oaklanders who live, work, or travel in Grand Lake! Please email OakDOT and your councilmember TODAY about the upcoming Grand Ave safety project Grand is on the High Injury Network, which means it is one of the 8% of streets responsible for 60% of Oakland's severe and fatal collisions

Repaving is starting on Lakeshore Ave in Oakland this week, E 18th to MacArthur, followed by 2-way cycletrack construction. Official groundbreaking event noon this Friday July 25th at Lakeshore/E 18th. bikeeastbay.org/event/lakesh...

Missed the meeting on Oakland procurement reform? @tvrr.bsky.social has a summary and a call to action - encourage your Councilmember to support contracting reform on July 8. www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/oaklan...

Next Thursday’s Oakland bike/walk infrastructure committee meeting (3:30-5:30pm, in person only at the OakDOT offices) includes one big agenda item on staff’s Slow Streets network proposal. Presentation file attached to the agenda here: www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets...

Watch this space for calls to action in coming days to change city rules to unleash safer streets faster and for less. It can be done! @tvrr.bsky.social

East Bay Car Free Happy Hour is this Wednesday at… Prescott Market Wednesday, June 4, 5:30pm 1620 18th St., West Oakland - AC Transit lines 29, NL - BayWheels bike share station nearby - 15 min walk to West Oakland BART @tvrr.bsky.social @walkoakbikeoak.bsky.social @bikeeastbay.bsky.social

Our hearts break as we gather and mourn our neighbor, Dr Marvin Boomer. He was a light throughout Oakland and the world.

A sign and decorations were added to Jerome LaDay's ghost bike. Read more about Jerome: oaklandtrafficviolence.org/ghost_bikes/...

Installed a ghost bike for James Brown today. James was killed June 20, 2024 while riding his bicycle in a horrible double hit and run at 105th Ave and Nattress Way in Oakland. More info: oaklandtrafficviolence.org/ghost_bikes/...

Join this afternoon at 3pm at Coliseum BART for a Memorial Ride Out in loving memory of Jerome (Rome) Jernigan Laday www.instagram.com/p/DI7OH64zPqx/

More than 30 people have been killed in traffic crashes on International Boulevard in the last five years. Oakland and AC Transit have a pilot in place, which added flex posts to parts of the road. These changes have clearly not done enough to prevent tragedy - harder interventions are needed.

We are saddened to learn that another person has been killed crossing International Boulevard. Jerome Jernigan LaDay was biking home from work Friday night. The driver did not stop.

The famed Berkeley sociology professor was hit and killed by a speeding drunk driver. His friends want changes.

Join Adam's Point neighbors and UC Berkeley sociologists this Sunday 1pm at Grand & Park View We will gather at the crosswalk where Michael was killed for a commemorative protest to honor the victims of traffic violence and demand Oakland design streets safe for us to cross Safety can't wait!

Sunday, April 13th at 1PM, we will join neighbors at Grand Ave and Park View for a commemorative protest to honor Michael Burawoy and all lives lost to traffic violence Bring signs, flowers, candles, your friends, family and neighbors, and all your feelings 😢 tvrr.substack.com/p/action-on-...

Safety advocates for bike riders and pedestrians now have 1-2 months to generate comments and request fixes to AC Transit's limits on street safety improvements. Our previous May & November comments with specific requested changes are linked here: actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...

Alongside @bikeeastbay.bsky.social, @transitriderseb.bsky.social, and @transbaycoalition.bsky.social, we've sent a letter to the @rideact.bsky.social Board asking that they not pass a policy with new limits on safe streets infrastructure until BPACs and Disability Commissions are properly consulted.

14th Street raised bike lanes under construction in downtown Oakland. Couple years ago, Traffic Violence Rapid Response @tvrr.bsky.social was on this street demanding safety improvements after too many people got hit by drivers.

Join neighbors at Harrison and Hamilton tomorrow at 7:45am for a Valentine's Day protest for a safer Harrison Arterial roads with multiple lanes are dangerous for pedestrians to cross because drivers use them to speed Oakland has the tools to slow drivers to safe speeds, let's use them!

There are always warnings. This is one from 2017 after an earlier project on Grand Ave using funds intended to improve traffic safety ended up lengthening the crosswalk where Michael was killed. Some of us complained at the time to no avail. www.oaklandca.gov/projects/lak...

Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar

We can make our streets far safer for retired academics and little children and moms with baby strollers and teens chattering in a clump and workers returning home. But we need to dedicate ourselves to the task. Join us at oakrapidresponse.org @tvrr.bsky.social

A driver killed our neighbor Michael Burawoy last night while he was crossing Grand Ave in the crosswalk in front of Fairyland Our hearts reach out to his family, friends, students, and everyone else mourning this tremendous loss www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...

Current and future Grand Avenue shoppers, please share your thoughts on how Oakland can design the Grand Avenue of your dreams! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy New Year! Join us for the next Car Free Happy Hour at Cornerstone Berkeley Tuesday, January 7, 5:30pm 2367 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley AC Transit lines F, 18, 6 and Downtown Berkeley BART @walkbikeberk.bsky.social @tvrr.bsky.social @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @walkoakbikeoak.bsky.social

Steve Bloom's ghost bike on Broadway and 27th has been removed. It'll be replaced soon. oaklandtrafficviolence.org/ghost_bikes/...

In Summer 2023 after a tragic, fatal crash on Lakeshore Ave in Oakland we launched our Lake Merritt Loop cycletrack campaign at BikeEastBay.org/LakeMerrittLoop, with the goal of winning a continuous protected cycletrack all the way around Lake Merritt. Here is a progress update since then.

🚨 Keep OakDOT independent! 🚨 OakDOT has proven themselves highly effective at delivering critical safety improvements. Merging them with OPW puts this success at risk Tell Council to reject a hasty merger and push for more thoughtful, long-term solutions instead tvrr.substack.com/p/another-da...

Give our local partners @walkbikeberk.bsky.social @tvrr.bsky.social & now @walkoakbikeoak.bsky.social a follow, if you haven't already! Learn where to find & engage w over a dozen more local East Bay bike/walk groups (or connect w us to start a new one) here: BikeEastBay.org/CoalitionPartners

We have been working on a website for the guerilla bench project which is now presentable enough to share: bench.builders See where benches are, report problems, and suggest spots that could use a bench.

The cost of inaction is more victims, more cash settlements, higher project costs, lost grant funding, burdened emergency response, and more It is more expensive to delay the paving program than it is to fund it @cityofoakland.bsky.social Safety can't wait!

REMINDER: The next Car Free Happy Hour will be at… Aloha Club This Wednesday, December 4, 5:30pm 952 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland AC Transit lines 20, 62, 14, 1T (Tempo) and Fruitvale BART Wear your holiday transit attire! 🎁 @tvrr.bsky.social @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @walkbikeberk.bsky.social

East Bay Car Free Happy Hour is tonight at 5:30pm Join us at Headlands Brewing at 1280 Gilman St in Berkeley

Join us this Thursday, August 22 at 27th & Broadway in Oakland for a commemorative protest for Steve Bloom Steve was cycling home from his weekly Go game when he was struck by a driver and killed We will join together to tell #Oakland that "Safety can't wait!"

We are incredibly grateful that #oakdot and #ACTransit will be installing plastic posts this Tuesday to deter speeding in the bus lanes These initial measure must quickly be followed with speed cushions to ensure drivers slow to safe speeds www.actransit.org/quick-builds...

Our neighbor Tom was killed yesterday while he was crossing International Blvd 💔 A driver speeding in the bus lane hit and killed him. Tom was in his 70s and worked in the neighborhood OakDOT, AC Transit and Caltrans must deploy traffic safety measures before anyone else is killed