Neighbors of Ashby BART

newspaper articles

1/5/07: Top Berkeley Developments in '06, Berkeley Daily Planet (see "Ashby BART" subhead)
11/28/06: Big Berkeley Projects Move Forward Slowly, Berkeley Daily Planet (scroll to bottom of article)
9/19/06: letter to the editor from Zelda Bronstein, Berkeley Daily Planet
8/11/06: Ashby BART Project Spurs Rise of Community Groups, Berkeley Daily Planet
7/28/06: Ashby BART Task Force Asked to Reach Out, Berkeley Daily Planet
6/30/06: Commentary: No Public Policy by Fiat by Sam Herbert, Berkeley Daily Planet
6/23/06: Mayor Seeks Funds for Ashby BART Plan Study, Berkeley Daily Planet
6/9/06: Plans for Ashby BART Project Continues After Grant Denial, Berkeley Daily Planet
6/2/06: Grant Denied, Ashby BART Plan On Hold, Berkeley Daily Planet
5/26/06: Jeers Greet Ashby BART Task Force Members at First Meeting, Berkeley Daily Planet
5/16/06: Commentary: Hotel Ashby by George Katechis, Berkeley Daily Planet
5/12/06: letters to the editor from Tony Bautts and Robert Lauriston, Berkeley Daily Planet
5/9/06: Neighborhood Corporation Chooses Panel to Plan Ashby BART Village, Berkeley Daily Planet
4/21/06: letters to the editor from Robert Lauriston and Osha Neumann, Berkeley Daily Planet
4/20/06: Call for Report Draws Complaints, The Daily Californian
4/18/06: An Ashby Bart Task Force? Yes--With A Few Big Ifs by Robert Lauriston, Berkeley Daily Planet
4/18/06: City Hires Firm to Study Ashby Flea Market Move, Berkeley Daily Planet
4/14/06: Controversy Surrounds Ashby BART Task Force, Berkeley Daily Planet (Note: As indicated in a correction in the following issue, this article mistakenly misattributed other people's remarks to me. I never criticized Ed Church for soliciting people to joint the task force; I have no problem whatsoever with him or anyone else soliciting nominees. What matters is who actually ends up on the task force, and to that end, the more nominees, the better. Nor did I claim that nominees were required to endorse the project. So far as I know that's false, since none of the half-dozen nominees I've spoken with reported anything of the sort.--Robert Lauriston)
4/06: interview with Joe Brooks, Vice President for Civic Engagement, PolicyLink, in the Spring 2006 Livable Berkeley Newsletter (900KB PDF)
4/4/06: Commentary: Ashby Task Force to Make Recommendations by Marcy Greenhut, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/31/06: Commentary: Ashby BART Plan Still Ignores the People by Kenoli Oleari, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/28/06: Commentary: Adeline Should Not Be So Wide by David Soffa, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/24/06: Development Corp. Seeks Task Force, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/17/06: Commentary: What South Berkeley Needs: Public Open Space, by Kenoli Oleari, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/17/06: Commentary: Ashby BART: A Chance for Healing, by Bill Hamilton, Berkeley Daily Planet
3/3/06: Commentary: Ashby-Adeline Intersection Fix Should Be Part of Plan by David Soffa, Berkeley Daily Planet; photos for that article (Note: Soffa was the architect for the controversial 2901 Otis project that was abandoned due to neighborhood opposition)
2/28/06: Commentary: Brower Center, Ashby BART: A Right Way, a Wrong Way by Rob Wrenn
2/17/06: letters to the editor from John Selawsky, Peter Lydon, Glen Kohler, and Nicholas Kibre, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/14/06: Commentary: BART Proposal Contains Blatant Mistakes And Should Be Withdrawn Due to Flaws by Rosemary Hyde, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/14/06: Mayor, Anderson Field Ashby BART Questions, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/13/06: Residents, City Council Meet on Ashby BART Station Development, The Daily Californian (Note: The comment that "some said [City Manager Phil Kamlarz filed the application with Caltrans] without notifying residents living near the BART station" is potentially misleading; it's a fact that there was no public notice of the October 14 grant application prior to the publication of the December 13 City Council agenda.)
2/10/06: Commentary: Church's BART Site Plan Was In the Works for Years by Kenoli Oleari, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/10/06: Ashby Transit Village Opponents Win Delay, Berkeley Daily Planet (Note: This is a misleading headline: opponents of the Ashby BART grant asked the City Council to vote immediately to withdraw it. The delay was the City Council's idea.)
2/9/06: Ashby BART Station Plan Comes Under Fire, The Daily Californian
2/7/06: Commentary: Pull Grant Application, Start Over with Public Participation by Shirley Dean, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/7/06: Commentary: Ashby Transit Village? No Thanks by Kenoli Oleari, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/7/06: Ashby Transit Village, Landmark Ordinance Top Council Agenda, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/3/06: Commentary: Stop the Ashby BART Grant by Robert Lauriston, Berkeley Daily Planet
2/3/06: Editorial: Listen to City Residents, The Daily Californian
1/31/06: Residents Decry BART Application, The Daily Californian
1/31/06: Anderson Seeks to Allay Ashby BART Anxieties, Berkeley Daily Planet
1/27/06: Commentary: Is a Transit Village Economically Feasible? by Robert Lauriston, Berkeley Daily Planet
1/27/06: letters to the editor, Berkeley Daily Planet (scroll down for letters re proposed Ashby BART development)
1/20/06: Neighbors Oppose Ashby BART Project, Berkeley Daily Planet
1/19/06: Berkeley transit village plan draws neighborhood fury, East Bay Daily News
1/13/06: Commentary: Would Transit Village Require Upzoning? by Robert Lauriston, Berkeley Daily Planet
1/13/06: Dueling Meetings For Proposed Ashby BART Project, Berkeley Daily Planet (Note: This article is in error, the January 23 meeting regards the Downtown BART station.)
1/6/06: Editorial: Fruitvale is a Lesson for Ashby, Berkeley Daily Planet
1/4/06: Ghost Town: What if they built the development of the future and no one came?, East Bay Express feature about the transit village development at Fruitvale BART (Note: the claim that "transit village project ... plans have been approved at ... Ashby" is incorrect)
1/3/06: Column: The Public Eye: It Takes a Potemkin Transit Village, Berkeley Daily Planet
12/20/05: Bates Began Drive to Build Transit Villages, Berkeley Daily Planet
12/16/05: City Council Approves Ashby BART Application, Berkeley Daily Planet
12/16/05: Editorial: Privatizing the Commons With Condos, Berkeley Daily Planet
12/16/05: letters to the editor, Berkeley Daily Planet (scroll down for letters re proposed Ashby BART development)
12/13/05: Major Project Planned for Ashby BART West Lot, Berkeley Daily Planet