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#Bikemonth: Celebrating the Bike Ride in California: Sacramento Area
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It’s Bike Month, hurray! Time to get out there and join your fellow bike riders to celebrate this awesome travel device that also generates smiles, increases health, improves air quality, and fixes lots of other problems in cities. Every city and region in the state does Bike Month a little bit differently. Although National Bike […]
Silicon Valley Prepares for San Jose Cycling Classic and First Ciclovia
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SVBC E.D. Corinne Winter, Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino, and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda. Carl Guardino’s bike is in front of the podium. Photo: Matthew Roth. Most cities in the Bay Area are gearing up for Bike to Work Day this Thursday, with numerous activities […]
Today’s Headlines
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State Budget Deal Would Eliminate Public Transit Funds (Cyclelicio.us, Transbay Blog) If Wall Street Gets Operating Funds Why Not Public Transit? (NYT) The Time is Now for High Speed Rail (HuffPo) BART Protesters Turn Out in Force at Board Meeting (ABC7) Planning Workshop on Palo Alto’s California Avenue Gets Heated (Merc) San Jose Boy Who […]
Reminder: Statewide Bike Summit Coming Next Week to Sacramento
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The 2017 CA Bike Summit starts next Tuesday in Sacramento
See a High-Speed Train Model at Siemens’ “Moving California” Event
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Local Sacramento manufacturer Siemens will exhibit a full-size version of its high-speed train on the west steps of the California State Capitol. You can tour the 50-foot long, life-sized mock-up to see the innovations that will reshape the way cities connect and help drive our economy. Visitors will learn about innovations in intelligent traffic technologies, […]
A night at the Oakland Museum of California
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From SPUR: When it opened in 1969, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) signaled the role arts and culture would play in the city’s future. Four decades later, an extensive renovation and expansion by Mark Cavagnero Associates reasserts this vision while respecting the museum’s landmark modernist design. Project director John Fung will elaborate. Afterward, tour goers […]