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The City of Berkeley has had a long history of progressive transportation planning and is well known for its groundbreaking 1975 Traffic Management Plan. The plan deployed a network of traffic diverters and other traffic-calming measures, which later paved the way for the city's creation of Bicycle Boulevards in 1999. Berkeley was also home to UC Berkeley Professor Donald Appleyard , who popularized the term Livable Streets with his 1981 book of the same title.  Berkeley has a relatively high rate of pedestrian and bicycle activity, due in large part to a very strict parking policy :  parking both in town and on the UC Berkeley campus is very limited. 

 

 



Streetfilms on Berkeley and the Bay Area

Berkeley Bike Boulevards: bikeboul-sfilm.jpg

 

Park(ing) Day San Francisco:

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 Bikestation Berkeley:

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Bus Rapid Transit in Berkeley

Defeat of Proposition KK
Berkeley voters successfully defeated Proposition KK--a measure designed to block AC Transit's plans for BRT in the East Bay--in the November 2008 election. The proposed surface subway line would connect the citys of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro along the the bus system,s most highly traveled route (1). Signs reading "Yes on KK: No Lane Removal without Voter Approval" were posted along parts of Telegraph Avenue in the days leading up to the election, while University Avenue median was dotted with "No on KK: It's Ani-Transit, It's Anti-Environment" warnings. As with opposition Ciclovia -type street closures and increased parking pricing schemes, this pattern seems to reflect the common bussiness owner's fear that parking cuts will hurt business although there is substantial evidence to the contrary.



ALSO ON THE LIVABLE STREETS NETWORK


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[1] http://www.actransit.org/planning_focus/mis.wu

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[1] http://www.actransit.org/planning_focus/mis.wu

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Created November 5, 2008 by Lily Bernheimer
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