Rain is maybe forecast for Wednesday morning. Conditions on the Guadalupe River Trail are challenging from Santa Clara Street south, and at Montague Expressway. Note this tree, for example, wedged across the entire undercrossing at Montague Expressway.

As of this morning, the trail is clear north of Santa Clara Street, past the airport, under Highway 101 through Trimble Road.

So who’s in? I’ll have baked sweets for the good boys and girls who meet me at San Jose Diridon Station or Bel Bacio Coffee at 8 AM.

San Jose Bike Train is a slow pace group ride from downtown San Jose to destinations north (towards the Bay) along the Guadalupe River Trail.

Remember, you can check South Bay trail conditions here, which tracks water hazards but doesn’t work well for debris leftover from the previous day’s flooding.

I attended yesterday’s vigil for victims of traffic violence yesterday at San Jose City Hall. Representatives from San Jose DOT, Transform, California Walks and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition came to listen to those who lost loved ones to automobiles.

Jaime Fearer of California Walks prepared this map showing San Jose traffic fatalities for 2014.

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Everybody’s talking about the Flash Flood and High Wind Warnings for the San Francisco Bay Area. Do you see what I see in the Thursday hourly forecast for San Jose, California?

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After community feedback from the public in a larger discussion about better bike facilities on the east side of San Jose, California, SJDOT engineers are apparently considering a two way cycletrack to allow southbound cyclists on Sunset Avenue to legally cross Story Road to Hopkins Drive.

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