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One More Day to–"GET ROLLING." Bike to Work Day Tomorrow

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Downtown Berkley Kiosk
EBBC founded Bike to Work Day in 1994 and it soon spread throughout the Bay Area and California. This year we celebrate our 15th Annual event on May 15, 2008 and it will no doubt will be the biggest and best yet in the East Bay. So, get your chain oiled, brakes adjusted, and be sure to get registered to win a host of cool prizes.

Bike Away from Work Party

Thursday, May 15 5:30-7:30pm at Rudy’s Can't Fail Cafe opposite Emeryville City Hall. Were closing the street! This is our biggest party in May, with New Belgium beer joining the East Bay Express and the Sierra Club Northern Alameda Group to help the East Bay Bicycle Coalition celebrate our grandest day of the year. Raffle prizes, auction itmes, good food and drink and a few pats on the back. BART Director Bob Franklin will present the Bike Commuter of the Year Awards to Tricia Campbell of Antioch and Dave Jones of Alameda.

Bring a new EBBC member and Join Us!

Get Registered!

Register to win a new Marin Bicycle and other great prizes. Your registration represents our strength in numbers. So get signed up at
Bike to Work Day Sign Up

Energizer Stations

Musette Bag Stuffing Party
Over 63 East Bay Energizer Stations will be buzzing the morning of Bike to Work Day throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. We've been busy stuffing almost 6000 mussette and tote bags with great swag to hand-out to early-bird bicycle commuters on May 15! To get signed up as a super volunteer for Bike to Work Day, contact Dave Campbell or drop by EBBC's office at Fruitvale Village (BART), 3301 E 12th St, #143.


View Larger MapFor a listing of Energizer Stations in the East Bay.

For a listing of Energizer Stations in the East Bay.
Chipotle
Chipotle is offering a free burrito, bol, tacos or salad to all bicyclists who bring their musette bag and ride to a Chipotle burrito shop. Chipotle is also stepping up to provide free burrito to all "evening" Energizer Stations in the East Bay.

Key Route System 50th Anniversary Celebration

Apr 18 2008 - 11:00am

Key Route Plaza
Piedmont Avenue at 41st Street
Oakland

On Friday, April 18, 2008, on the site where the last Key Route train left the East Bay for its run to San Francisco, AC Transit will note the 50th anniversary of the demise of one of the most efficient public transit systems in the world, and outline its plans to re-invent it.

Reguired Viewing for Driving?

East Bay Candidate for Deadliest Road for Cyclists - Hwy 84

Hwy 84 No ShoulderView to the east on Paloma Rd (Hwy 84) in eastern Alameda County operated by Caltrans. I-680 in background. Approaching bicyclist rides the fog-line like a circus performer walks a tightrope!

Consider some facts:

  • Popular bikeway between Pleasanton-Sunol and Calaveras Roads (no alternative route)
  • Traffic exiting I-680
  • No shoulder.

Berkeley Releases Draft Pedestrian Plan

Berkeley has released its long-awaited Draft Pedestrian Plan. It provides a very detailed, block-by-block analysis of current conditions and proposed solutions. Many of the problem intersections are of interest to bicyclists too.


Richmond residents needed for Richmond Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee contact list

A Richmond Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee is being formed to review plans, prioritize projects, and offer input on current construction and the newly formulating General Plan. If you would like to be on the email list, please respond to richmondbpac@sbcglobal.net with your contact information.

65th St. Bridge committee forming.

Proposed 65th St. bike/ped bridge

Proposed 65th St. bike/ped bridge


(Submitted by Phil Morton on behalf of Emeryville Councilmenber John Fricke).

If you're interested in being on the soon-to-be-formed 65th Street Bridge Committee, please not that time is running out to apply!

Here is a link to the application form.

Best,

John

John Fricke
1057 43rd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510/601-8846


It was a Bad Day for RSR Bridge Advocates

RSR Bridge and Ferry

Public access by ferry over the Bay was severed soon after dedication of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge in 1957. Now Caltrans is blocking a plan to continue the Bay Trail across the RSR Bridge.

In an unexpected maneuver, Caltrans rejected the preferred proposal to accommodate bicyclists, along with a third traffic lane, on the RSR Bridge at the February 13, 2008 Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) meeting.

Child-friendly transport

Nihola cargo bike

Nihola cargo bike

Like most new parents, I've struggled with the complications of traveling with an infant. And I'm not talking about the diaper bags and all the other crap that has to be hauled around. The problem is car seats.

My son hates being strapped into a car seat. Under state law, the child seat has to be in the back, pointed backwards. For the child, it is sensory deprivation. He can't see out the window. He can't see or interact with the parent. Infants are programmed for constant interaction, grasping, and play -- to be stuck there, strapped in, unable to move or look around, is pure torture. Meanwhile (as seen in photos below), other western nations consider a child's travel requirements equal to that of any other transport user:


Día sin carro en Bogotá (Carfree Day)

Bicycle Sunday cicloviaFrom 6:30am to 7:30pm, Thursday, Feb 7 is the 10th annual carfree day in Bogotá. It is also known as Día del Aire Limpio (Clean Air Day). Some 1,090,000 cars are expected to be left at home.

Bicycles will assist the fleet of buses in providing transport. About 347 kilometers (215 miles) of ciclorutas (bikeways and


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