New executive director for the California Bicycle Coalition and California Mobility Fund, Kendra Ramsey, will begin in mid-August. Details: https://www.calbike.org/calbike-announces-new-executive-director/

#CalBike #California #BikeAdvocacy #ActiveTransportation #Mobility #MobilityJustice #CompleteStreets #Transportation #CivilEngineering #Planners #AICP #walk #bike #cycling #bicycling #BikeTooter

By Kevin Claxton, interim ED at #CalBike / California Bicycle Coalition,
"Talking Back to Bikelash," which features some ways to respond to the following:

Bikes should get off the road.

Bikes should get off the #sidewalk.

Bikes are a menace on shared-use paths.

Conventional bikes are okay, but #ebikes are a menace.

Bike riders are at fault in at least half of bike/car #collisions.

Nobody bikes anyway. Why should we build #BikeLanes?

People don’t want to ride #bikes.

https://www.calbike.org/talking-back-to-bikelash/

#BikeTooter #California #BikeAdvocacy #cycling #transportation #biking #bicycling

What's on our mind? Gratitude for the need to update our list of people who have responded to Bicycling Monterey's July 1 call for H-E-L-P: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2023-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html

#BikeTooter #ActOnClimate #ActiveTransportation #BikeAdvocacy #MontereyCounty #grassroots #ThinkGloballyActLocally #cycling #bicycling #bikes

Aug 2 meeting agenda and packet now available - #Bicycle & #Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee meeting, #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeAdvocacy

Thanks to Geoffrey Arnold for responding today https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors to #Bicycling #Monterey's July 1 call for H-E-L-P
https://bikemonterey.org/bicycling-monterey-supporters-may-2009-june-2023.html!

Geoff is a #MontereyCounty resident and is certified as a League of American #Bicyclists / #BikeLeague cycling instructor. He's also a U.S. #AirForce #veteran, #YMCA Central Coast board member, and, with his wife, Rebecca Arnold, is a member of the Arnold Team of #Carmel Realty: https://www.arnold-team.com/our-team.htm / https://www.carmelrealtycompany.com/person-geoff-arnold_259.htm

How do we know so much about Geoff? He volunteered to help us with one of the Bicycling Monterey projects—community outreach and education—by joining us in tabling at a U.S. #Navy #FleetAndFamily support day: https://bikemonterey.org/fleet-family-support-family-fun-day-including-bike-skills-and-safety.html

#BikeTooter #BikeAdvocacy #BikeLife #Bicycle #Bicycles #ClimateAction #Transportation

Thanks to Jack Holmgren for promptly responding to #Bicycling #Monterey's call for H-E-L-P today! : )

https://bikemonterey.org/bicycling-monterey-supporters-may-2009-june-2023.html

#BikeTooter #BikeAdvocacy #CalBike #LocalPartner #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #MakeADifference #BikeLife #Bicycle #Bicycles #ClimateAction #Transportation

Any utility #bicyclists here? #bicycle #bikeadvocacy #baguette #foldingbike

Thank you to Kathleen Jones / @Kleen for her June 1 contribution to the #Bicycling #Monterey work!

A Northern Californian who likes to bike, including when visiting Monterey, Kathleen truly helps keep this grassroots volunteer effort going. How's that? Kathleen is a #BicyclingMonterey Pedal Pusher—an automatic monthly contributor. https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

We'd love to bring Kathleen a bouquet of these #SweetPeas blooming in our backyard now. Alas, too many miles between us. We trust our #gratitude is felt across the miles.

To join her as a monthly contributor, or as a one-time contributor, in any amount, see: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#BikeTooter #BikeAdvocacy
#transportation #CarbonEmissions #ActOnClimate

California’s Bicycle Safety Stop campaign for 2023 (AB 73) and other CA Active Transportation legislative updates from the #California #Bicycle Coalition.

CalBike makes it easy to tell California Assembly members you support AB 73; details: https://bikemonterey.org/bicycle-safety-stop-for-california.html.

The post also includes links to info on CalBike's other top priority bills for 2023, including
AB 93 - Bryan: Stop Baseless Searches
AB 825 - Bryan: Decriminalizing Sidewalk Riding
AB 1525 - Bonta: The Equity-First Transportation Funding Act
SB 50 - Bradford: Stop Pretextual Policing

#BikeTooter #CalBike #ActiveTransportation #ClimateChange #IdahoStop # #BikeAdvocacy #BikeMonterey

Our #Monterey Bay Region partner among Local Partners of the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike — Bike Santa Cruz County — sent an Action Alert today about two important routes: West Cliff Drive and Broadway Avenue. Join us today in this #BikeAdvocacy / #ActiveTransportation advocacy effort! Details: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-santa-cruz-advocate-for-west-cliff-and-broadway.html.

#BikeTooter #SantaCruz #BikeSantaCruzCounty #MontereyBayRegion #BikeMonterey #ClimateAction #UrbanPlanning #transportation

Questionnaire for #BikeMonth:

WHO: Wherever you live, and whether you’ve biked a little or a lot—or just want to, but something is holding you back—you are encouraged to respond to this #Bicycling #Monterey questionnaire. Tell us your ideas, opinions, or experiences.

If you formerly biked but have stopped, we want to hear from you too! The first respondents range in age from 12 to 54, and all ages are welcome.

WHY: Many things contribute to just how welcoming, pleasurable, convenient, and safe #biking is for a person, regardless of their age or ability. The combined responses will help raise awareness about the impacts, both positive and negative, of attitudes, behaviors, #infrastructure, and more on whether or not people #bike.

Heightened awareness is vital to bringing about positive changes—in individuals, institutions, and society at large!

https://bikemonterey.org/do-you-bike-or-want-to-make-your-voice-heard.html

Thank you.

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #MontereyCounty #BikeAdvocacy

I'm going through some old files and found a bunch of cycling advocacy stuff.

I'm so glad we don't have to do this shit anymore. Especially having to beg for sharrow because parking spaces can never be removed under any circumstances. 🙄

#bikeadvocacy #safestreets #cycling

@jeremy_ai yeah, that particular daughter is now 28 and at that time she was about 3 or 4 yrs old, so many moons ago. Times have changed. There are some rides (due to higher speeds, more traffic, bigger autos/trucks etc) that I wouldn't do these days. That's why I've been getting into more #bikeadvocacy cuz everybody deserves safe roads to walk/ride/roll on

How I got bike lanes into the City's transportation plan:

1. Buy measuring wheel on eBay
2. Find streets wide enough for bike lanes & just need re-painted
3. Make my own map of proposed routes with bike lanes
4. Publish map as "BIke Richmond" ($10 to register bikerichmond.org).
5. Share map with City's consultants, who add "Bike Richmond's recommended bike lanes" into long term plan.

Start your own bike lane planning:
https://mark.stosberg.com/how-to-find-out-if-bike-lanes-will-fit-on-your-street-for-25/

#BikeAdvocacy #UrbanPlanning #RichmondIN

Saw another troop of bikers riding through the city and my heart continues to swell. Really admire and appreciate the organizing and commitment

Anyone know who the #Atlanta cycling crew is? #bikes #bikeadvocacy

Things I had success doing when my city was spending zero dollars on bike infrastructure:

1. Creating & printing a bike map
2. Removing "No Bikes" signs
3. Installing public bike racks
4. Organizing cyclists
5. Planning bike lanes-- some got included in long-term plans
6. Convincing the city to ask the DOT for a "complete streets" approach on a state road
7. Putting "Complete Streets" in long term plans.

Tips are shared here:
https://mark.stosberg.com/effective-bike-advocacy-in-the-face-of-declining-city-budgets/

#BikeAdvocacy

Here's the story of how I led the production of a city bike map when the city government wouldn't spend money on cyclist's safety.

Once produced, the tourism bureau gave the maps to visitors, the college gave them to freshman and the city eventually signed some of the routes and added to the network their #GIS system as official.

https://mark.stosberg.com/a-guide-to-diy-bike-route-maps-introduction/

#mapping #gis #BikeAsTransportation #BikeTooter #BikeAdvocacy #RichmondIN

Driving and public transport are massively subsidised by the Govt and councils. Should bike use receive assistance too?
This morning I'll be presenting to Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee.
https://www.ternbicycles.com/en/support/kb/348399/2022-2023-e-bike-incentive-programs-north-america-and-europe?utm_campaign=advocacy-external&utm_source=twitter #CyclingActionNetwork #BikeAdvocacy

@DavidGallagher What to do about Market Street, 1895

https://www.wooljersey.com/wiki/AND_NOW_FOR_MARKET_STREET._-_The_San_Francisco_Examiner,_25_May_1895

#BikeTooter #SanFranciscoHistory #Advocacy #MarketStreet #SanFrancisco #History #BikeAdvocacy #GoodRoads #Cycling #sfbike

As a hobby, I make low-quality #YouTube videos about #bakfiets. I just uploaded a new video where I interview 7 other #CargoBike owners. It's an attempt to add more opinions to the channel. Constructive criticism and boosts welcome!

https://youtu.be/lZGLiBStt6M

#yegbike #mobility #BikeToot #urbanism #BikeAdvocacy