Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

The Tri-Flow Menlo Park Grand Prix Criterium Races will be held on March 11, 2010, in the Bohannon industrial park near Marsh Rd. and Bayfront Expressway. For more information go to the Grand Prix page at Velogirls.com.

SamTrans has been fielding a number of questions concerning the recent closure of the Pico Blvd. gate at the San Carlos base. Here is the official explanation from Mark Simon, Executive Officer for Public Affairs, SamTrans/Caltrain:

Caltrain has completed the increase in bike capacity approved by the Board in February. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Bikes on Board project in thanking the Caltrain board (agenda item 3).

The project will also be there to encourage Caltrain to add bikes to its Short-Range Transit Plan. Show up to the meeting and you will receive a “More Bikes, No Bumps” sticker to identify you as a supporter of Caltrain’s onboard bicycle service. Your presence truly makes a difference, because when the Board sees an audience full of bikes onboard supporters, they take notice!

Mike Harding from SVBC's Peninsula Committee wrote to say:

John Langbein, author of the first two versions of the County bike map, and I have volunteered to collect corrections that should be made to the map before any second edition is published. If changes can be made sooner to the digital map version, so much the better. The map is beautiful and useful, but it's not perfect. There are some dirt roads shown that are not bikeable, for instance. The object of this effort is to remove inconsistencies and add missed or new bike routes. Please send your input to me or John, verbally or digitally.

Please send your comments and corrections to smc_bike_map [at] yahoo [dot] com. John will collect them from there.

If you haven't seen the map yet, you can get one free from your local city hall or download it (2 sides) from here:
http://www.ccag.ca.gov/pdf/documents/2009/sm1.pdf
http://www.ccag.ca.gov/pdf/documents/2009/sm2.pdf

Thanks in advance for your help.

Join Velo Girls for the biggest, baddest, bestest bicycle race in Menlo Park! Racing for men and women begins at 9:00am. Memorial for fallen cyclists Matt Peterson and Kristy Gough at 11:50am. See http://www.velogirls.com/team/menloparkcrit.php for more details.

Elite 5 Sponsored by Sports Basement 9:00am

Master Men 1/2/3/4 45+, 1/2/3/4 55+* Sponsored by Plus Three Network 9:55am

Kritsty Gough Memorial Women 1/2/3 Sponsored by Third Pillar 10:50am

Memorial – Matt & Kristy 11:50pm

The trail segment will not open Saturday, February 21 as the rains delayed repairs. The trail segment is expected to reopen Saturday March 7.

Sent to Dave Holland, Director of Parks at the San Mateo County Department of Parks.

Excerpt:

We understand that closing the trail may be necessary for a significant maintenance project. However, please be aware that this trail is not solely for recreational use. Bicyclists also rely on trail facilities for commuting. For these cyclists, simply starting their trips at a different point or not riding for a month are not options. These cyclists are currently using a section of Highway 280 in lieu of the trail. Needless to say, this is a more dangerous proposition for them.