www.sbbike.org Our CycleSmart program October 4th meeting October 2005 How to reach us Join the Coalition Online email list We’re a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation. You can help improve bicycling safety and condi- tions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our own regional Bicycle Coalition advocacy group. Together we will continue to make a real difference. See page 6 for details.
www.sbbike.org October 2005 Serving Santa Barbara County We’re a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation. How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 962-1479 email [email protected]web www.sbbike.org October 4th meeting Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for our general meeting: Tuesday, October 4th Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Community Room 1021 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, California 12:00 noon Online email list We sponsor an online email forum where you can post and read messages that pertain to regional bicycling issues. It’s easy and free. To subscribe to our general forum, just send an email message to: [email protected]Leave the subject line and body of the message blank. That’s all! Join the Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and condi- tions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our own regional Bicycle Coalition advocacy group. Together we will continue to make a real difference. See page 6 for details. Our CycleSmart program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes for school children and adults. Look for details of upcoming classes inside Quick Release, or contact our Co-coordinators Dru van Hengel and Erika Lindemann by email [email protected]. Coalition develops its position on Measure D renewal Kids get bike lights in Carpinteria Kids on bicycles in Carpinteria are now safer thanks to several community organizations. The city’s sec- ond Kids Safety Awareness Day on September 3rd was sponsored by the Carpinteria Education Founda- tion, the Sheriff’s Carpinteria substation, and local community groups. Last year, 500 young riders got bike helmets, and this year they had front and rear lights installed on their bikes. Bicycle Coalition president Ralph Fertig went there and was pleased to see whole families ar- riving by bike, kids wearing last year’s helmets, and ready to have their bikes outfitted with safety lights. According to Senior Deputy Mike McCoy, about 250 light sets were installed on bicycles. We heard about it fairly late this year, but perhaps in 2006 we can be active participants. These youngsters arrived with their parents by bike to get their free lights. With the countywide “Measure D” half-cent trans- portation tax up for renewal soon, the Santa Bar- bara Bicycle Coalition is working to ensure that bicycling projects receive a share of an estimated $1 billion over the probable 30-year life of the tax. At our September 6th general meeting, and at our Board of Directors meeting on the 12th, we considered what we could do. It was agreed that we should coordinate our efforts with the Coali- tion for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) to craft a common platform. While we came to no consensus, four main areas rose to the top: • Complete Streets. Also called “routine accom- modation,” this means serving all users in street design and construction, including all bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians. • Safe Routes to School. Although some funding currently comes from the state, and more will come from the federal government (see next page), the demand for safety near our schools outstrips funding. Out of 24 project categories considered by county voters on the Measure D assessment survey, a Safe Routes to School program ranked fourth highest. • Bikes and Commuter Rail. We can copy what is successful in Japan and Europe where thousands bike to train stations, then take the train to work or school. Bike parking costs a fraction what car parking does, and takes a tenth the space. Closer to home, the San Francisco Bay Area commuter CalTrain service has a popular bicycle car on each train for 16 or 32 bicycles, giving commut- ers the point-to-point convenience of driving. • Biking Trails. Multipurpose paths that provide travel separate from motorists are very popular. A great example is the proposed bikepath along the Union Pacific Railroad in the South Coast. How these might play out to the voters is sug- gested by the Measure D assessment survey (now online at www.sbbike.org/docs/Measure-D.pdf). Voters in different parts of our county (graph above) fa- vor different bicycling projects to different ex- tents. Those differences are not great, with favor- ing ranging from 65% to 87% of likely voters, suggesting that, as part of a Measure D renewal package, the 67% needed to pass will be achieved. Carefully watch what’s happening these few upcoming months. And keep in mind that most trips congesting our streets and highways are short ones that lend themselves to conversion to bicycling with proper facilities and marketing.
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www.sbbike.org October 2005
Serving Santa BarbaraCountyWe’re a countywide advocacyand resource organizationthat promotes bicycling forsafe transportation andrecreation.
How to reach usSanta Barbara BicycleCoalitionPO Box 92047Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047
October 4th meetingJoin us on the first Tuesday ofeach month for our generalmeeting:Tuesday, October 4thSanta Barbara Bank & TrustCommunity Room1021 Anacapa StreetSanta Barbara, California12:00 noon
Online email listWe sponsor an online emailforum where you can post andread messages that pertain toregional bicycling issues. It’seasy and free. To subscribe toour general forum, just sendan email message to:[email protected]
Leave the subject line andbody of the message blank.That’s all!
Join the CoalitionYou can help improvebicycling safety and condi-tions in Santa Barbara Countyby joining others in our ownregional Bicycle Coalitionadvocacy group. Together wewill continue to make a realdifference. See page 6 fordetails.
Our CycleSmart programThe Santa Barbara BicycleCoalition’s CycleSmart bicyclisteducation program offersbicycling skills classes forschool children and adults.Look for details of upcomingclasses inside Quick Release,or contact our Co-coordinatorsDru van Hengel and ErikaLindemann by [email protected].
Coalition develops its position onMeasure D renewal
Kids get bike lights in CarpinteriaKids on bicycles in Carpinteria are now safer thanksto several community organizations. The city’s sec-ond Kids Safety Awareness Day on September 3rdwas sponsored by the Carpinteria Education Founda-tion, the Sheriff’s Carpinteria substation, and localcommunity groups.
Last year, 500 young riders got bike helmets, andthis year they had front and rear lights installed ontheir bikes. Bicycle Coalition president Ralph Fertigwent there and was pleased to see whole families ar-riving by bike, kids wearing last year’s helmets, andready to have their bikes outfitted with safety lights.
According to Senior Deputy Mike McCoy, about250 light sets were installed on bicycles. We heardabout it fairly late this year, but perhaps in 2006 wecan be active participants.
These youngsters arrived with their parents by biketo get their free lights.
With the countywide “Measure D” half-cent trans-portation tax up for renewal soon, the Santa Bar-bara Bicycle Coalition is working to ensure thatbicycling projects receive a share of an estimated$1 billion over the probable 30-year life of the tax.
At our September 6th general meeting, and atour Board of Directors meeting on the 12th, weconsidered what we could do. It was agreed thatwe should coordinate our efforts with the Coali-tion for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) tocraft a common platform. While we came to noconsensus, four main areas rose to the top:• Complete Streets. Also called “routine accom-
modation,” this means serving all users in streetdesign and construction, including all bicyclists,motorists and pedestrians.
• Safe Routes to School. Although some fundingcurrently comes from the state, and more willcome from the federal government (see nextpage), the demand for safety near our schoolsoutstrips funding. Out of 24 project categoriesconsidered by county voters on the Measure Dassessment survey, a Safe Routes to Schoolprogram ranked fourth highest.
• Bikes and Commuter Rail. We can copy what issuccessful in Japan and Europe where thousandsbike to train stations, then take the train to workor school. Bike parking costs a fraction what carparking does, and takes a tenth the space. Closerto home, the San Francisco Bay Area commuterCalTrain service has a popular bicycle car oneach train for 16 or 32 bicycles, giving commut-
ers the point-to-point convenience of driving.• Biking Trails. Multipurpose paths that provide
travel separate from motorists are very popular.A great example is the proposed bikepath alongthe Union Pacific Railroad in the South Coast.
How these might play out to the voters is sug-gested by the Measure D assessment survey (nowonline at www.sbbike.org/docs/Measure-D.pdf). Votersin different parts of our county (graph above) fa-vor different bicycling projects to different ex-tents. Those differences are not great, with favor-ing ranging from 65% to 87% of likely voters,suggesting that, as part of a Measure D renewalpackage, the 67% needed to pass will be achieved.
Carefully watch what’s happening these fewupcoming months. And keep in mind that mosttrips congesting our streets and highways areshort ones that lend themselves to conversion tobicycling with proper facilities and marketing.
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We thank our activemembers
Please thank and support the following Bi-cycle Coalition business members:
• Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbara & Goleta• Commuter Bicycles, Santa Barbara• Jeffrey Stoutenborough, Architect, Santa
Santa Barbara• Open Air Bicycles, Santa Barbara• Pedal Power Bicycles, Santa MariaWe welcome our newest Bicycle Coalitionmembers Jon Lewis, Linos Kogevinas,and Tony Boughman. We additionallythank those who renewed their member-ships: James Elliott, Matt Dobberteen,Susan Beatty, Tony Johansen, NancyMulholland, and Mark Sapp.
Federal funds forSafe Routes to School
Out of the $284 billion in the federalSAFETEA-LU transportation act, legisla-tors added a new program: $612 millionfor Safe Routes to School. Details aboutthe program are still being worked out bythe US Department of Transportation.
Funding for this fiscal year will be $1million per state, and after that the fund-ing will be proportional to the number ofelementary and middle school kids in eachstate, to be apportioned from a pot thatwill increase from $100 million in 2006 to$183 million in 2009.
How the new program will be adminis-tered, presumably by Caltrans here, is alsoundetermined. While most goes to physicalprojects (sidewalks, bikelanes, bike racks,trails, traffic calming, etc.), between 10%-30% must be spent on education, promo-tion, training, or program management.Government agencies and nonprofits areboth eligible for funding. Read more athttp://bikesbelong.org/site/page.cfm?PageID=251.
Purisima Road updatePurisima Road is a narrow, two-lane roadthat connects Highway 246 with Highway 1north of Lompoc. It would be a fine connect-ing road for cyclists if it were not for speed-ing motorists and new housing that is gen-erating more traffic. The Lompoc Valley Cy-cling Club and our Bicycle Coalition havebeen asking for bikelanes there for years.
Recently, the County finished a PSR (ProjectStudy Report) that looked at conditions anddetermined project costs. At our September6th meeting, County planners DianeEstorga and Charlie Ebeling presented thePSR results to us. Two alternatives were of-fered in the study:• Widen all of Purisima Road between
Highways 246 and 1.• Widen Purisima Road between Highway 1
and Mission Gate Road, then widenMission Gate itself south to Highway 246.
Project costs will range between $1.1-$1.7million. The Bicycle Coalition will write aletter of support for the project. Althoughfunding is a few years off, the PSR is a vitalstep forward.
September Coalitionmeeting topics
Our September 6th Bicycle Coalition meet-ing attracted 19 people to Cody’s Restau-rant in Goleta. We discussed these topics:
• Diana Estorga and Charlie Ebelingdescribed the County’s study report onwidening Purisima Road near Lompoc,with a projected a cost of $1.1-1.7 million.The Bicycle Coalition will write a support-ing letter.
• Matt Dobberteen brought up bikelanestriping on Calle Real near the SBCAGoffice. A small group was set up to agreeon a safe and satisfactory design.
• Ralph Fertig reported on UCSB’s “restora-tive justice” process over impounded bikes.
• Erika Lindemann reported that forSeptember we will defer to the VenturaBike I course instead of conducting aStreet Skills class here.
• Nancy Mulholland reported on herleadership of a cross-country bike ride.
• Ralph Fertig and others discussed theimportance of Measure D renewal lan-guage this fall. We will likely be coordinat-ing our efforts with COAST.
• Don Lubach described crazed bikershaving fun at the Mercury Lounge BikeShow in Goleta.
• Matt Dobberteen said that the County isapplying for CREF funds for replankingthe Obern Trail bridge near Puente. TheBicycle Coalition will write a letter insupport of his application.
• Ralph Fertig reported that kids andfamilies on bikes turned out for free bikelights at the Carpinteria Safety Day. Wewill consider participating next year.
Site visits increase
Our web site, home to 68 megabytes of in-formation for bicyclists, is experiencing asurge of visitors. It started in February whenour Sideways film bike tours of Santa YnezValley were promoted. Since then, it hascontinued at a higher level. The upshot isthat people are finding us, hopefully bikingmore, and enjoying it more than ever.
Mission Streetbikelanes get OK
On September 20, the Santa Barbara CityCouncil unanimously directed the staff toproceed with design of the Mission Streetundercrossing of Highway 101 and the UPrailroad. With the $1.3 million projectfunding in hand, a contract with MNS En-gineers to design it can move forward.
What it entails is narrowing the sidewalksto six feet, installing five-foot bikelanes,and narrowing the traffic lanes as needed.Traffic signals will be moved, and newdrain grates will be installed. The time-table is for design to start immediately, goto bid in November 2006, and constructionto take place during 2007. Have patience.
Looking west on Purisima Road, with scant roomfor cycling on the roadway.
Bicyclists on Mission Street have to share spacewith motorists as they travel sun to shadow.
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Walk/Bike conference a success in Ventura
Assemblyman Pedro Nava addresses the Walk/Bike Californiaconference participants on September 16th, saying good things aboutsustainable transportation like biking and walking.
by Tony Johansen
For Thomas Matthias,bicycling has been abouttransitions. Growingaway from the main road,the first transition wasfrom the seclusion of arural home to the world ofschool and community.
First, Thomas had adaily ride down the or-chard road to the bus,ditching his SchwinnStingray in the bushes. Then as he gotolder, it was the five mile ride to town andthe lure of its stores. Ed’s Enterprises wasthe source in that small Connecticut townfor all kid things including, of course, bi-cycles. He still remembers that smell of newrubber as he walked the rows of new bikes.
His second transition involved sellinghis car and motorcycle and riding his bikewhile he worked for a year to save moneyfor a return to college in Bar Harbor Maine.Dodging the RV’s and wood pulp semi’s onthose narrow roads ultimately lead him tosell his bicycle as well.
His third and most recent transitionbrought him to Santa Barbara where he en-rolled in the Pacifica Graduate Institute towork toward a masters in counseling psy-
N. Jameson is finished
Ten years after first started, North JamesonRoad widening for bikelanes is finished. Itnow has three new bridges and continuousbikelanes between Sheffield Road and OliveMill Road in Montecito. Attending the Sep-tember 22 ribbon-cutting were Bicycle Coa-lition members Ralph Fertig, WilsonHubbell, Drew Hunter, Richard Lambert,Jim Marshall, and Mark Mittermiller.
UCSB bike impoundcontention healed
Bike to Work Day at UCSB attracted newbicycle commuters to campus. It also at-tracted the student’s Community ServiceOrganization (CSO) workers who im-pounded bicycles parked near the main en-trance to the Biological Sciences II building.Hasty emails raised the level of contentionand rebuttal, compounded by a shortage ofdetails, conflicting campus bike parkingregulations, inconsistent enforcement, andloss of personal transportation.
It resulted in the campus “RestorativeJustice” process that is invoked to resolveissues that have not been satisfactorilysettled by existing procedures. So on July19th, a group gathered for two hours andcame up with these recommendations:• A permanent “no bicycle parking” sign
will be installed at Bio II, giving directionsto the closest bike racks.
• Campus administration will be asked toreevaluate the bicycle parking in regard tosafety, rack sufficiency and parkingconvenience; and to review campus bicycleregulations for consistency.
• The results of the meeting will be sent viaBio News email newsletter, including arequest for more civility.
The second Walk/BikeCalifornia conference at-tracted about 200 partici-pants to Ventura on Sep-tember 14-16th. Fivemembers of our BicycleCoalition attended, twoof whom made presenta-tions there about our ac-tivities:• Ralph Fertig talked
about marketingbicycling to visitorsthrough our web siteand participation in theSanta Barbara Car Freeprogram.
• Erika Lindemanntalked about our CycleSmart bicyclisteducation program.
In addition, there were sessions on UCSB’supcoming Broida bikepath, the doubledfine for speeding in school zones in SantaBarbara County, and the South Coast’s saferoutes to school program.
Dru van Hengel seemed to be the onlystaff person from any Santa Barbara
County jurisdiction to take advantage of allthe transportation expertise and state-of-the-art practices that were offered.
Out of all the officials who addressed theparticipants during breakfast and lunch,the most inspirational was Ventura CityManager Rick Cole. As this goes to press,the Bicycle Coalition is considering bringinghim to speak in Santa Barbara this fall.
CycleSmartOur November Class is taking shape! LCI NancyMulholland will offer a class on ThursdayNovember 3 and Saturday November 5th. Pleasecontact us at [email protected] to sign upor for more information on our program.
chology. Being a stu-dent and employed asa counselor at Phoenixof Santa Barbara, hewas faced with thechoice of affording anapartment or a car. Hechose housing andbought a bike to com-mute from San Roqueto Pacifica up LaderaLane at the far end ofEast Valley Road,
sometimes seven days a week.That twelve-mile commute ending in the
climb up Ladera taught him a lot about atti-tude and the confidence that can be built byrepetition and perseverance. This has heldhim in good stead as he works with clientsand staff as manager of Mainstream, a pro-gram of support for the mentally ill livingindependently. Another cycling benefit ishaving the opportunity on the ride homefrom work to discharge the emotions thatinevitably come from attempting to helppeople to meet often tough challenges.
After getting his license as a Marriageand Family Therapist here in California, hisnext transition will be to study at the JungInstitute in Switzerland. You can count onit including a bicycle.
Thomas Matthias chooses bicycling
Supervisor Salud Carbajal addressed the ribbon-cutting crowd that included many cyclists.
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For Santa BarbaraCounty Bike Maps,info on ridesharingand van pools, justcall: 963-SAVE.
FREEBIKEMAP!
October 1, Take a Kid Mountain Biking,sponsored by the Santa Barbara MountainBike Trail Volunteers. This regional eventis part of a nationwide IMBA campaign tointroduce kids to off-road biking. It willtake place at the Devereux-Ellwood OpenSpace. Volunteers will describe the impor-tance of preserving natural resources atthree ride stops. BBQ meal afterwards.Meet at the western end of Phelps Road inGoleta, at 12:00 noon. Further details fromChris Orr, [email protected].
October 4, Bicycle Coalition GeneralMeeting. Meeting at noon, first Tuesdayof the month. Community Room at theSanta Barbara Bank and Trust building,1021 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara.Phone president Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 oremail him at [email protected].
October 9, 26th Annual People PoweredRide, sponsored by Goleta Valley CyclingClub. Rides start and end at the Firestonemeadow near Los Olivos. Your choice ofthree rides 100, 63, and 30 miles long.The full century challenges you with 7400feet of climbing! Bagels and coffee at start,fresh fruit and home-baked goodies at thestops, and barbecue at the end. Downloadthe flyer in PDF format atwww.goletabike.org/ppr-flyer.pdf.
Upcoming bike meetings & eventsOctober 15, Bike Tour & Fest, sponsoredby the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.Starting from Leadbetter Beach in SantaBarbara with breakfast and warm-up exer-cises, take either the 12, 30, 60 or 120-mile rides. Follow up with a beach partyincluding live music, health expo, barbe-cue, awards, raffle prizes and more. Morefrom Lisa McCollum at 682-8783. Sign upat www.santabarbarabiketour.com.
October 21-23, 24 Hours of ChamberlinRanch, sponsored by SG Production. Thisinaugural mountain biking event takesplace on the Chamberlin Ranch northwestof Los Olivos. The course is about 15 mileslong over rolling hills on fire roads, singletrack, step descents, steep climbs, andawesome views. Camping available. De-tails at www.ridesb.com/24hourschamberlin.htm.
October 26, Sustainability Day BikeShow, sponsored by UCSB's Office ofSustainability. The Bike Show is part of aday-long series of events showcasing en-vironmentally responsible practices. TheBicycle Coalition will join others from10:00-2:00 at information tables west ofthe Library, and at bike-related events. Aceremony will begin at 3:00 PM at GirvetzCourtyard. Contact Katie Maynard, 893-8027 or [email protected].
Aeolian bike ride?
Crazy? Why no, it’s inspired fun. It’s the“Aeolian Ride,” an event created by NY art-ist Jessica Findley for 50 bicyclists. Dis-covered by Bicycle Coalition Board memberDon Lubach during his web searches foranything bicycling, the ride has taken placein New York, San Francisco, Cape Town,and Los Angeles. So why not here too?
The ride consists of 50 bicyclists wearingdifferent styles of white, wind-inflating suitsthat puff up as you pedal along. Findleyconsiders it a “mass participatory eventwith a sense of humor. It excites thoseriding as well as delights those watching,all the while transforming the landscapeinto a playground of windfilled shapes.”
Lubach envisions it as a Bike Weekevent next May, and he’s already workingon making it happen. Get ready to puff,and check out http://uji-making.com/J/aeolian.
Aeolian riders in NYC. Photo by Ben Stuart.
Bicycle CoalitionBoard vacancy
Mike Hecker has served on our BicycleCoalition Board of Directors for three years,bringing energy, ideas, and promotion ofbicycling. We are grateful for all his contri-butions to our organization, and plan tofollow his active production of exciting bikeraces of all kinds within our county.
Mike’s recent resignation means that wehave a vacancy on our Board of Directors,and we are seeking somebody to fill thatposition. If you want to help make ourcommunity a safer and more livable placefor bicycling, and if you’re concerned aboutbicyclists having an level playing field interms of transportation, please considernominating yourself. Or you can suggestanother person.
If you are interested, please send us abrief email to [email protected] describing yourbackground in bicycling and what skills orspecial interests you might bring to ournonprofit Bicycle Coalition. Please submit itto us very soon.
If you have questions, please contactany member of our Board, listed on page 6.
Bicycle Show atMercury Lounge
Thanks to Dawn O’Brien at the MercuryLounge in Goleta for organizing a day oftwo-wheeled fun. There was a mass ride toGoleta Beach, a lineup of all kinds ofbikes, a Huffy toss, a kids’ tricycle race,tiny biking, and bike jousting. Plus a BBQand a keg of Fat Tire Ale (first one was onthe house if you biked there). About 30people showed up, representing a broadswath of our local bike culture.
Bicycle Coalition members Chris Orr and DonLubach having a youthful time on kids’ bikes.
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MTD reports more bikes on busesStatistics recently released by the Metro-politan Transit District (MTD) show thatridership by those who use the bus bikeracks is increasing at six times the rate ofgeneral ridership.
Comparing the 12-month period 7/04-6/05with that of the prior period, the MTDbuses carried 9702 additional bicycles, rep-resenting a 13% increase. During the sametime period, general ridership increased2%, as illustrated in the graph. While bicy-clists are only 1.2% of all current riders,that’s twice the proportion that it was in2002. Plus, the bicyclists comprise 6% ofthe recent year-to-year ridership increase.
A recent study titled A Return on Invest-ment Analysis of Bikes-on-Bus Programsby the National Center for Transit Researchtells us about bike/bus users:• 25% are new bus riders• 80% of new riders chose the bus because
of bike racks• 72% use the service to commute to work• Travel distance home-to-bus is greater
than bus-to-job• Traditional bus users take more bus trips
after racks are installed• 26% had problems with full racks• 22% would lock their bikes at the stop if
racks were there and the bus rack was full.
Locally, the dramatic increase of bicyclistsusing MTD buses raises questions of ca-pacity. While the MTD buses have 2-bikeSportworks racks, a recent search for othersolutions revealed that our neighbor county
Multi-modal transportation is increasing in theMTD system as more people combine biking andtransit, here at the Santa Barbara MTD terminal.
“Conserve By Bike”The new Energy Bill that the president re-cently signed into law includes a Conserveby Bike provision for $6.25 million to go to10 communities. Those communities, notyet selected, will use the funds to promotebicycling to save energy. Thanks to OregonCongressman Earl Blumenauer and IllinoisSenator Richard Durbin for getting thisimportant provision into the bill. TheTransportation Secretary Norman Minetawill develop details in the coming months.
is already doing what we might copy. TheSan Luis Obispo Regional buses have two3-bike Sportworks racks on their buses,one on the front, another on the rear.That’s six bicyclists per bus!
Joe Gilpin from the SLO County BicycleCoalition comments that their transit direc-tor is uneasy about the rear racks becausedrivers cannot see riders loading bikes.However, it seems that if the MTD mountsrear racks, they can copy buses in Walesthat have rear racks, a TV system, and asolenoid locking device that the driver op-erates for security. So how about it, MTD?
Caltrans uses ourbollard report
A week before the Walk/Bike Californiaconference, Maggie O'Mara from Caltranscontacted Bicycle Coalition president RalphFertig about using our 2002 report Postson Bikepaths. “Your document is excellentand a handy reference,” she wrote. “Itcould go a long way towards reducing thenecessary and improper use of bollards.”[A bollard is a post.] And further, “I'd liketo use some of your photos in my work atCaltrans, to educate our engineers and toadvocate for better guidance in the High-way Design Manual that discusses all themethods of preventing unwanted vehicleentry and proper use of bollards.”
So Fertig quickly updated the study, andsent it to O’Mara. She printed copies thatwere handed out to 40 participants in herclass on Caltrans’ standards for bike facilitydesign that was held September 13th.
At the conference, O’Mara later com-mented that bollards should only be a lastresort on bikepaths, and all our SouthCoast ones described in our report have ashortcoming one way or another.
What we will do now is to print copiesand deliver them to all public works divi-sions throughout our county, so they canbe more aware of safer use of bollards onbikepaths. Read it yourself online atwww.sbbike.org/commute/posts/bikepath-posts.pdf.
Large bollards are positioned at both ends ofthe Obern Trail bridge near Patterson Avenue.
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Discounts tomembers
Members of the Santa BarbaraBicycle Coalition are offered dis-counts at local bike shops. It’sanother reason to join our advo-cacy group. To get your dis-count, take your copy of QuickRelease to the shop & showthem your address label thatsays “MEMBER” on it. Or cutout the label box and take it.Discount details are posted onour web site at www.sbbike.org/SBBC/who.html. Please patronizethe following shops:
Bicycle Bob’s250 Storke Road #A, Goleta15 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara
Bicycle Connection223 W. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc
Big Gear Bike Gear324 State Street #A, Santa Barbara
Commuter Bicycles, 569-5381Hazard’s Cyclesport
110 Anacapa Street, Santa BarbaraMad Mike's Bikes
1110 E. Clark Avenue #G, Santa MariaOpen Air Bicycles
224 Chapala Street, Santa BarbaraPedal Power Bicycles
1740 Broadway, Santa MariaVeloPro Cyclery
633 State Street, Santa Barbara5887 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
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