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Santa Cruz METRO considers bus service to Big Basin State Park & Waddell Creek

April 9, 2013 – 12:37 pm

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (“METRO”) board of directors will meet Friday, April 12 to decide on weekend bus service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park and Waddell Beach in Santa Cruz County.

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Portland tops in bicycle airport access

January 30, 2013 – 9:30 am

Can you bike to the nearest airport? Phyllis Orrick of the Safe Transportation Research & Education Center and Karen Trapenberg Frick of the University of California Transportation Center examined bicycle access for airport employees at a variety of airports in the United States.

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RIP Ellen Fletcher

November 8, 2012 – 9:51 am

Holocaust survivor, PTA mom, city council member, and bike advocate: Ellen Fletcher succumbed yesterday at age 83 to lung cancer at her Palo Alto home.

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Big gains in bike commuting on San Francisco Peninsula

September 20, 2012 – 4:30 pm
San Francisco Bay Area bike commute modal share map

Palo Alto number two in the nation behind Davis at 10.1% The U.S. Census released their 2011 American Community Survey estimates on Wednesday, and San Francisco Peninsula bike advocate Andrew Boone found some surprising gains for the region.

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The short history of Cycle Chic

September 19, 2012 – 11:58 am
IBM Social Media Study on Cycle Chic

Way back in 2007 I made note of a brand new blog on “Cycle Chic.” Back then, most of you knew me as “Fritz” while Mikael Colville-Anderson went by the nom de plume “Zakkalicious.” He called his blog Cycleliciousness, changed it (briefly) to “Copenhagen Girls On Bikes” before settling on Copenhagenize. I wrote back then read more »

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Santa Cruz to experiment with open streets

August 24, 2012 – 10:49 am

After much wheedling from Saskia Lucas, the city of Santa Cruz, California agreed to close a two mile stretch West Cliff Drive from Lighthouse Field to Natural Bridges for this city’s first ever official open streets event.

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