- East Bay Bicycle Coalition Newsletter: "Emeryville's Sweet Adeline Bike Lanes: New, Wider Design Clears 'Door Zone,' Uses Sharrows" September 2007
- Oakland Tribune article: "Emeryville drivers fight to keep their I-80 shortcut. Plan to turn onramp into bike/pedestrian bridge gains speed" February 26, 2007
- San Francisco Chronicle article: "Proposed footbridge would span I-80 Critics decry plan, which would close a freeway on-ramp" February 25, 2007
- San Francisco Business Times article: "Emeryville Grapples with Choice for Future " February 2, 2007
- East Bay Express article: "E-ville leader talks the walk" (.doc) September 29, 2006
- Wired News article "The Silence of the Leaf Blower" (.doc) September 23, 2005
- San Francisco Chronicle article "Sounds like trouble in Emeryville" (.doc) August 5, 2005
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Lane, John, and Nina on Bike to Work Day, May 15, 2008. |
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In October, 2007, John exhibited his art piece, "It Won't Pencil", a commentary on development in Emeryville. For more photos, http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnFricke01/ItWontPencil. For a description, http://www.johnfricke.com/ItWontPencil-text.pdf |
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On September 8, 2007, a group of us participated in Tour d'Emeryville (!), a ride along the entire length (whew!) of the new Adeline Street bike lanes. We replenished all those burned calories at Restaurant Furenzu. For more photos, click here. |
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| Greenway bocce ball court, May 17, 2007. On the way home from school, Nina and Lane received an impromptu bocce lesson from David of Pulte Homes. For video please click here (18M): http://www.johnfricke.com/NinaLane17may2007.avi | |
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| This year's Bike to Work Day (May 17, 2007) coincided with Lane and Nina's after-school yoga class. Hence the yoga mats (in addition to homework folders, lunch boxes and my backback) in/on the panniers. |
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| On December 30, 2006, Lane, Nina and John joined the picket line at Woodfin Hotel in support of the hotel workers in their struggle to get the living wage law enforced. |
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| Residents expressed themselves loud and clear at the special city council meeting on how to allocate money for capital projects. |
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| John, Nina, and Lane on Bike to Work Day, May 18, 2006. |
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| At the March 21, 2006 city council meeting, John contrasted the maximum building height with the height of a proposed 17-story condo project. | |
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| At the May 19, 2005 planning commission meeting, John made a presentation urging the planning commission to abide by the rules limiting building height in residential neighborhoods. |
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