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City of Menlo Park seeks an underground option for high speed rail
Nov 12, 2009The City of Menlo Park has sent a letter to the California High Speed Rail Authority asking that they rail alignment through Menlo Park be placed underground. According to an article in the Almanac newspaper, the city decided to make a formal statement after conducting sufficient public outreach.
With one absence from the vote, the council voted 3-1 in favor of sending the formal... read the whole blog post.
Google Maps Street View Trike finalists announced
Nov 11, 2009After more than 25,000 suggestions, Google has announced the finalists in the Google Street View Trike vote.
The Google Trike takes Street View photos similar to those seen on U.S. roadways, but now ventures out to trails, campuses, parks, and zoos. In fact, according to the Google Maps blog titled LatLong, college campuses represented 44% of all suggestions.
The 5 main... read the whole blog post.
Silicon Valley ranked 26th most dangerous metro area for walking
Nov 10, 2009Well, it could be worse, but it certainly could be better, too. Transportation for America just released a report on the most dangerous metropolitan areas for pedestrians. The report takes into account the percentage of residents who walk to work and the average annual pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people to acheive a "Pedestrian Danger Index," or PDI. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area... read the whole blog post.
He "stopped in front to teach them a lesson."
Nov 10, 2009Dr. Christopher Thompson, a Los Angeles doctor, was found guilty of six felonies and one misdemeanor on Monday, November 2. The convictions concerned an incident of motorist-on-cyclist road rage last summer that left two cyclists badly injured.
From the Los Angeles Times:
"Thompson, a former emergency room physician who lives along the winding five-mile road, claimed that he was... read the whole blog post.SVBC member highligted in Wednesday's San Francisco Examiner
Nov 06, 2009SVBC's own Didrik Hoag was quoted in a Wednesday article in the San Francisco Examiner titled, "Bike lanes are seeing red".
Didrik recalled his own close calls at the corner of Edgewood Road and Scenic Drive. The bright red color being tested will hopefully keep cars out of the bike lane, with cars making a left hand turn onto Scenic Drive. With cars backed up behind a driver making a... read the whole blog post.
Peninsula cyclists - What are your thoughts on the Holly St./101 design alternatives?
Nov 02, 2009Are you a concerned Peninsula cyclist? Want to have your say about freeway overpass design?
Well, come join us for SVBC's monthly Peninsula Committee meeting this Thursday and share your ideas over dinner. We will be meeting at Ladda's Thai Cuisine, 2053 Broadway, in Redwood City (three blocks from Caltrain). The social hour is 6:00-7:00pm, and the regular meeting is 7:00-8:30pm.
... read the whole blog post.San Jose Cycle Chic?
Oct 31, 2009A little bit of Copenhagen came to the Bay Area yesterday. Mikael Coleville-Andersen spoke to a packed room of about 100 people at the San Francisco office of SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association).
Coleville-Andersen is the publisher of the increasing popular blogs Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Copenhagenize as well as the producer of the music video "Copenhagen -... read the whole blog post.
Women serve as bicycling "indicator species"
Oct 30, 2009Women serve as an indicator species for the health of a city's cycling scene; so says Scientific American in a recent article titled "How to Get More Bicyclists on the Road." The author argues that because of factors like gender roles and risk aversion, the proportion of women riding within a city can help urban planners gauge the success of their strategies. The article reasons that female... read the whole blog post.
Last night's Good Neighbor Committee meeting discussed bike parking at ATT Ballpark
Oct 30, 2009Just wanted to post this to show everyone what could be done in San Jose, during hockey games or at future ball games.
More on the meeting later. Thanks to the folks at Streetfilms.org who do fantastic work.
I love New York and New York loves bikes - New Streetfilms video
Oct 28, 2009When we talk about progressive bike cities; places such as Portland, Davis, Montreal, and Seattle always come to mind; but New York, yes New York has made some amazing progress in the last three years.
Whether its the new pedestrian plazas in Madison Square and on Broadway Boulevard, or Sunday Streets events during the summer, the city has made some creative and positive changes to the... read the whole blog post.