by Emma Shlaes | Nov 13, 2018 | Advocacy, California advocacy, Featured, Page Mill/280, Safe Freeway Crossings, Vision Zero, Wins
Over the summer, we updated you that the Page Mill/280 striping project that was designed and funded in 2016 after the tragic death of Jeff Donnelly in 2015 had still not been completed. We are happy to now report that Caltrans and the County have resolved the issues...
by Emma Shlaes | Sep 4, 2018 | Action Alert, Advocacy, Bikes + Transit, California advocacy, Caltrain, Connecting Our Communities, Featured, Safe Freeway Crossings, Smooth Streets and Trails
This blog post was in large part researched and written by our Advocacy intern, Clay Volino. SVBC urges you to vote NO on Proposition 6 on the November ballot. Proposition 6 would repeal the increase of the gas tax passed through Senate Bill 1 (SB1) in 2017 and...
by Ben Pacho | Jul 11, 2018 | Advocacy, California advocacy, Featured, New Mobility, Notes
Photo courtesy of Curbed SF This post was written by our summer intern, Clay Volino Within the last year, companies such as Lime and Bird have brought thousands of electric scooters to California, including locally in San José. E-scooters offer an exciting new mode of...
by Emma Shlaes | Jun 18, 2018 | Advocacy, Bikes + Transit, California advocacy, Caltrain, Connecting Our Communities, Featured, Safe Freeway Crossings, Smooth Streets and Trails, Vision Zero, Youth Programs
This post was written by our spring intern, Jay Van Biljouw as his last task at SVBC last week. Jay worked with us from April to June. We are so thankful to Jay for all the work he accomplished in his short time here, including this incredible map! One question we get...
by Emma Shlaes | May 1, 2018 | Advocacy, California advocacy, Connecting Our Communities, El Camino Real, Featured, Safe Freeway Crossings, Wins |
The wait is over! After at least a year of planning, outreach, and mapping, the Caltrans District 4 Bike Plan is now available. Caltrans is the state agency that is in charge of all state highways, whether freeways like 101 and 280, or what we think of as local roads,...
by Emma Shlaes | Nov 10, 2017 | Advocacy, Bikes + Transit, California advocacy, Caltrain, Featured, Safe Freeway Crossings, Smooth Streets and Trails
There are vacancies on the bicycle advisory committees for Caltrain, BART, and Caltrans District 4. Several of these seats are allocated to representatives of the local bicycle coalition, which is us! Advocacy at SVBC is a two way street. We rely on members like you...
