• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    21 hours ago

    Oakland, California is redoing all the downtown roads. Going from four lanes to two lanes with physically separated bike lanes and tiny gardens. I welcome it.

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      20 hours ago

      All is bit of a stretch. Oakland’s budget is in rough shape right now. They’re doing a few roads here and there, and they usually start with some low cost experimentation in areas with plastic cones and paint to test first.

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        16 hours ago

        I both live and work in downtown Oakland. They appear to be working toward all downtown roads from my perspective. Two of the four sides of the building that I live in have been redone and they’re doing sections of the street that I walk to work and others that I see when I’m out and about. Traffic is gnarly by the lake where they’ve closed lanes.