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Streetsblog California
Orange County Residents Get to Test Planned Bike/Ped Trail Connections
An Active Streets event on Saturday called Connect the Loop created a pop-up demonstration of two street improvement projects, including a two-way parking-protected bike lane, giving residents an opportunity to try them out and weigh in on what works and what doesn't.
June 13, 2017
CalBike Is Looking to You for Input: Strategic Plan, Bike Summit
Two opportunities to help CalBike advocate for better biking in California: Weigh in on its Five-Year Strategic Plan. And propose a presentation for the CalBike Summit in October.
June 9, 2017
Bikes for the Poor, Bikes on Trains, Biking to Google: Golden Wheel Winners Tell their Stories
The SF Bike Coalition hosted an event to hear from the winners of the Golden Wheel award, and about how they made biking better for many people in the Bay Area.
June 9, 2017
Build Complete Streets Advocacy at Saturday’s Tripping Point Conference in L.A.
Are you signed up for the June 10 conference The Tripping Point? Build your skills toward a walkable, livable Los Angeles!
June 7, 2017
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
It was a beautiful day to mark the Bay Bridge "People" Path's new seven-days-a-week open hours, and to ride a bike to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
May 2, 2017
Offensive Comments Lead To Rescinded Endorsements, Calls to Quit LA Council Race
Revelations about comments made by bicycling activist and city council candidate Joe Bray-Ali, and a weak apology, expose tensions among L.A.’s cycling communities.
May 1, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Tactical Urbanism in the Inner Sunset
Pop up display and a traffic zebra bring some fun to the evening commute.
May 1, 2017
Transportation Equity Summit Coming Up: April 24 and 25 in Sacramento
The Transportation Equity Summit, hosted by TransForm and the California Bicycle Coalition, will offer conversations on transportation justice topics, including funding and public participation. And there will be awards.
April 13, 2017
LACBC’s Tamika Butler Talks Bikes, Equity, Intersectionality, and Tokenization on Bike Nerds Podcast
"Does it feel like you're the...you're the token black woman who's making the circuit in the bicycle and transportation realm to fit...an ideal of inclusiveness and diversity?"
April 13, 2017
Ticket Diversion for Bike Riders 101
Different places have different approaches: an online course in Davis, a class taught by police officers in Gilroy. However they are run, bike classes benefit the entire community, and if diversion programs help create a wider educational program, so much the better.
April 12, 2017
