In Emeryville the raised protected bikeways are on 53rd Street from Horton Street to Hollis Street, connecting to the ones on Horton from 45th St to 53rd Street. There is also a new protected section on Shellmound Street from 62nd St to 65th Street that still has a little construction left to go but I'm considering it done and rideable.
The 53rd and Horton facilities were funded and constructed by the developer of the Emery Yards office development, as a partial mitigation for the horrific 2000-space car parking garage they built along the Horton bike boulevard.
The approvals for that garage were given in the 90s, but still carried through decades later. So even Emeryville is still using land to house more cars instead of people.
It's nice to see the effects of Mayor John Bauters's past efforts to try and make lemonade from the parking-lot lemons he inherited. The full diverter at 53rd and Horton is pretty awesome, creating some car free space at the intersection.
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