Background: soon after I moved to my current digs I realized there was no safe/easy way for a bike commute. Whatever BART station I chose I had to either cross the Nimitz or Jackson/92 or both. I did much exploring till i found a relatively safe though long'ish route (see thread "my first bike to work").

Then I found there is a cleverly hidden bike/pedestrian only overpass cross the Nimitz. I've used that but it's a mess, graffitti, litter, broken glass (I carry the bike) and one end leads right into a school, it's a shame.

I contacted East Bay Bike Coalition and between us we found out who is responsible for clean up. Caltrans said the city, city said Caltrans...it's the city! They've scheduled a cleanup of the overpass.

Meetings and such prevent me checking the next few days but I plan to ride to work this week and see how they're doin'