Rebecca Saltzman
@rebeccaforec.bsky.social
Mom, El Cerrito City Councilmember, Bike East Bay Co-Executive Director of Development and Engagement, and former BART Director
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I'm stepping up into the role of Bike East Bay Co-Executive Director of Development and Engagement.
I'm thrilled to join Co-EDs Jill Holloway & Justin Hu-Nguyen in leading our efforts to make the East Bay a place where people come first, not cars!
I'm stepping up into the role of Bike East Bay Co-Executive Director of Development and Engagement.
I'm thrilled to join Co-EDs Jill Holloway & Justin Hu-Nguyen in leading our efforts to make the East Bay a place where people come first, not cars!
I’ve never been so excited to see fencing!
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’ve never been so excited to see fencing!
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
Construction is beginning on El Cerrito Plaza BART TOD, replacing parking with 743 homes and hopefully a new library.
The first building will be 100% affordable with 70 homes.
I’ve been working on this project for nearly a decade and couldn’t be happier.
I’m grateful for El Cerrito City staff. ❤️
On Sunday my family and I noticed a staircase railing at Tassajara Park was very loose and a bit hazardous.
I told staff about it on Monday morning... and it was fixed 4 hours later!
El Cerrito staff care so much and work so hard for our community.
On Sunday my family and I noticed a staircase railing at Tassajara Park was very loose and a bit hazardous.
I told staff about it on Monday morning... and it was fixed 4 hours later!
El Cerrito staff care so much and work so hard for our community.
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m grateful for El Cerrito City staff. ❤️
On Sunday my family and I noticed a staircase railing at Tassajara Park was very loose and a bit hazardous.
I told staff about it on Monday morning... and it was fixed 4 hours later!
El Cerrito staff care so much and work so hard for our community.
On Sunday my family and I noticed a staircase railing at Tassajara Park was very loose and a bit hazardous.
I told staff about it on Monday morning... and it was fixed 4 hours later!
El Cerrito staff care so much and work so hard for our community.
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
What’s depressing isn’t the higher levels of federal expenditures & DOGE’s failure—it’s that the feds replaced expenditures on foreign assistance, research & the environment with spending on ICE personnel & national guard deployments.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What’s depressing isn’t the higher levels of federal expenditures & DOGE’s failure—it’s that the feds replaced expenditures on foreign assistance, research & the environment with spending on ICE personnel & national guard deployments.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
Meanwhile, the rich got tax cuts so the deficit worsened.
Love seeing BART so crowded at nearly 11 pm in Berkeley.
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Love seeing BART so crowded at nearly 11 pm in Berkeley.
I love El Cerrito ❤️
Today my daughter and I went for an Ohlone Greenway scooter ride/walk and along the way:
🚴🏼♀️Ran into several people we know
🚶🏼♀️Met a family that lives 2 blocks from us
🐕Pet 3 dogs
📚Got books at the library
And my daughter climbed 3 trees and rode her favorite swing.
Today my daughter and I went for an Ohlone Greenway scooter ride/walk and along the way:
🚴🏼♀️Ran into several people we know
🚶🏼♀️Met a family that lives 2 blocks from us
🐕Pet 3 dogs
📚Got books at the library
And my daughter climbed 3 trees and rode her favorite swing.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I love El Cerrito ❤️
Today my daughter and I went for an Ohlone Greenway scooter ride/walk and along the way:
🚴🏼♀️Ran into several people we know
🚶🏼♀️Met a family that lives 2 blocks from us
🐕Pet 3 dogs
📚Got books at the library
And my daughter climbed 3 trees and rode her favorite swing.
Today my daughter and I went for an Ohlone Greenway scooter ride/walk and along the way:
🚴🏼♀️Ran into several people we know
🚶🏼♀️Met a family that lives 2 blocks from us
🐕Pet 3 dogs
📚Got books at the library
And my daughter climbed 3 trees and rode her favorite swing.
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
every traffic death is a policy choice
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
every traffic death is a policy choice
The first time I visited Berkeley, the Telegraph Fair was happening.
I loved it & thought Telegraph was car free and filled with street vendors all the time.
I was disappointed when I found out it wasn’t permanent.
So glad the festival will continue & look forward to a future car free Telegraph.
I loved it & thought Telegraph was car free and filled with street vendors all the time.
I was disappointed when I found out it wasn’t permanent.
So glad the festival will continue & look forward to a future car free Telegraph.
Big news for #Berkeley: Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social and @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social have successfully worked with the Fire Department and other city staff to keep the Telegraph Ave street fair on Telegraph!
Come visit in December!
www.telegraphfair.com
Come visit in December!
www.telegraphfair.com
Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair
DECEMBER 6th-7th, 13th-14th, 20th-21st 11AM-6PM
www.telegraphfair.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The first time I visited Berkeley, the Telegraph Fair was happening.
I loved it & thought Telegraph was car free and filled with street vendors all the time.
I was disappointed when I found out it wasn’t permanent.
So glad the festival will continue & look forward to a future car free Telegraph.
I loved it & thought Telegraph was car free and filled with street vendors all the time.
I was disappointed when I found out it wasn’t permanent.
So glad the festival will continue & look forward to a future car free Telegraph.
Join us! It's just a couple blocks from Hayward BART, and Kickstand Kickback is always a fun event.
Any online bike friends wanna get together IRL? We're hosting a winter hangout with @bikehayward.bsky.social on Dec 4 at The Dirty Bird. Laidback vibes: snacks, good company and easy conversation.
+ Group ride from South Hayward BART at 5:30pm. RSVP at secure.everyaction.com/CikDTpHRZEGk...
+ Group ride from South Hayward BART at 5:30pm. RSVP at secure.everyaction.com/CikDTpHRZEGk...
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Join us! It's just a couple blocks from Hayward BART, and Kickstand Kickback is always a fun event.
West Contra Costa teachers deserve a fair contract!
My family and I have been rallying with teachers every Friday for the past two months at Madera Elementary.
Negotiations have stalled and teachers on the verge of a strike. It was so heartening to see the biggest turnout of families yet today!
My family and I have been rallying with teachers every Friday for the past two months at Madera Elementary.
Negotiations have stalled and teachers on the verge of a strike. It was so heartening to see the biggest turnout of families yet today!
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
West Contra Costa teachers deserve a fair contract!
My family and I have been rallying with teachers every Friday for the past two months at Madera Elementary.
Negotiations have stalled and teachers on the verge of a strike. It was so heartening to see the biggest turnout of families yet today!
My family and I have been rallying with teachers every Friday for the past two months at Madera Elementary.
Negotiations have stalled and teachers on the verge of a strike. It was so heartening to see the biggest turnout of families yet today!
That is a completely unacceptable level of availability for transit vehicles. If BART cars had this awful level of availability, it would be front page news and folks would be furious.
Electric buses are great... if they work.
But if they erode service, they're harming the climate, not helping it.
Electric buses are great... if they work.
But if they erode service, they're harming the climate, not helping it.
*As a group,* the four BEB's purchased in 2018 have 35% availability - at least one bus ran on this route on 35% of service days.
The four BEB's purchased in 2016 have 42% availability
Availability levels for the individual buses ranges from 2-25%
The four BEB's purchased in 2016 have 42% availability
Availability levels for the individual buses ranges from 2-25%
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That is a completely unacceptable level of availability for transit vehicles. If BART cars had this awful level of availability, it would be front page news and folks would be furious.
Electric buses are great... if they work.
But if they erode service, they're harming the climate, not helping it.
Electric buses are great... if they work.
But if they erode service, they're harming the climate, not helping it.
On Monday evening a driver hit a person cycling across Central on the Ohlone Greenway, despite the automatic flashing lights when someone crosses.
People walking and biking use this crossing a lot, as it connects to El Cerrito Plaza BART station.
We must slow car traffic to protect lives.
People walking and biking use this crossing a lot, as it connects to El Cerrito Plaza BART station.
We must slow car traffic to protect lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On Monday evening a driver hit a person cycling across Central on the Ohlone Greenway, despite the automatic flashing lights when someone crosses.
People walking and biking use this crossing a lot, as it connects to El Cerrito Plaza BART station.
We must slow car traffic to protect lives.
People walking and biking use this crossing a lot, as it connects to El Cerrito Plaza BART station.
We must slow car traffic to protect lives.
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
Like Uber, AVs have the upside of reducing parking demand. Downside: big increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled and traffic -- including lots of miles driving empty
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Like Uber, AVs have the upside of reducing parking demand. Downside: big increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled and traffic -- including lots of miles driving empty
This would be a huge loss! I can’t imagine the East Bay without the steam train.
The current month to month lease makes it impossible for the operators to make long term needed investments.
Urge East Bay Regional Park District to approve a long-term lease, by emailing [email protected].
The current month to month lease makes it impossible for the operators to make long term needed investments.
Urge East Bay Regional Park District to approve a long-term lease, by emailing [email protected].
Without a long-term lease from the East Bay park district, the Redwood Valley Railway may move from its longtime home in the Berkeley Hills.
Tilden steam train owner says Berkeley Hills attraction’s days may be numbered
Without a long-term lease from the East Bay park district, the Redwood Valley Railway may move from its longtime home in the Berkeley Hills.
www.berkeleyside.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This would be a huge loss! I can’t imagine the East Bay without the steam train.
The current month to month lease makes it impossible for the operators to make long term needed investments.
Urge East Bay Regional Park District to approve a long-term lease, by emailing [email protected].
The current month to month lease makes it impossible for the operators to make long term needed investments.
Urge East Bay Regional Park District to approve a long-term lease, by emailing [email protected].
A lovely musical interlude on my BART ride home.
I see these musicians frequently in the evening on the Red Line in the East Bay.
Music on transit brings me so much joy. ❤️🎶🚄
I see these musicians frequently in the evening on the Red Line in the East Bay.
Music on transit brings me so much joy. ❤️🎶🚄
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A lovely musical interlude on my BART ride home.
I see these musicians frequently in the evening on the Red Line in the East Bay.
Music on transit brings me so much joy. ❤️🎶🚄
I see these musicians frequently in the evening on the Red Line in the East Bay.
Music on transit brings me so much joy. ❤️🎶🚄
On Saturday a 70 year old woman walking across San Pablo Avenue was hit by a driver.
Due to the severity of her injuries she was airlifted to a trauma hospital for medical care and is in critical condition.
San Pablo is El Cerrito’s most dangerous street. We must make it safer to protect lives.
Due to the severity of her injuries she was airlifted to a trauma hospital for medical care and is in critical condition.
San Pablo is El Cerrito’s most dangerous street. We must make it safer to protect lives.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On Saturday a 70 year old woman walking across San Pablo Avenue was hit by a driver.
Due to the severity of her injuries she was airlifted to a trauma hospital for medical care and is in critical condition.
San Pablo is El Cerrito’s most dangerous street. We must make it safer to protect lives.
Due to the severity of her injuries she was airlifted to a trauma hospital for medical care and is in critical condition.
San Pablo is El Cerrito’s most dangerous street. We must make it safer to protect lives.
Not just Whole Foods. Every time my coworker picks up large orders from Office Depot she indicates in the app that she’s picking up by bike, and always a worker comes out to check, not believing her bike can carry the order.
Then they see her Urban Arrow, with big carrying capacity, and understand.
Then they see her Urban Arrow, with big carrying capacity, and understand.
Apparently Whole Foods has never heard of someone picking up groceries on a bicycle
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not just Whole Foods. Every time my coworker picks up large orders from Office Depot she indicates in the app that she’s picking up by bike, and always a worker comes out to check, not believing her bike can carry the order.
Then they see her Urban Arrow, with big carrying capacity, and understand.
Then they see her Urban Arrow, with big carrying capacity, and understand.
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
Close Telegraph to cars immediately!
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
BREAKING: A cyclist died Saturday after a crash on Telegraph Avenue near UC Berkeley, authorities report.
Cyclist dead after Telegraph Avenue crash in Berkeley
Berkeley police have now taped off the block for an investigation and called in the Fatal Accident Investigation Team.
www.berkeleyscanner.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Close Telegraph to cars immediately!
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
Berkeley voted years ago to close it by rebuilding the street, but it can be closed to cars immediately with plastic posts and signs
Safety can't wait any longer
How many more deaths of people walking and biking will we tolerate before we make our streets safer?
This is a crisis throughout the East Bay - a woman was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing an Antioch street yesterday.
We need to rapidly transform our streets to slow cars and protect people.
This is a crisis throughout the East Bay - a woman was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing an Antioch street yesterday.
We need to rapidly transform our streets to slow cars and protect people.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
How many more deaths of people walking and biking will we tolerate before we make our streets safer?
This is a crisis throughout the East Bay - a woman was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing an Antioch street yesterday.
We need to rapidly transform our streets to slow cars and protect people.
This is a crisis throughout the East Bay - a woman was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing an Antioch street yesterday.
We need to rapidly transform our streets to slow cars and protect people.
Exactly!
We can both address the immediate crisis by passing a transit funding measure next year
AND plan for the future.
We need to plan now to make the San Antonio BART station happen when transit capital funding starts flowing again. BART projects take a long time!
We can both address the immediate crisis by passing a transit funding measure next year
AND plan for the future.
We need to plan now to make the San Antonio BART station happen when transit capital funding starts flowing again. BART projects take a long time!
I don't see a big conflict here. BART is right to focus on keeping the lights on. And Oakland advocates are right to think long-term and paint a picture of a future with better BART, creating some excitement ahead of the funding measure.
BART’s fiscal crisis could close 9 stations. So why are people pushing for a new one in Oakland?
BART is facing a budget crisis of unfathomable magnitude. But that hasn’t stopped political leaders from pressing for a new train station in East Oakland.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Exactly!
We can both address the immediate crisis by passing a transit funding measure next year
AND plan for the future.
We need to plan now to make the San Antonio BART station happen when transit capital funding starts flowing again. BART projects take a long time!
We can both address the immediate crisis by passing a transit funding measure next year
AND plan for the future.
We need to plan now to make the San Antonio BART station happen when transit capital funding starts flowing again. BART projects take a long time!
Reposted by Rebecca Saltzman
Demand based parking pricing is happening at BART!
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
If Donald Shoup were still with us, he’d be glad to see #BART using performance-based parking prices to balance supply and demand.
“BART will raise parking fees up to 30% in January, in line with a policy that ties pricing to inflation and demand.”
“BART will raise parking fees up to 30% in January, in line with a policy that ties pricing to inflation and demand.”
BART to raise parking fees by up to 30%. Here’s when
Parking revenue has become more critical as BART faces a deepening financial predicament, since the agency relies on fares and parking fees to run service and perform maintenance.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Demand based parking pricing is happening at BART!
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
Demand based parking pricing is happening at BART!
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
If Donald Shoup were still with us, he’d be glad to see #BART using performance-based parking prices to balance supply and demand.
“BART will raise parking fees up to 30% in January, in line with a policy that ties pricing to inflation and demand.”
“BART will raise parking fees up to 30% in January, in line with a policy that ties pricing to inflation and demand.”
BART to raise parking fees by up to 30%. Here’s when
Parking revenue has become more critical as BART faces a deepening financial predicament, since the agency relies on fares and parking fees to run service and perform maintenance.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Demand based parking pricing is happening at BART!
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
I worked for years to pass this policy, and succeeded in my last year on the BART Board.
And now there’s enough demand to increase prices at most stations. This will cover actual costs of parking and encourage folks to walk, bike, transit to BART.
This ⬇️
I lived a few blocks from Piedmont Ave for 8 years and loved the neighborhood.
The number one problem was the absurdly narrow sidewalks in a busy commercial district. I frequently walked on the street to get around folks walking more slowly.
Would have been impossible with a stroller.
I lived a few blocks from Piedmont Ave for 8 years and loved the neighborhood.
The number one problem was the absurdly narrow sidewalks in a busy commercial district. I frequently walked on the street to get around folks walking more slowly.
Would have been impossible with a stroller.
Piedmont Avenue is booming, on a beautiful fall evening. People are out and enjoying themselves. It desperately needs the city of #Oakland to widen the sidewalks and give it a road diet.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This ⬇️
I lived a few blocks from Piedmont Ave for 8 years and loved the neighborhood.
The number one problem was the absurdly narrow sidewalks in a busy commercial district. I frequently walked on the street to get around folks walking more slowly.
Would have been impossible with a stroller.
I lived a few blocks from Piedmont Ave for 8 years and loved the neighborhood.
The number one problem was the absurdly narrow sidewalks in a busy commercial district. I frequently walked on the street to get around folks walking more slowly.
Would have been impossible with a stroller.
Trains are the best way to travel with kids.
The views on Capitol Corridor keep my daughter entertained for much of the trip to Sacramento.
It’s so comfortable and easy to move around, and the cafe car provides a good distraction and yummy snacks.
So much better than the stress of flying!
The views on Capitol Corridor keep my daughter entertained for much of the trip to Sacramento.
It’s so comfortable and easy to move around, and the cafe car provides a good distraction and yummy snacks.
So much better than the stress of flying!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trains are the best way to travel with kids.
The views on Capitol Corridor keep my daughter entertained for much of the trip to Sacramento.
It’s so comfortable and easy to move around, and the cafe car provides a good distraction and yummy snacks.
So much better than the stress of flying!
The views on Capitol Corridor keep my daughter entertained for much of the trip to Sacramento.
It’s so comfortable and easy to move around, and the cafe car provides a good distraction and yummy snacks.
So much better than the stress of flying!