16 people were injured when a driver smashed their speeding car into another vehicle and AC Transit bus. Community members are clamoring for a quick-build road safety project to speed up.
Oakland’s new vehicle enforcement unit towed roughly 3,000 abandoned cars in 2023. But the city is backlogged with work because of an influx of stolen and broken cars, and you guessed it—understaffing.
Previously in charge of Atlanta’s DOT, Josh Rowan takes over a department struggling with a paving backlog but pushing ahead with several major street redesigns
City engineers say they’re worried the program will steer more road safety resources to wealthier neighborhoods, which experience less traffic violence.
Look out for construction at Yu Ming Elementary, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Westlake Middle, and East Oakland Pride Elementary, part of OakDOT’s “Safe Routes to School” program.