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Motorcycle awareness month

May 20, 2013 – 11:22 am

May is both national bike month and Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. In California, this means Caltrans posts “Watch for motorcycles” messages on their electronic Sigalert highway signs. What’s the impact of this enhanced safety awareness?

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East Palo Alto Capital Improvement Plan discussion tonight

May 15, 2013 – 2:54 pm

Our bike advocate in East Palo Alto (EPA), Andrew Boone, reports the city of East Palo Alto will discuss their Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) during a budget study session tonight at the EPA Government Center at 2415 University Avenue. The city will review, among other things, how to spend the $1.5 million the city received read more »

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Free bikes, Earth Day, and more

April 22, 2013 – 11:26 am

Happy Earth Day, you bike riding hippies. Did you know today is also the birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (pictured to the left with a bicycle)? He was an enthusiastic cyclist and photographer, combining both of these hobbies while traveling before beginning his second career as architect of the Red Terror. More bicycle news Free read more »

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Bike thefts in Mill Valley California, and a misleading headline

April 5, 2013 – 3:08 pm
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Big expansion for Santa Cruz Highway 17 bus service

March 13, 2013 – 9:15 am

In response to standing-room only crowds on the popular Highway 17 commuter bus service between Santa Cruz and San Jose, the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (“METRO”) announced a significant expansion with 11 new weekday runs and an additional run on the weekends.

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A bike plan from 1980

February 19, 2013 – 10:30 am

Dawn in Seattle dug up this gem from 1980: a technical report for the US Department of Transportation covering Bicycle Transportation for Energy Conservation [135 page PDF] Some highlights: The abstract says: “The study determined that 470,000 people commuted by bicycle in 1975….” That was 0.6% of the working population in 1975. In 2011, the read more »

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