A useful tidbit in the Berkeley war on cars -- only 30% of Berkeley workers drive to work. Berkeley is the fourth lowest city in the country for share of car commuters.
06.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 45 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 3
Hey East Bay bike riders, I wanted to share something I've been helping with
The Android/iOS app "Bike Streets" is a navigation app that is built around a network curated by people who actually ride. This means the directions it gives won't throw you onto a terrifying 4-lane road, like Google Maps
05.02.2026 23:30 — 👍 88 🔁 13 💬 9 📌 4
Bike Streets - The Low-Stress Bike Map
Use the chill community bike map in Denver and beyond. Share your favorite routes. And help us make the map better.
And speaking of mapping the streets, here's a new app under development, called Bike Streets. You can provide your input to it.
Hot tip from @warrenjwells.bsky.social.
bikestreets.com
05.02.2026 23:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After little kids wandered off campus, this Berkeley Hills school may put up a fence
As many as four children, ages 4 and 5, left the Cragmont campus unattended in two separate incidents last year, parents and BUSD say.
Some 4-5 year old kids wandered off the Cragmont School campus alone, including walking onto Marin Avenue. A reminder that the City has done NOTHING in response to multiple fatal crashes on Marin. NOTHING AT ALL.
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#VisionZeroMyEye
www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/04/c...
05.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A big one!
02.02.2026 15:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This map shows the most dangerous streets for pedestrians and bicyclists in California
6,500 pedestrians and cyclists were killed in California between 2020 and 2024. This maps shows all of them.
The @sfchronicle.com has mapped out every pedestrian and cyclist fatality in the state over the last five years. It's damning evidence against the complete failure of transportation experts and planners to make the streets safe.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
28.01.2026 00:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wildcat Canyon bicycle flow trail: How to tell EBRPD what you think
The East Bay Regional Park District will meet Tuesday evening to hear public comments as it prepares to do environmental impact study.
Please take 2 minutes to write in support of the proposed Wildcat Canyon flow trail in Tilden.
Opponents are predictably saying "somewhere else!" but it's time to move forward. Even a quick note to trailsdev@ebparks.org will help!
www.berkeleyside.org/2026/01/27/e...
27.01.2026 20:59 — 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
Ava Community Energy Powers Alameda County And The Valley
Your local, not-for-profit electricity supplier in Alameda County and the San Joaquin Valley. Green power, low rates, community involvement, & local programs.
Hey Bluesky peoples, follow the @avaenergy.org account to learn what your local community energy provider is doing to deliver cleaner & cheaper power.
Ava Community Energy serves most of Alameda County, and parts of San Joaquin County. Learn more at avaenergy.org.
27.01.2026 00:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photograph of woman sitting on couch in her living room, looking at a laptop computer. Text overlay reads "Direct Current January 2026 Newsletter" and "What's changing on your electricity bill in 2026"
Off-white background with orange text "Plus: Winter Energy Savings Tips, Ways to Get Involved with Ava This Year"
AvaEnergy.org/direct-current
Our Jan Direct Current is out. Read this month's newsletter for: changes on your energy bill in 2026, winter energy-saving tips, and how to help shape Ava's community impact
Read this month's newsletter: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CAORGEBCE/bulletins/405b648
📷 by Bay Area photog Andy Smith
26.01.2026 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Another reminder that the cost of adapting to climate change is going to be many many times greater than taking action to prevent it.
And some of the richest people in America are going to want you to pay for their losses.
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
27.01.2026 00:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can't believe we have to do this all over again. First steps first, get it out of Agenda committee.
Please blast your CMs and share widely!
actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
23.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 1
I'm listening to a British ambient music artist, named Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. The music is inspired by urban planning from the 1980s in a small city near Manchester. It's surprisingly emotional, both the music and the text.
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-na...
23.01.2026 22:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Connect Bay Area Signature Gathering Kickoff image, a simplified BART and Caltrain map of the 5 counties
Tomorrow's my birthday, and I'm asking for just one little thing - to save Bay Area transit!
Join me for the kickoff for Connect Bay Area, which will keep BART, AC Transit, and other agencies running strong service.
I'll be at the Oakland event at 12:15 pm. Details: luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
22.01.2026 17:18 — 👍 39 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
Berkeley's BESO mandate for home sales now requires energy-saving updates
Realtor Megan Micco offers advice on the new ordinance and an online calculator for homeowners.
Berkeley’s new home energy ordinance is kicking in, requiring energy upgrades when you sell/buy a home. Realtor Megan Micco has a good guide and a little calculator to see if you are in compliance.
www.berkeleyside.org/2026/01/22/b...
23.01.2026 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
California now has over 2.5 million electric cars on the road, exceeding a goal set by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2012. Going electric can take a big chunk out of energy consumption, because the vehicles are so much more efficient than gas burners.
21.01.2026 02:02 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Ava has helped 2,746 people get on e-bikes since last July. Apply for Ava Bike Electric for a chance to receive an instant rebate of $400 to $1,500 off a new e-bike. Drawings take place every month through September 2026.
Visit AvaEnergy.org/bike-electric or the link in our bio to apply!
12.01.2026 22:00 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The king tide episode has illustrated the future of rising sea levels. But short term thinking about adaptation can lead to bad outcomes. Here is some detailed thinking from a Cal professor.
10.01.2026 19:07 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Streets
A few years ago, the first time I visited Paris, Taylor and I joined a fantastic bike tour led by one Pierre, a French graduate student in history.
Former Berkeley council member Rigel Robinson has a thoughtful new post on how Paris is making their streets safer for all.
"It’s said that a city’s infrastructure is a direct reflection of its social values. Paris’ streets today, these are streets that say welcome."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
08.01.2026 20:35 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
You may know that @avaenergy.org has a rebate program for e-bikes. But so does the @airdistrict.bsky.social. When you trade in an old gas-burning car you can get money for e-bikes and transit.
Find these and other incentives through your community energy provider - avaenergy.org/go-electric/...
07.01.2026 22:51 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Yet another reason to drive an electric car -- no catalytic converter!
06.01.2026 02:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Too often the City of Berkeley takes action on street safety only after someone has been killed or hurt. Our #visionzero strategy is literally ambulance chasing.
Mayor Mamdani wants to be proactive. Maybe @adenaishii.bsky.social will too. And not just with daylighting, which is already state law.
06.01.2026 02:35 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Seems like getting your drivers license revoked after going 100 mph+ should be the norm, rather than one possible outcome of an experimental pilot program.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
05.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 567 🔁 66 💬 16 📌 3
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