As AC Transit prepares to release its final plan for BRT, people are buzzing with questions about the design. How will it interact with cars and bikes? What will the station areas look like? How will people walk between the stations and the surrounding area?

AC Transit wants to hear from you! The bus district is developing a comprehensive fare policy and is seeking input from the public before a formal proposal is made to the Board of Directors. Topics under discussion include goals, principles, pass pricing, transfer rules, timing and level of fare changes, and more. Among the significant questions for consideration:

The International Boulevard Transit-Oriented Development Plan (TOD) was approved by the city of Oakland Planning Commission last week and will appear next before the city's Community and Economic

Construction on the new bike station at the Ashby BART location, which has been briefly delayed while cabling and security cameras are put into place, should resume shortly. The 124-capacity bike station will open "within a month" according to Steve Beroldo of BART's Customer Access Department.

A revised design for the Rockridge Shopping Center at Pleasant Valley Road and Broadway received both vociferous support and criti

Those passing through North Oakland are about to get a visual treat.

Oakland’s Supervising Transportation Engineer Joe Wang recently unveiled a revised draft crosswalk policy, which includes a series of questions about a crosswalk’s location and use, leading the city to determine if it should be made more visible to increase the safety of pedestrians.

A new 124-capacity bike station will open within a month at Ashby BART station. The bike station will be similar to the existing self-service bike parking facility at Embarcadero station, and will be located just south of the main station entrance.

Community advocates will soon ask the city of Oakland to approve a plan guiding Transit-Oriented Development, or TOD, along International Boulevard.

Categories, schmategories. The owners of one of Oakland’s newest businesses are more interested in following their hearts than in neat definitions.

AC Transit riders rallied against service cuts in downtown Oakland on Nov. 9 as agency officials announced an agreement in an ongoing labor dispute with bus drivers.

The decision halted planned December service cuts, that would have brought service to its lowest levels in 30 years, but there will likely be future service reductions.