AC Transit is seeking public input on the search for their next General Manager. The next opportunity is a Special Board meeting tomorrow 4:30 p.m. in the AC Transit Board Room, 1600 Franklin Street. A survey will also be posted following the meeting. Find more information here.
Month: May 2015
Cal Streetsblog: What Oakland Mayor’s Proposal for a Department of Transportation Means
Like a surprising number of other cities, despite its size, Oakland, California, currently does not have a Department of Transportation. Decisions about transportation projects from signal timing, to paving, to designing and applying for grants to fund a bike and pedestrian bridge over the estuary leading to Lake Merritt, have been made within either the Planning Department or the Department of Public Works―or both.
Ruth Miller wrote this piece for California Streetsblog. Read more.
Mayor Schaaf Proposes Creating a Department of Transportation
Mayor Libby Schaaf’s 384-page proposed budget includes a subtle but potentially significant change to the structure of Oakland’s city government: the creation of a Department of Transportation (DOT). Read more on Oakland North.