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Business owners and residents ask city to reconsider new Bancroft Way signal that removed parking

Berkeley City Council · April 21, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters told council a recent reconfiguration at Bancroft Way and 6th Street installed left-turn lanes and extensive red curbing that eliminated roughly 50 parking spaces, affecting about 30 businesses and 16 residences and raising safety and economic concerns.

Several residents and business owners urged the City Council on April 21 to engage the city’s traffic engineers about a recently reconfigured traffic signal at Bancroft Way and 6th Street.

Rachel Berry, who said she represents Root and Bloom Institute (a nonprofit renovating space at 6th and Bancroft), said a new…

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