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Oakland now ranks among the nation’s top bicycle-friendly cities. The City’s investments and long-term commitment to bike-friendly infrastructure and services helped win Oakland recognition as one of just 34 U.S. cities designated a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Community by Washington D.C.’s League of American Bicyclists (LAB).

Oakland’s forecasted rainy weather is a helpful reminder that winter will arrive in a matter of weeks, and could bring with it rainy or stormy weather that City workers, residents and business owners can all prepare for now.

Finally! An answer to the question, “what’s going on in my neighborhood?” Presenting the OakDOT Active Projects Map.

Street mural project highlights ongoing neighborhood work by OakDOT to make streets and sidewalks safer, and by EBALDC to revitalize the neighborhood with long-term residents

The ongoing work by Oakland's Department of Transportation (OakDOT) to improve pedestrian safety, especially for children, took a leap forward recently with the activation of innovative new crossing enhancements in Oakland.

To ensure that parking remains available to those who need it, Oakland’s Department of Transportation (OakDOT) has resumed enforcement that cracks down on disabled person placard fraud and abuse.

Over the next few months, residents in neighborhoods across Oakland will see a flurry of street paving that will deliver four times as many miles of fresh smooth streets as the City repaved in recent years.

Learn more about the Five-Year Paving Plan and find out how you can stay connected to these streets as they get repaved

Carlos Hernandez, a transportation planner for the City of Oakland, was on a local radio show about biking in Oakland.

The public parking garage located in downtown Oakland at 1414 Clay Street between 14th and 16th streets will close indefinitely Friday, December 2, 2016.