Published

4/7/09
  • The Great Bike Pothole Search of Oakland

    When: Saturday May 2nd - 11:00am, bikes start their mission at 11:30am.

    Where: Fruitvale Bart Station: Look for the group of people with bikes outside the station ;)

    What
    : Bring your bike (or your walking shoes). A pad of paper and a pen. We will disperse to search for potholes and jot down their locations. Also possible to do via cell phone.

    The goal: To populate this map with as many potholes as possible.

    Why: Biking for good. If we can find the potholes - we can present this with an Oakland Tribune article in the making, giving it more context and potentially having a bigger impact. Who knows, maybe even some positive action will come on behalf of the city in reaction?

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    : Facebook or Upcoming. Or click “join the reporting team” on the pitch.

    If you can’t spare a Saturday - maybe you can spare $10 to help the reporting. We need six more people to donate $10 each!

    So pump up your bicycle wheels (skateboards, rollerblades and those wheel’d shoes all the kids have also accepted).

    Contact info at spot.us for details

     

    Posted by Spot. Us on 04/07/09
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