infrastructure
Action Alert: Support SVBC's recommendations to Santa Clara County Supervisors
Oct 30, 2012Some of you may be familiar with the matter of $10.4 million that Stanford agreed to spend over a decade ago to mitigate the loss of trail access to the community. Now, it finally looks like that money is going to be distributed in a competitive grant program. Many proposals have been submitted, and many of them contain multiple projects.
SVBC has spent significant time looking the... read the whole note.
ThinkBike brings inspiration from the Dutch bunch
Oct 26, 2012I don't know if it was the irony of giving chocolate bars in the shape of California to visitors from the land that gave us Coenraad Johannes van Houten, or the psychedelic treatment one of the project teams proposed for the corner of Balbach and Market, but something about my circumstance on Tuesday night made me realize that I had spent the previous two days as a part of something strange... read the whole note.
Alpine at Highway 280 just a vote away from funding
Oct 18, 2012Great news this week regarding the potential restriping of Alpine Road as it approaches and passes under Highway 280 in San Mateo County. SVBC has been looking to get improvements on this stretch of road for two years now, since the tragic death of cyclist Lauren Ward at that intersection in 2010. County Public Works staff has been working closely with SVBC members and staff to safely redesign... read the whole note.
Complete Streets policy development workshop
Oct 17, 2012Join the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) for an interactive training to satisfy MTC's Complete Streets requirement for the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG).
These workshops aim to provide guidance to local jurisdictions on developing local complete street policies. Highlights include:
Definition of Complete Streets Examples... read the whole note.ThinkBike Workshop closing session
Oct 04, 2012Join the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the City of San José, and participants from the Dutch Cycling Embassy and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition for the public Closing Session of the ThinkBike Workshop in San José. Learn from Dutch experts how to make a great cycling city. Register for the public Closing Session that will include a presentation on and discussion of the design solutions... read the whole note.
Think Bike workshop
Sep 27, 2012San Jose is fortunate to be one of a small handful of U.S. cities to host experts from the Dutch Cycling Embassy’s Think Bike program. The program provides Dutch bikeway design expertise to cities seeking creative solutions for challenging or constrained locations for bicyclists. The Dutch Cycling Embassy’s Think Bike program brings Dutch engineering expertise that has contributed to... read the whole note.
Redwood City Farm Hill Boulevard open house
Sep 19, 2012You are invited to join Redwood City staff for one of two public open houses for the Farm Hill Boulevard Street Improvement Project.
Learn all about the meetings at http://bikesiliconvalley.org/2012/09/redwood-city-hosts-farm-hill-boulev....
Redwood City hosts Farm Hill Boulevard Project open house
Sep 19, 2012You are invited to join Redwood City staff for one of two public open houses for the Farm Hill Boulevard Street Improvement Project.
The City has taken input from the June community meeting and developed designs to improve conditions for people walking, biking, and driving on Farm Hill Boulevard.
Please come review the concepts and provide staff with feedback. Staff anticipates... read the whole note.
Thank you San Jose!
Sep 10, 2012Last week the whole crew at SVBC took a ride to check out the great new bike lanes that San Jose recently installed. To get there, we took Hedding from the Alameda to 11th Street. Hedding is a busy street that cries out for a bike lane. For me, not a really strong cyclist, the narrow lanes and heavy traffic are daunting. I probably would not ride it by myself. Fortunately, others led the way... read the whole note.
Sunnyvale Pastoria Avenue bike facilities study hearing
Aug 31, 2012The Sunnyvale City Council will hold a public hearing on September 11 at 7:00 pm at the Sunnyvale City Hall City Council Chambers. The Council will consider whether to reconfigure Patoria Avenue to provide bicycle facilities.
The City Council welcomes public input at this hearing. A written staff report will be available on the City's web site at www.sunnyvale.ca.gov after 7:00 pm on... read the whole note.