Listening to Voices for Public Transportation: Work Now to Build a Better Ballot Initiative for 2022
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The Voices for Public Transportation Coalition is looking at where we are and seeing three phases for transit.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Margarita Parra Cobaleda and Shiloh Ballard
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We close out the series with a dual interview with Shiloh Ballard, the executive director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Margarita Parra Cobaleda, a director with I ebike and board member of SVBC.
Preview: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Hold Bike Summit August 8
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The SVBC Summit agenda includes a talk by Tamika Butler, former head of the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition.
Silicon Valley’s First “Bike to Shop Day” Set for May 17
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Planning to build on the wave of enthusiasm for bike commuting generated each May by Bike to Work Day, transportation and health advocates in Silicon Valley are promoting a spin-off called Bike to Shop Day on Saturday, May 17, to encourage people to shop by bike at local businesses. Retail businesses offering discounts to bicycling customers are shown on […]
On the Peninsula, Demand Could Overwhelm Limited Bike-Share Launch
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All the way down the Peninsula, excitement around the pilot launch of Bay Area Bike Share comes tempered with a dose of concern about the small number of bikes that will be clustered around Caltrain stations in five cities. Bay Area Bike Share’s meager scale at the time it launches is sure to limit its usefulness. […]
Remembering Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto’s Pioneer Bicycle Advocate
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Cross-posted from Cyclelicious. Holocaust survivor, PTA mom, city council member, and bike advocate Ellen Fletcher succumbed yesterday at age 83 to lung cancer at her Palo Alto home. Ellen escaped Berlin as a Jewish child on the Kindertransport trains and spent her teen years as a refugee in World War II London, where she biked to her […]