I am the Education Director for Bike East Bay and the Oakland District 1 bike/pedestrian commissioner. I have worked on the Telegraph Ave bikeway project over the past several years regarding both community outreach and design, and am continuing to provide input on future phases which will extend the bikeway north toward Berkeley. I appreciate you reporting this issue, but thought that you might be interested in hearing that there are already plans to move the parking meters, per your suggestion.

If you are interested in educating yourself about how streets and roads are paid for, I recommend checking out this link: http://taxfoundation.org/blog/road-spending-state-funded-user-taxes-and-fees-including-federal-gas-tax-revenues.

The current phase of the Telegraph Ave project is paint only, coordinated with an existing paving project to keep the cost minimal. More expensive curb work coming in a later phase, much of it to improve pedestrian safety, is being paid for by grants secured from the state.

International Blvd is getting bike lanes along much of its length in East Oakland in conjunction with the Bus Rapid Transit project being installed between 2016-2017.

In both the Telegraph and International projects Bike East Bay compelled Oakland and AC Transit staff to bring back some of the car parking spots that were removed unnecessarily via the original design plans, so as to minimize the impact on local businesses.