San Jose sidewalk riding report

Published / by Richard Masoner / 3 Comments on San Jose sidewalk riding report

RECOMMENDATION Accept report on bicycle riding on sidewalks in Downtown San Jose, including proposed actions to conduct an educational campaign to encourage on-street bicycle riding as part of current outreach efforts promoting use of the new bike share system. BACKGROUND On March 7, 2013, Councilmember Liccardo provided a memorandum to the Rules and Open Government […]

Bay Area Bike Share to launch August 29

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I just received a press release from Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) that the San Francisco Bay Area Bikeshare will launch on Thursday, August 29 2013. I’ve pasted the text of the release below. It mentions only the cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Jose because those are the cities covered by […]

Green bike lanes roll out Wednesday in San Jose

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On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 1:00 p.m., representatives from the City of San José, Our City Forest, and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition will roll paint in an effort to get more bicycles rolling in the city. The event will take place on Hedding Street at the Guadalupe River Trail on the west side […]

Seattle vs Chicago using bike friendliness to attract high tech workers

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This is kind of amusing: “In his State of the City address Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lure Seattle’s tech jobs to his city by creating a world-class bike lane network,” reports Tom Fucoloro. “We’re going to build world-class, safe bike lanes, too, the mayor said. And […]