May 5, 20141 Comment on Two bike trains in San Jose this week
Happy Bay Area Bike Week! Free coffee on Wednesday for those who join up on San Jose Bike Train.
Remember, San Jose Bike Train runs this Wednesday morning, May 7, 2014 at 8 AM from San Jose Diridon Station this week. Yes, this is on the day before Bike to Work Day for the San Francisco Bay Area. Stay tuned for information on a special Bike to Work Day Bike Train.
May 1, 20141 Comment on South Bay: Bike ride with VTA’s new General Manager
Update May 2 – Note the change in start time! Meet at 7 AM, depart 7:20 AM. Official VTA information here. View the route map here.
Happy Bike Month. There’s a lot going on but I want to get word about this event: a Bike to Work Day ride with the new General Manager for the Valley Transportation Authority, Nuria Fernandez. Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager (pictured below), VTA transportation planners, BPAC members, and other VTA staff will also participate in this morning ride from downtown San Jose to the VTA offices on North First Street.
April 14, 2014Leave a Comment
Via Streetsblog comes this look at traffic volumes in Minneapolis before and after bike lanes are installed.
Minneapolis measures AADT [Average Annual Daily Traffic] on the same roads every few years, so we have data from before the bike lane installation (in 2008 or 2009, depending on the road) and after the installation (in 2012). We found that each road seemed to have about the same traffic volume after its bike lane was installed. Running a statistical test across all 10 roads confirmed that there was no difference in AADT before and after the installation of the bike lanes.
April 14, 20141 Comment on San Jose Bike Train this Wednesday
Our next twice-monthly social bike commute that we call the San Jose Bike Train takes place this Wednesday, April 16, 2014. We depart 8 AM from Diridon Station for points north (towards the Bay and North San Jose) along the Guadalupe River Trail.
San Jose Bike Train is a casual, social, low-speed group ride. All type of people with all types of body shapes on all types of bikes wearing all types of apparel are welcome. We often stop for coffee at Bel Bacio Caffè along the way.
About half of the usual group peels off from the trail to Technology Drive next to San Jose International Airport. Another group turns off at River Oaks Parkway for destinations in Santa Clara.
If you’d like to join us along the way, I’ll post the ride to Glympse!SanJoseBikeTrain the morning of the ride. If you’re on your way to Diridon and running a couple of minutes late, ping me on Twitter or leave a note on the San Jose Bike Train Facebook page.
April 7, 20142 Comments on I walk, I bike, I vote: San Jose California elections
Several people are running for mayor in the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest city, with city council candidates also running in several districts. The big issues in San Jose this year are public safety and pension reform, but a few candidates have earned themselves some attention based on their positions on transportation safety and livable streets.
March 27, 20144 Comments on Pedestrian killed by cyclist in San Jose, and more bike news
Mercury News journalist Mike Rosenberg tweeted out this letter sent to City Hall the other day regarding pedestrian safety and dangerous sidewalk cyclists in downtown San Jose.
Letter San Jose City Hall received: Guy worried about being sent to his crypt; "meanwhile enjoy" pic.twitter.com/6zrcL7wjfR
— Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) March 25, 2014
