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Graham Wheat

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Another Active Transportation Victory: Kern County Improves Transit Access

By Graham Wheat | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments
Rounding out our trio of Active Transportation Grant success stories is Kern County’s. The rural county that is home to Bakersfield snagged $5.7 million in state funds to improve access to bus stops, adding sidewalks where they are missing in the surrounding community. (For more on Active Transportation Success Stories: please read stories from Santa […]

Bakersfield’s Full Moon Bike Ride Gives a Chance to Connect and Reflect

By Graham Wheat | Oct 19, 2015 | No Comments
Once a month, parts of the growing cycling movement in Bakersfield are lit by moonlight during the Full Moon Bike Ride, a six-mile night ride that winds along a dark and dusty bike path near the dried-out Kern River. Cyclists of all types gather to pedal with friends and family. It is an informal community […]

Little Controversy Over Proposed 50 Cent Fare Increase in Kern County

By Graham Wheat | Oct 2, 2015 | No Comments
Kern Transit, the transit system that serves rural Kern County, held two public meetings recently to present the findings of a fare study and survey of its users. This summer, the agency bought several new vehicles and overhauled its schedule. Now it is proposing a fare increase of fifty cents. Attendance was slim at the […]

Bike Bakersfield Looks to Expand its Efforts in Bakersfield and Kern County

By Graham Wheat | Sep 25, 2015 | No Comments
Bike Bakersfield has been the local bike advocacy group in Kern County since 1997. Executive director Jason Cater sat down with Streetsblog to discuss what’s new for the group since it helped expand the Arvin Bike Kitchen last year. At the top of its agenda is adding new bicycle parking in Downtown Bakersfield. Two sources […]

Better Bikeways Party Tonight in Bakersfield

By Graham Wheat | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments
Bakersfield-area cycling supporters have a chance to make an impact on the city’s cycling infrastructure today by attending a unique fundraiser hosted by the California Bicycle Coalition. The California Bicycle Coalition’s board of directors is holding its biannual meeting in Bakersfield this weekend. On its agenda is a revision of its strategic plan to better […]

Kern County Finds The Road Toward A Better Regional Transit System

By Graham Wheat | Sep 11, 2015 | 2 Comments
Kern County, at the southern end of California’s Central Valley, is known for its small communities fostering the production of oil, agriculture, dairy, and beef, and more recently wind power. Spread across the county are small farming towns like Lamont, Wasco (rose capital California), and Mcfarland, all covering the ground with crops. Other communities like […]

Bakersfield’s GET Bus Raises Fares, Looks for Other Improvements

By Graham Wheat | Aug 6, 2015 | 2 Comments
Transit riders on Bakersfield’s Golden Empire Transit, better known as the GET bus, found their fares increased on August 1, but the increase will go towards rising operating costs rather than expansion of transit service. The fare increase from $1.25 to $1.50 is necessary, says GET’s website, to cover inflation and operating costs. According to […]

Uphill battle does not deter Bakersfield cyclists

By Graham Wheat | Jul 27, 2015 | No Comments
Bakersfield is not known for its culinary delights or world class restaurants, but there is one kitchen that stands out. It is not the type of kitchen you are thinking of either. The Bike Bakersfield Bike Kitchen, located in a modest building in the downtown area, is a sweat-equity bicycle co-op for the community. In […]
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