Comments on Willard Park Blog: BRT as the Catalyst for Change on Telegraph Ave

If there were more dedicated parking spaces for bi...

2008-02-17T15:51:00.000-08:00

If there were more dedicated parking spaces for bikes, more people would bike to the store. If you build parking spaces for cars, then people will come in droves by that mode of transport.

The other problem is the US has this once-a-week mega-shopping-trip way of grocery shopping, because there arent a bunch of smaller neighborhood groceries to fit the neighborhood scale, and people work too many damn hours here. (with attendant commutes to jobs by private car)

I would love to not drive to emeryville, berkeley, sf, oaklanf by using rail and BRT instead.

Ken

I was confused by your comments on BRT. You imply...

2007-11-09T13:43:00.000-08:00

I was confused by your comments on BRT. You imply that the Andronico's parking lot may disappear if transit/bus systems improve on Telegraph. Yet, I think if you talk to the shoppers in Andronico's you would find that most of them live up in the forested hills, or within walking distance of the store....neither group being interested in using a bus on Telegraph Ave. to purchase their groceries. Given how close the Berkeley Bowl is to the Ashby BART station, why is that parking lot ALWAYS full?

I believe the antagonism toward BRT is due to the plans to disrupt local car traffic (limiting lanes, eliminating street parking) without any visible benefit to local residents. It may be that residents of Oakland & San Leandro want to come to UC and Telegraph Ave. shops, but there is little to attract me to get on a bus to go to International Blvd. shops or San Leandro businesses. I don't drive there either.

A recent site (for me) on Telegraph: anti-BRT sign...

2007-10-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

A recent site (for me) on Telegraph: anti-BRT signs in store windows.