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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New pedestrian crossing island at Hopkins and Curtis with a speed bump of some type

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ER docs standing up for the safety benefits of protected bike lanes.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New driving rules in Spain for cycling safety euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/25/n...

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Berkeley sidewalk driving -- always a bit disconcerting in the morning to see new tire tracks all over your sidewalk

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2026 and UC Berkeley still has wheel eating storm grates @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

next to South Hall on UC Berkeley campus, a storm grate that can trap the narrow tire of a wheel chair or bicycle or scooter

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Milvia Ace Hardware undergoing some changes @berkeleyside.org

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Berkeley's bad driver of the day - Allston and MLK, the light turned green for Allston, 5 seconds passed, the green car going north on MLK entered the occupied intersection at 25mph They would have gone right through but the pedestrians were in the way

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

traffic circle signage at California and Bancroft

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In 1982, an Israeli-backed Lebanese militia massacred over 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in Sabra and Shatila, still remembered as one of the worst atrocities in modern history.

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the resolutions at #UBCM26 calls for welcoming wheelchairs and 3&4 wheel mobility scooters on bike and roll routes across BC. (RR22 – EB26 from Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland). John from Victoria explains why he rolls on bike and roll lanes. #bcpoli #wheelchair

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

new pedestrian refuges on College at Derby quick build aesthetic

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

fancy new bus seat for the AC Transit 18 on Shattuck near Damask Rose Cafe

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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

OPOA contract Council will vote on Tuesday has hidden potential costs that may not be known for months after signing, and will create a hierarchy of wildly different pay at OPD. Decades-veterans, like those on OPOA board, are poised for a salary windfall oakland-observer.ghost.io/oakland-obse...

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Oakland Observer Analysis: Proposed OPD Contract Gives Added Backdoor Pay Increases Through “Longevity” Bonus and “Me Too” Raises

On August 27, an Oakland’s City Administrator’s Office press release lauded the City’s negotiating team and the Oakland Police Officer's Association [OPOA] for closing a tentative five-year contract [...

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Amazing to me how many people who vote in person seem to think they have to wait until the Tuesday of election day In fact, in person voting is available in Berkeley at some sites for 4 days and other sites for 11 days.

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mandolin mama @mandolinmama.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

. Rest In Poetry, wendell berry. thank you for all your beautiful words. 💙✒️🕊 #poetry #wendellberry

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Nathaniel Hoffman @paleomedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This has been up on my dad's kitchen cabinet for many years. He has not heard of Berry's passing....

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

they did it. they reached the pinnacle of Seahawks Game Pre-Commercial Footage Of People Throwing Fish At The Famous Seattle Fish Market. there is no need for any more after this, the genre has been perfected

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you are in line to get into the American League postseason, STAY IN LINE

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Berkeleyside reports 4 new shops open in Berkeley -- how long was each place vacant first? Sips on University - 0 days, they remodeled while open Shattuck Animal Care - 4.5 years Sweet Regalia on College - 1.5 years April Rose Provisions on San Pablo - 1.5 years

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What remains of Berkeley's most dubious bicycle shop I never made it in there more than a few feet

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In uc berkeley campus parking news, the bancroft garage opened 8 levels 600 spaces or so. traffic slow so far

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

More snacks for the bike data hungry SF has a few (12) bike loop counters going back to 2018 No idea how it relates to total cycling in SF www.sfmta.com/reports/aver... you can also download some data in csv form

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Excellent Ca Phe Sua Da at Gara on Telegraph Get a large, eat in, and you get real dishes

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

CCRS now shows some crashes with a PartyType of AutonomousVehicle. They seem to be found at fault in 88/213 - 41% of their 2025 crashes, and 132/272=48% in 2026 crashes

screen shot showing Autonomous vehicle crash party records

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Lisa Rowe 🏳️‍🌈 @txvoodoo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wow, who else gets ratios like this?

Post from NYC mayor Mamdani, today:

"We're overhauling 116th Street to make your bus faster: 2.5 miles of new bus lanes. Queue jumps that give buses a green light before other vehicles at intersections. Protected bike lanes. 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space."

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Huh, Oakland publishes a table of bike/ped/car counts. Not clear what video means here, or how accurate the count is. Seems to be a short time windows, like 2 hours 1 day per year. www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets...

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Another bicycle datum for the data hungy -- "Woodstock has already exceeded all ridership expectations. It carried 251,000 passengers and 60,000 bicycles across the Estuary in its first two years of service. " And zero cars.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pretty sure Waymo will drive better than these Berkeley drivers recently seen downtown. www.dailycal.org/news/city/wa...

a mini cooper making an illegal left turn, from a bike lane on Milvia, where they shouldn't have been in the first place, while an eBike rider waits patiently behind them

a car on Shattuck overtaking another car, while BFD is driving toward them

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#ClimateAction can make life better for everyone. Barcelona's network of protected bike and roll lanes allows Carlos to leave his car at home and roll where he is going faster. Less fossil fuels. Less expensive. More trees. More fun! #wheelchair #urbantruth

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 16/08/2026

You can now track Bike Share Toronto e-bike growth and compare it relative to classic bikes on my website. As well as compare member to casual riders.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hilarious

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Nice quote from the new yellow jersey wearer -- " I just wanted to have that feeling of coming here, the pure joy of riding, feeling like a kid. We can go anywhere we want and love every pedal stroke."

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Berkeley Climate Equity Action @climateequity.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The endless debate on the Hopkins Street bike plan made me get out my credit card records. We shopped at Monterey Market 126 times in 2025. Also many times at Magnani's and Raxacoul. None of those trips was done by car. The shops will be fine with the new bike lanes.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

2026 and council member O'Keefe is advocating sharrows She isn't willing to sacrifice even 1 parking space for bicycle safety

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Downtown vacancies are more like 28%. OED stats ignore development sites like Center street. "Tregub’s district ...has one of the city’s highest vacancy rates, listed at 9.68% on the city’s official dashboard. " @igortregub.bsky.social @dailycal.bsky.social www.dailycal.org/news/city/ci...

screenshot of https://jw997.github.io/osm-vacancies/
showing downtown Berkeley active vs vacant businesses

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Berkeley landlords seem to be pushing a strange new concept -- the holding fee -- which seems to push the envelope on the regulation of application fees. You might not get it back. Sounds like an attempt to prevent tenants from shopping around.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In Berkeley Commercial vacancy news, the NW corner of San Pablo and University, aka 1101 University, which has been vacant for 7 years looks like it might become an OReilly's auto parts store. It took 4 months this year to get their zoning approval.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This place changed hands after being vacant for decades. There are signs of construction there now. Berkeley's residential vacancy tax may be working.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Untitled (Abstraction Green Line and Three Red Circles), by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1970s, 📸 by Alex Pantling

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

Four minutes until the west side bike path opens.

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Downtown Berkeley's Revival is reviving a ghost sign on Addison. Points to anyone who knows what business the sign went with (I haven't figured it out yet)

Ghost sign in Berkeley

Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods
..and Childrens Weat
..Curtains
..Draperies

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berkped.bsky.social @berkped.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Next to UC Berkeley's new parking garage, there will be a heat storage tank. cleanenergycampus.berkeley.edu

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