Walk Bike Berkeley
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Walk Bike Berkeley advocates safe, low-stress, and fun walking and biking in Berkeley for people of all ages and abilities. Join us!
Berkeley, CA
Joined January 2018
Help us build the movement for a healthy, equitable, and sustainable transportation system in Berkeley! #GivingTuesday .
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RT @sfchronicle: OPINION: "Adena Ishii's rise to become Berkeley's new mayor marks a decisive shift for the city and its progressive politi….
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Adena Ishii’s rise to become Berkeley’s new mayor marks a decisive shift for the city...
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RT @mateosfo: Me, in todays @sfchronicle: . “In too many cases, local activists expect their city to end foreign wars and restructure globa….
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Adena Ishii’s rise to become Berkeley’s new mayor marks a decisive shift for the city...
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“Widespread support for safer streets played a key role in Ishii’s victory.”.
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Adena Ishii’s rise to become Berkeley’s new mayor marks a decisive shift for the city...
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Congratulations, Mayor-Elect @adenaishii!. We look forward to working with you to make Berkeley a great place for walking and biking!.
berkeleyside.org
Adena Ishii led Sophie Hahn 51.1% to 48.9%, a difference of just over 1,000 votes, in an election results update posted Wednesday.
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RT @CityofBerkeley: 🚲 221 @BayWheels e-bikes have been added for shared use in Berkeley making it easier, faster, and more accessible to ma….
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RT @BikeEastBay: Free bike class coming up this Saturday afternoon at @BerkeleyPublic Library!. If you're new to biking in the rain. join….
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RT @telegraphforppl: Telegraph For People co-signed this letter to the City of Berkeley with @WalkBikeBerk, @caldems, and @sunrisebayarea c….
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RT @BerkeleyScanner: Berkeley is mourning the loss of 78-year-old Ben Brown, an activist and chef, a lover of art and music and a former Be….
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"He stood up for his rights, he stood up for everyone else's rights," said his niece, Angie Perkins. "He just honored everyone."
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RT @Ana4Berkeley: Please support this GoFundMe for a pedestrian in our community who was tragically killed on Thursday evening. Traffic dea….
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My dear friend, Matthew Faircloth, asked me to create this for the famil… Stephanie Mackley needs your support for Support Ben's Family After This Tragic Loss
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Our letter to @CityofBerkeley requesting Vision Zero rapid response improvements at Rose and Josephine and a renewed effort to staff and support Public Works so we stop missing opportunities for safety improvements. Text:
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Here’s a 2018 Berkeleyside piece that profiled Ben.
berkeleyside.org
45 low-income seniors, among them schoolteachers, artists, musicians and retirees, have a new home in increasingly unaffordable Berkeley.
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Beloved, long-time Berkeley community member Ben Brown was the pedestrian killed on Rose Street. Please consider donating to this GoFundMe to help his family with funeral expenses and travel.
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My dear friend, Matthew Faircloth, asked me to create this for the famil… Stephanie Mackley needs your support for Support Ben's Family After This Tragic Loss
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“Rose Street was repaved late last year, and Fry said it should have also gotten safety upgrades such as speed tables or raised crosswalks to go with the new pavement.”.
berkeleyside.org
A Berkeley man died at a local hospital after a motorist struck him with a car at Josephine and Rose streets, police said.
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The @CityofBerkeley issued a news release about the pedestrian fatality on Rose Street. This may be a first. We appreciate the acknowledgment and encourage rapid response actions, consistent with the City’s #VisionZero Action Plan.
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We mourn the death of this community member and hope it bolsters the City’s resolve to build safer streets that help eliminate severe and fatal collisions. #VisionZero.
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Thankfully Berkeley voters are more.committed to safe streets than CM Hahn, passing Measure FF by a wide margin and voting down EE, which would have provided far fewer safety improvements.
berkeleyside.org
Most measures require simple majorities to pass, but two — to fund public libraries and parks work — need two-thirds majorities to succeed.
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The FF campaign even highlighted increased, unsafe speeds on Rose after it was repaved without safety improvements last year. If the City had added traffic calming features recommended in the bike plan, it could have prevented or reduced the severity of this collision. 😞.
Repaved streets without any safety improvements become more dangerous for pedestrians. Without any safety improvements, cars tend to drive faster on smoother surfaces. Citizen collected data in Berkeley shows this happening on a recently repaved street next to a school. 🧵
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We appreciate Councilmember Hahn acknowledging this tragic pedestrian fatality. However, she has not shown a commitment to safe streets. She was the ONLY councilmember that did not support Measure FF, which is designed to help prevent such collisions. 🧵
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Breaks our heart to share that the pedestrian hit at Rose St and Josephine yesterday has died. Update:
berkeleyscanner.com
The man who was killed was a 78-year-old Berkeley resident. The driver was a 79-year-old Berkeley woman. It was the fourth traffic fatality this year.
Upsetting news. A motorist severely injured a pedestrian on Rose Street this evening. We hope this person has a full recovery. Berkeley needs to renew its focus on #VisionZero. ❤️🩹 .
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