Berkeley city manager may waive your ticket fine (but only if you ask her)
We have the details about how to request a review of your street-sweeping tickets.
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Transportation
Berkeley relaxes parking enforcement rules due to shelter-in-place order
Drivers are set to get some relief from several types of parking rules following this week’s regional shelter-in-place order from health officials. Certain rules — like those for street sweeping — are still in effect.
Berkeleyside interactive maps: Cyclist and pedestrian injury crashes in 2019
In recent weeks, Berkeleyside has been crunching the numbers for 11 months of injury-crash data from the Berkeley police. We’ve created interactive maps and pulled out highlights. Dive into the data.
Recent Stories
Group aims to ‘green’ South Berkeley by transforming old railroad right-of-way
Instead of empty lots, the land could include elongated greenspace, walking paths, dog parks, play areas and community gardens.
Southbound Shattuck in downtown to become 2-way street next week
The change is part of a $10.3 million effort to reconfigure Shattuck and improve safety and traffic flow.
Berkeley to hold open house on making streets safer for pedestrians
Two people have been killed in 2019 while crossing the street; about 89 have been injured.
Berkeley council says traffic circles will keep their trees
The Berkeley City Council put many minds at ease Tuesday night by voting to allow existing trees and some vegetation to remain in place in traffic circles around town.
Berkeley looks to give cyclists more leeway at stop signs
Cyclists may eventually be able to roll through stop signs if there is no other traffic nearby.
Beyoncé or Bears Boulevard? You could rename (2 blocks of) Shattuck
As downtown Berkeley streets are reconfigured, the city is asking the public to weigh in on what one of the revamped stretches should be called.
Growing pains, as Berkeley launches online parking permit system
The city overhauled its residential parking permit system in July — putting applications online and ditching the old bumper stickers — in an effort to modernize the program. But the transition wasn’t easy.
The ‘worst street in Berkeley’ has been repaved!
The stretch of Sixth Street that was described last year as like driving through a former war zone has a new, smooth surface. The work is part of a range of paving projects around the city.
Crash Map: Injuries to cyclists or pedestrians in Berkeley in July
Berkeley police handled at least 10 crashes in July that resulted in injuries to pedestrians or cyclists, according to preliminary data.
