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, e-scooters, Featured, 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...
by Emma Shlaes | Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, California advocacy, Featured, Safe Freeway Crossings, Vision Zero |
Caltrans District 4 has released an online survey regarding bicycle access on the Highway 35 at Highway 1, following SVBC’s meeting with Caltrans staff last week and a now rescinded decision to prohibit bicyclists from this roadway segment. Caltrans District 4...
