Gavin Platt

Oakland/Bay Area focus on streets, transit, housing, and land use (ARCHIVED)

[Gavin Platt @gavinplatt]

“Point of Infinity” by Hiroshi Sugimoto is sublime. Feels like a monument befitting of Starfleet HQ in future San Francisco.

It’s a straightforward bike ride to Yerba Buena Island from West Oakland and Emeryville. 🚲

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@DavidZipper It also pushes distracting requests to your console to verify if there are “speed traps.”

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How can Google and Apple Maps get away with having a crowdsourced speed trap setting?

First of all, it’s not a “trap” if you’re exceeding the legal speed limit.

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@mattbaran On and off every year since the pandemic. I think it’s ~9k sq ft combined.

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@buttsmeister @OakDOT @DanKalb Perhaps it doesn’t meet their “threshold,” but the other part is a cop-out. When traffic circles were installed on 8th St, OakDOT put up plenty of temporary signage to both alert and teach drivers about the changing street conditions.

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The Phoenix is rising at 8th & Pine in West Oakland.

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@deciblast Every time I’ve encountered a different group of graffiti vandals in West Oakland, they 1) travel in packs of three, 2) drive a BMW or Lexus or hop the BART fare gates, 3) are white males. 🧐

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It’s conceivable that a person (or family) riding their bike to/from Emeryville may be struck and killed here. I’ve had a few close calls myself over the years. A high-speed turn on an unnecessarily wide street augments the danger. @OakDOT

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For 5+ years, the City has failed to keep bicyclists and pedestrians safe at the north end of Mandela Parkway. Vehicles block the bike lane and sidewalks 24/7. Dozens of 311 tickets and emails sent, to no avail.

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@IrinaItsekson Here’s the Instagram link: https://t.co/KtavRdmzGQ

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@IrinaItsekson Thank you for sharing. The full Instagram video is even more astonishing. Carroll suggests the trash we’re seeing on Wood St is due to “intentional guerrilla tactics close to the election.” I have a few hundred 311 tickets from the past few years that I hope will change her mind.

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@prinzrob @OakDOT It’s incredibly frustrating. Commenting was a key feature. We used it to collaborate with neighbors, share helpful context, and provide follow-up information as issues evolved. I don’t see how this benefits @OakDOT or the Oakland community.

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@StreetsblogSF Well, I guess that answers my question…

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Remember the amazing multicolored light sculpture called Undercurrent, located under the bridge over Lake Merritt Channel?

It has long since been destroyed, but it was awesome while it lasted. What’s the public accessibility of the channel pathway like these days?

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Remember the amazing multicolored light sculpture called Undercurrent, located under the bridge over Lake Merritt Channel?

It has long since been destroyed, but it was awesome while it lasted. What’s the public accessibility of the channel pathway like these days?

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@naima @stickermule Sticker Mule: For all your swastika sticker, MAGA magnet, and racist rally sign needs!

At least they got their logo right—it’s literally a jackass. 🫏

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@prinzrob @carroll_fife @DanKalb @Kaplan4Oakland @RapidRevolt @walkoakbikeoak @transpoakland @JackLondonOak @BikeEastBay 3rd Street is where I had been struck and injured by a semi-truck driver *while in the bike lane* going to work in Jack London Square. I was almost dragged under an 18-wheeler. We need bike and pedestrian safety now! Please help, @CmbrFife @carroll_fife https://t.co/a1kDeGai9H

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This week I was hit by a semi-truck on my bike at the intersection of 3rd & Adeline in West Oakland, one of the main entrances to Port of Oakland. Here are a few things @rrinoak, @LibbySchaaf, & bicyclists need to know about this key bicycle corridor shared w/ 18-wheelers. (1/11)

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An example of online housing discourse in West Oakland. What I appreciate is how succinctly they’ve managed to summarize their misconceptions about how housing affordability works.

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@debora_allen1 @SFBART How is the absence of platform screen doors not a huge accessibility, safety, and (ultimately) legal issue? I’m continually reminded of this blind person’s guide cane and shoes in the tracks (!!!) at SFO.

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What happened? Was this person helped? This is at SFO. @SFBART

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@ashleygjovik And to think that Apple’s current sustainability officer is the former head of the EPA…

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@DarwinBondGraha Every time California Waste Solutions is in the news, it comes as no real surprise to West Oakland residents who have been putting up with their shenanigans for years.

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In March 2021, California Waste Solutions (CWS) appealed the City's decision to allow 300+ housing units at the Phoenix development site down the street (8th & Pine). The reason? Because it was "incompatible" with their recycling facility operations. 1/x

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Notice ⚾️ easter egg at lower right, resting on window sill, having smashed through earlier.

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OFD with great outfield views at @OaklandBallers first home game at Raimondi Park, West Oakland. ⚾️🌞🌭