September 21, 2016Leave a Comment
The city of Santa Clara Central Park Library at 2635 Homestead Rd will unveil their Bike Fixit Station at 10 AM on Saturday, October 15, 2016.
The Library’s Fixit Station has a bike stand and a set of attached theft-resistant tools, including Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, and tire levers. The Fixit Station also includes a heavy duty theft-proof pump that accommodates both Presta and Schrader valves.
September 21, 20162 Comments on Vision Zero, Data driven enforcement, and Discrimination?
The Safe Routes Partnership moderated a Twitter chat this morning on the topic of equity and law enforcement in the context of active transportation. Among the good discussion starters, the Safe Routes Partnership asked:
Q6. What types of policies or approaches are effective at ensuring that law enforcement doesn’t profile or discriminate? #MoveEquity
— SafeRoutesNow (@SafeRoutesNow) September 21, 2016
September 16, 2016Leave a Comment
Big Basin Highway in Santa Cruz County: Caltrans began a three month, 17-mile resurfacing project on Highway 236 / Big Basin Highway near Boulder Creek last Monday between Pine Street in Boulder Creek and Old Mill Road near Castle Rock State Park. A full closure of upper Highway 236 begins this Monday, September 19, 2016 through October 3. According to Caltrans, the full closure will only happen during the weekday between 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. One-way reversing traffic control for the entire 17-mile length of Highway 236 (from Boulder Creek, through Big Basin State Park to upper Highway 9 near Castle Rock) will be in effect when needed during this re-paving project. Read the Caltrans press release info here.
Guadalupe River Trail
The Guadalupe River Trail will be subject to multi-hour closures the week of September 19 from Trimble Road to Montague Expressway. The Santa Clara Valley Water District is dredging the river bed. Hopefully, this means the lower creek trail will drain a little better during the winter rainy season. San Jose Bike Train runs during this closure, so we’ll probably detour to 1st Street north of Trimble Road.
Viva Calle San Jose 2016 on SUNDAY
It’ll be awesome. You should go. The basics:
Visit Viva Calle SJ for more information.
A walk to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness
And now for a personal note. Tomorrow, my wife Sara and I will participate in NAMIWalks Silicon Valley on the Guadalupe River Trail in San Jose with her team at Good Samaritan Hospital, where she works as a clinician at the Behavioral Health Unit. This walk benefits the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI), a grassroots advocacy group representing families and people affected by mental disorders in the United States. NAMI provides education, research and support for people and their families impacted by mental illness. Please consider helping by making a contribution via Sara’s online contribution page. Any amount helps. Thank you!
September 12, 201611 Comments on “Legally passing” driver sideswipes, kills woman on bike
A pair of cyclists participating in a charity ride to benefit law enforcement chaplaincy were apparently sideswiped by the driver of a 2004 Chevrolet dualie pickup truck who was passing a grape truck from the opposite direction. The second cyclist, 55-year-old Amy Suyama of Sebastopol, California, perished from her injuries in the crash. According to the Sonoma Press Democrat, the CHP Public Information Officer, Sgt. Jason Bahlman, said the driver of the truck “was legally passing in the sense that he was allowed to do so.” One can only hope this statement is grossly out of context.
September 12, 2016Leave a Comment
Another bikepool (think “carpool,” but with bikes) begins this Wednesday for commuters traveling from the vicinity of downtown San Jose, CA to the North First area, with morning departure from Diridon Station, and an evening trip leaving from Tasman Road at the Guadalupe River Trail.
September 9, 2016Leave a Comment
Have you biked on a Ford, lately?
The San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Transportation (MTC) announced a major re-branding of Bay Area Bike Share as “Ford GoBike” as Ford Smart Mobility becomes the title sponsor the Bike Share system in partnership with Bike Share operator Motivate.
