Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

They must have known there would be some hungry bike commuters on Thursday. Fahrenheit Restaurant and Lounge will be serving free appetizers and half-off specialty cocktails to San José residents and employees.

Pedal on over to the corner of San Fernando and Third St. to sip some fancy concoctions and enjoy the night's band, Altrasound.

The latest on San José trails, brought to you by Yves Zsutty, Program Manager of the Trail Network with the City of San José Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services:

Award

The City of San Jose needs your feedback. The city has recently opened trails along Coyote Creek, Penitencia Creek, and Albertson Parkway. Please take the following survey (one survey per project) to offer your thoughts about the community outreach, design and construction of each project. Your input is requested no later than Friday, February 26, 2010.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/San_Jose_Trail_Survey

San Jose District 2 Community Meeting at Santa Teresa Library.

A high-speed rail community meeting sponsored by District 2 Councilmember Ash Kalra. Attendees will learn about plans for the downtown San Jose to Merced section, as well as receive information on the project timeline and potential impacts along the Monterey Highway corridor. Questions can be directed to Councilmember Kalra's office: (408) 535-4902

This month's meeting is crucial to the future of alternative (especially bicycles) transporation in San Jose.

The topic on Monday is transporatation and will also include agenda items such as parking, pedestrians, public transit, high speed rail, BART, and roadway classification chages (which includes road diets).

So please support your fellow cyclists by attending this important meeting.

Items up for discussion are the focused Environmental Impact Report for the Ballpark and the presentation and discussion of the High Speed Rail alignments in San Jose.

The Traffic Safe Communities Network (TSCN) will be hosting planning meetings at local school sites. The meetings explore ways to increase walking and bicycling in a traffic safe environment, review the walk/bike assessment done at the individual schools, and come up with a Safe Routes to School plan for each school.

A rescheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8 2009, 12:30 – 2:00 pm at Burnett Academy at 2nd Street and Hedding Street in San Jose. The original November 20 meeting was cancelled.

December 8, 2009 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Volunteers are needed to help out at the Noddin Elementary Bike Roadeo. The Roadeo will feature four stations that groups of students will visit, learning a simple safety technique at each one. For example, there is a station to learn avoiding objects in the street, and to check over your shoulder for cars.

October 10, 2009 - 8:30am - 2:00pm

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing to issue a renewal Title V Permit for Lehigh Southwest Cement Company (formerly Hanson Permanente Cement), located at 24001 Steven Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014. The Title V Permit is a compilation of all existing applicable air quality requirements including emissions limits and standards, monitoring, record keeping, and reporting requirements. The Title V permit renewal is required every five years subject to public notice and the EPA review process.

September 17, 2009 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm