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SVBC San Jose Team meeting

The SVBC San Jose Team meets each fourth Wednesday of the month. Dinner and networking start at 6:00 pm, then get the meeting rolling at 7:00.

Come join us to meet your cycling neighbors and get involved in local bike advocacy! Policy suggestions from the local teams will be submitted to the SVBC Policy Advisory Committee and help shape our advocacy efforts. We'll also plan for fun events and work on strategies to expand and improve bike facilities in and around San Jose.

Palo Alto Team meeting

Come join us and participate in bicycle advocacy in Palo Alto and the surrounding communities.

This group, a grassroots collection of advocates that reports to the SVBC Policy Advisory Committee, meets the second Thursday of each month to discuss bike issues and events in and around Palo Alto. Learn about the latest bike projects, fun events, and ways you can help expand and improve bike facilities in your community.

The social hour starts at 6:00 pm and the regular meeting begins at 7:00 pm.

Facebook commits to improvements for bike routes to new campus

February 1, 2012 - 4:56pm -- colin

Facebook Supports Bike Lane Network and the Bay Trail

Facebook is taking a leading position in promoting the bicycle for everyday use by funding the construction of a comprehensive network of bike lanes in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto on routes leading to its new Menlo Park Campus, and working with other Silicon Valley employers to contribute financially to the completion of a missing one-mile section of the Bay Trail.

The future of transportation is here

February 1, 2012 - 12:06pm -- Visitor

This timely blog just in from SVBC Board of Directors member Ian Dewar. Listen up and act fast!

The Future of transportation is here… and it does not look good for cyclists.

On Thursday Feb 2nd, the House Transportation committee will take the first vote on the new transportation bill called the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. This bill shockingly eliminates all federal funding for biking and walking. This is a $260 billion bill that will support all federally funded transportation programs for the next five years. Not only has the bill removed mention to key cycling projects, it actively eliminates programs that most cycling funding comes from, including Safe Routes to School and the Transportation Enhancements program.

Action Alert: Contact your Representative to save biking and walking funding TODAY

January 26, 2012 - 11:15am -- colin

Our friends at the Safe Routes to School National Partnership are looking to California bicycle advocates to help them in their fight to keep biking and walking funded at the federal level. They need your help!

Next Thursday, February 2, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will vote on the House transportation bill, which will eliminate crucial funds for bicycling and walking.

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My small role in a recent win

January 11, 2012 - 2:35pm -- colin

I attended the Menlo Park Planning Commission meeting on Monday night to deliver some comments regarding the Facebook environmental impact report (EIR) on behalf of SVBC. I mentioned the fact that the bicycle would be a great way to mitigate some of the traffic, noise, and air pollution that the EIR cites as "areas of controversy." It's not unusual for me to visit such meetings and comment on projects, but the efforts that lead up to this meeting were pretty extraordinary.

Action Alert: Protect SRTS and bike/ped funding in the Federal Transportation Bill

January 11, 2012 - 10:41am -- colin

Our colleagues at the Safe Routes to School National Partnership are making a special push in California this week, and they need you to contact your State Assembly and Senate Members TODAY.

ACTION ALERT

  • -Contact your California State Assembly and Senate Members this Week.
  • -Ask Them to Sign-On to a California Letter to Senator Boxer urging her to protect Safe Routes to School and bike/ped funding in the Federal Transportation Bill.

California Friends of Safe Routes to School,

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An equal opportunity advocacy organization

November 17, 2011 - 3:01pm -- colin

Okay, let's talk gear. Normally, we at SVBC do not concern ourselves with the type of bike people ride, as it is of little importance to us what you ride, so long as you are able to do so safely. However, I feel the need to delve into gear today - and the riding styles gear influences - as some people have taken up the misguided belief that SVBC is here solely to promote this:

The big world outside the office

October 27, 2011 - 12:27pm -- colin

Things have been pretty exciting here at SVBC Global Headquarters lately. We're fast approaching the Fourth Annual Dinner, which I'm very glad to not be in charge of. My colleagues are doing a fantastic job and I have the luxury of just working on the communications for the event, editing copy, and helping figure out creative places to store items for the auction. Each year, our big fancy benefit dinner gets bigger and fancier, yet somehow we pull it off without debacle and decide to step it up the following year.

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