"There are only 21 bikes using it a day to get to work. But there are nearly 21,000 cars backed up for miles trying to get to work," said Joshua Arce with California Alliance for Jobs.
"Officers from the 79th Precinct were busy trying to save cyclists and bust illegal parkers on the newly unprotected stretch of Bedford Avenue, but had to stop issuing summonses because they ran out of them."
The construction of a two-way protected bike lane on Grand Street in Alameda aims to improve bike access and safety, featuring new pavement and pedestrian facilities.
I was so looking forward to using this new bike lane to ride with my friends who only ride on protected areas, but after riding there yesterday, I would only take experienced riders through that slip turn.
"Following a needless back-and-forth with elected officials who disregarded the needs of their own constituents, we are grateful that the judge dismissed this case and is allowing us to move forward with reconfiguring the bike lane," wrote Sophia Askari, a spokesperson for Adams, in a statement.
The city improperly, irrationally, without proper legal notice and in an abuse of discretion announced on Friday, June 13, 2025 that it would remove the upgraded bicycle lane.
