advocacy
SVBC Palo Alto Team meeting
May 29, 2012Come join us and participate in bicycle advocacy in Palo Alto and the surrounding communities!
This group, a grassroots collection of advocates that reports to the SVBC Policy Advisory Committee, meets the second Thursday of each month to discuss bike issues and events in and around Palo Alto. Learn about the latest bike projects, fun events, and ways you can help expand and improve... read the whole note.
Ask BART to address blackout period in Bicycle Plan
May 25, 2012SVBC member and BART BIKES ONboard campaigner Adina Levin offers the following advice to guide your comments on the BART Draft Bicycle Plan.
For your comments on the BART Bike Plan...
If you are working on your comments for BART's new Bike Plan before the deadline on May 27, consider adding a comment about the bike blackout period.
When BART surveyed customers about what... read the whole note.
Share your thoughts on the BART Draft Bike Plan
May 23, 2012Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has been crafting a brand new bicycle plan that defines the strategies it will pursue over the next ten years to double the number of passengers who access stations by bike. Your comments are being solicited by May 27. Have a look at the draft plan (PDF 3 MB) and appendices (PDF 3 MB). You can send comments to bikes@bart.gov.
BART is making its way into... read the whole note.
Ask the candidates: Kirsten Keith
May 22, 2012This year, SVBC has been working with our Policy Advisory Committee and our Local Teams to craft bicycling-related questions to ask candidates in select races in our area. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, SVBC cannot and does not endorse any candidate. We can, however, share their views with you. The answers are coming back, and we're publishing them here on the SVBC website.
Here are the... read the whole note.
Ask the candidates: Ernie Schmidt
May 22, 2012This year, SVBC has been working with our Policy Advisory Committee and our Local Teams to craft bicycling-related questions to ask candidates in select races in our area. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, SVBC cannot and does not endorse any candidate. We can, however, share their views with you. The answers are coming back, and we're publishing them here on the SVBC website.
Here are the... read the whole note.
Stanford mitigation funds update
May 22, 2012I just got back from a meeting of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, where I spoke in favor of two bike/pedestrian infrastructure projects that would benefit significantly if approved to be funded through decade-old mitigation money from Stanford. As is often the case, the outcome was mixed, but mostly positive.
Initially, Board President Shirakawa had proposed an indefinite... read the whole note.
Action Alert: Support two important bike projects in Santa Clara County (UPDATE 5/17)
May 16, 2012UPDATE (5/17): SVBC has learned that Board President Shirakawa has included the language “Request received from President Shirakawa to continue the hearing to date uncertain. This request may or may not be approved pending Board consideration of Item No. 4, Approval of the Consent Calendar and Changes to the Agenda.” This is, in other words, an attempt to shelve the vote on funding these bike... read the whole note.
Good showing for the Bay Trail
May 16, 2012I'd like to thank the SVBC members who attended Liz Kniss' press event this morning, where she officially announced a proposal to invest $5 million in the Adobe Creek Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge over Highway 101 in Palo Alto and $3 million in the Dumbarton link to the Bay Trail in East Palo Alto (a project SVBC advocates have been working on in conjunction with our Facebook campaign).
The... read the whole note.
SVBC San José Team
May 09, 2012This team works on advocacy, outreach, and fun in San José and the surrounding area. If you're excited to see San José take advantage of its flat streets and sunny weather as a national example of bike-friendly streets, this meeting is the perfect place for you. Come meet your neighbors who ride bikes and care about issues that affect two-wheeled travelers.
Join the online discussion... read the whole note.
Minutes from March 8 Palo Alto Team meeting
May 07, 2012Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) Palo Alto Team March 8, 2012 Meeting Minutes
ATTENDEES Andrew Boone, David Coale, Bill Courington, Bob Cronin, Irvin Dawid, Colin Heyne, Eric Nordman, Pam Radin, Eric Ramberg, Jeremy Shaw
ACTION ITEMS 1. David Coale - post to Google Group list of streets where merge lanes onto Highway 101 are planned for modification, or any other details... read the whole note.