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Volunteers needed for East Palo Alto bike rodeo
May 08, 2012As part of our Safe Routes to School program, we are conducting bike rodeos at schools in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and San José and we need volunteers to help make them great! Students learn to use turn signals, make left and right turns, avoid obstacles, and develop their balance and stability. The time commitment is typically two to three hours, and volunteers need no previous experience... read the whole note.
Volunteers needed for East Palo Alto bike rodeo
May 08, 2012As part of our Safe Routes to School program, we are conducting bike rodeos at schools in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and San José and we need volunteers to help make them great! Students learn to use turn signals, make left and right turns, avoid obstacles, and develop their balance and stability. The time commitment is typically two to three hours, and volunteers need no previous experience... read the whole note.
Volunteers needed for East Palo Alto bike rodeo
May 08, 2012As part of our Safe Routes to School program, we are conducting bike rodeos at schools in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and San José and we need volunteers to help make them great! Students learn to use turn signals, make left and right turns, avoid obstacles, and develop their balance and stability. The time commitment is typically two to three hours, and volunteers need no previous experience... read the whole note.
Become a bike rodeo cowboy or cowgirl
May 08, 2012As part of our Safe Routes to School program, we are conducting bike rodeos at schools in Santa Clara and East Palo Alto, and we need volunteers to help make them great! Students learn to use turn signals, make left and right turns, avoid obstacles, and develop their balance and stability. The time commitment is typically two to three hours, and volunteers need no previous experience, just... read the whole note.
Minutes from March 8 Palo Alto Team meeting
May 07, 2012Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) Palo Alto Team March 8, 2012 Meeting Minutes
ATTENDEES Andrew Boone, David Coale, Bill Courington, Bob Cronin, Irvin Dawid, Colin Heyne, Eric Nordman, Pam Radin, Eric Ramberg, Jeremy Shaw
ACTION ITEMS 1. David Coale - post to Google Group list of streets where merge lanes onto Highway 101 are planned for modification, or any other details... read the whole note.
Support on-street bike parking in Mountain View
May 04, 2012This guest blog was submitted by Wendee Crofoot of the Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning.
Mountain View has a lack of convenient on street bike parking, the solution is more conspicuous, convenient, and plentiful racks. Bicyclists lock their bikes to tree cages, light posts, and railings that were designed to assist the elderly and disabled.
Do you live, work,... read the whole note.
Join the SVBC King of the Mountain team
May 03, 2012The King of the Mountain Charity Challenge is coming soon, on May 15, and we are excited that SVBC will be hosting a team for the first time ever!
There are two team challenges - Company Participation (based on the number of your team participants) and Company Time (based on the average time of your top three finishers in the KOM timed ride).
All riders are asked to register by... read the whole note.
Trail Head Cyclery premieres "Strength in Numbers"
May 03, 2012Trail Head Cyclery is hosting a mountain bike movie premiere showing of "Strength in Numbers" at the Camera 7 Theater in the Pruneyard on Sunday, May 27th at 7 pm.
Ian Emmons: 2012 Santa Clara County Bike Commuter of the Year
May 03, 2012Ian Emmons commutes exclusively by bicycle. Rain or shine, he always makes his ten-mile round-trip commute by bike. In addition, he embraces the car-free lifestyle by using pedal power to get around no matter what his errands require. He even makes runs to Costco using a bike trailer! Says Ian: “I'm not too sure I'm unique in this. Last time I was at Costco with my bike, I saw three other bike... read the whole note.
Support BRT and bike lanes along El Camino Real
May 02, 2012Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a set of innovative bus system enhancements that can provide high quality rapid transit service similar to light rail, but at a fraction of the cost. The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is proposing to introduce over 30 miles of BRT service along Silicon Valley's busiest bus corridors, including El Camino Real. Thanks to dedicated bus lanes, traffic-signal... read the whole note.