SVBC News
Campaign update: Highway 35/Skyline Surface Quality
Last we updated you in late 2013 on Skyline Blvd., Caltrans District 4 had promised to apply a sand seal treatment on Highway 35 to address the poor surface quality resulting from a chip seal maintenance job in Fall 2012. Early in fall 2015, Caltrans completed the 22-mile sand seal project!
Vision Zero San Jose hits the streets
Since last year, I have been working with a team from the City of San Jose as it begins implementing the city’s Vision Zero initiative. As some of our readers will recall, San Jose declared last May that it would begin the fight to reduce its roadway fatalities and major injuries to zero.The work to achieve this goal has been an enlightening experience. We have taken a close look at fatality and injury collisions along San Jose’s 14 Safety Priority Streets – the 3% of the roadway network that accounts for 50% of the city’s fatal crashes. Our recommendations thus far have consisted of the mundane – refreshing faded paint and upgrading signals to modern-day standards – to the progressive – constructing a two-way cycletrack between neighborhood parks.
Support studying Vision Zero in Sunnyvale
Thanks to bike advocate and Sunnyvale BPAC member Kevin Jackson for sharing this call to action with the SVBC community. SVBC submitted a letter (PDF) to the Sunnyvale City Council about the proposed Vision Zero study issue last week.
You probably know about the Vision Zero program, but if not you can read about it here. An obvious question is: Why would anyone be against this? Beats me, but in Sunnyvale a proposal to study developing a Vision Zero plan needs council's vote of approval in a workshop this Friday. Some in the city don't see the value in a Vision Zero program, so I'm asking for your help to make it happen.
San Jose Bike Party Celebrates its 100th Ride
This Friday, January 15, San Jose Bike Party (SJBP) will ride for the 100th time since October 2007. With a simple mission of building community through bicycling, SJBP has made a tremendous impact in increasing bicycle use among people of all ages and backgrounds. They have also collaborated with city leaders and groups like SVBC to promote bike-friendly programs and advocate for better bike infrastructure in San Jose.
Mark Hirsch, SJBP Organizer, GiDM Co-Founder, and SVBC member, shares with us his thoughts on SJBP's 100th ride.