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VOLUME 39 NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 2009 rideOn Bikeways Now open on 4 of 7 State Toll Bridges in East Bay!

The long-awaited Benicia-Martinez Bridge Path celebration was attended by hundreds of bicyclists and dignitaries from both sides of the Carquinez Strait on August 29, 2009. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition challenged both Benicia and Martinez to become platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Communities! Read what attendees had to say about the path: Darren Malendes, of Benicia, works in Martinez and says, "I think the new bike/ped path on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge is awesome. It's been a long time coming and Robert Raburn, EBBC Exec Dir, acknowledges the late EBBC founder, it's going to reunite both cities and it's also Alexander Zuckermann, whose tenacious bridge advocacy led to a going to raise awareness for people about exercise, their health and getting outdoors requirement in the voter-approved bridge toll Increase (1988) that all new more. It's going to be one of my goals to start State Toll Bridges accommodate bicyclists. - Photo by Andrew Sawadisavi bicycling to work across the bridge." whenever and wherever we can in Caltrans shuttle across the Bijan Sartipi, Director of Caltrans District a safe manner .This pathway is a Benicia-Martinez Bridge. When 4, said, "In the years to come, non-motorized symbol of Caltrans' commitment to Caltrans stopped that service, I traffic will play an increasingly important Bay Area bicyclists and started using the new Zampa bike/ role in Bay Area transportation. Caltrans pedestrians." ped pathway to get to work. But will encourage and promote non-motorized Robin Anderson, of Benicia who I've always been waiting for this transportation and will work to worked in Walnut Creek years accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists ago, says, "I used to use the “Benicia-Martinez” continued p.2

relies on your input and benefits Next Meeting EBBC’s next General everybody. Of course, EBBC is Membership Meeting begins at 7:30pm on looking for potential revenue Tuesday, Sept 15 at the Rockridge Branch sources that will enable us to fund Library, 5366 College Avenue in Oakland. At an ongoing digital map program 8:30pm our guest speakers will lead an exami- (we have spent about $100,000 to nation of the “Geospatial Revolution and publish our two maps over the Bicycling.” Our plans include how we can cre- past several years). ate a digital map-based discussion of various bikeways, document and report hazards to at 3301 bicyclists, create layers depicting injury EBBC Office crashes involving bicyclists, generate local E12th St, Suite 143, Oakland, next area maps for our Safe Routes to Schools pro- to the Fruitvale Bike Station. grams, and siphon off online searches to sug- Lucky gal! Carol Strickland won gest commuter and recreational bicycle routes. a beautiful vintage Bridgestone MTC's BikeMapper has yet to appeal to the commuter bike by joining EBBC masses (or even cartographic geeks) and this meeting is an opportunity to brainstorm ways at the Art & Soul Festival. to create truly interactive bicycle mapping that 2. rideOn September 2009 Drive a Bike FREE Bike Safety Classes Traffic Skills Family Cycling Kids Bike Rodeos Learn how to share Clinics Bicycling safety clinic the road with cars Parents and kids taught at elementary on the busy streets learn how to ride and middle schools, of the East Bay. together. All ages. Alameda County. Adults 14+.

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Demand High for Safe Routes to Transit “Benicia-Martinez” continued p.1 In 2004 the voters approved a $1 applications include cool new ideas pathway to open. Unfortunately, I have now bridge toll increase (Regional like a bike sharing program, bike retired and moved to Martinez and now I'll use Measure 2) that included EBBC's parking kiosks, a counter-flow bike the new bike/ped pathway for recreation.” Safe Routes to Transit (SR2T) pro- lane, “flex” lanes, bike access on Ted Fisher, of Walnut Creek “I think the bike/ gram. the program premise is to transit corridors, bike/ped bridges ped path is fantastic. For years we fought with reduce congestion on the bridges and undercrossings. Caltrans with their tow trucks giving us rides by facilitating bicycling and walk- across or waiting for the bus. Now I have the ing to transit. We applaud that a number of the freedom to ride anytime 24/7-it's phenomenal. applications seek to Now that I have the bike/ped bridge and can ride We are now in address bicycle security across, the Chamber of Commerce of Benicia is the 3rd round of by including elockers going to see a lot of my greenbacks.” program fund- as part of their project ing application grant proposal. Sherie Reineman, of Albany said, “I used to review and the take the Arthur/Waterbird route regularly when response is over- EBBC Chair Dave commuting from Benicia to my office adjacent to whelming! Campbell and Trans- Concord BART from 1992-1996. I had to hop a Form Transportation barrier at the end of the neighborhood into the Thirty-five bike/ Program Manager Carli section of road that went next to the ‘dump’ ped project Paine are coordinating before turning into Waterbird Way. The applications were submitted, total- the program and working with a 15- CalTrans shuttle had a stop on Marina Vista ing $14 million in requests, all person advisory committee to select right before (west) of the intersection for competing for $4.2 million in projects for funding. Project awards Waterbird Way.” available funding. Seven out of the will be made this December and Roy Quinn, of Benecia says, “There is no direct nine Bay Area counties submitted announced in the January 2010 edi- connection between the Iron Horse Trail and the applications. tion of rideOn. new bike/ped path on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and that can be a problem for commuters SR2T rewards innovative propos- - Dave Campbell als. Some of the more interesting going to Contra Costa.” E September 2009 rideOn 3.

CONTACT EBBC C OALITION PARTNERS 510 533-RIDE (7433) AFFILIATED RIDE CLUBS Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition (BFBC) www.ebbc.org Phil Morton www.bfbc.org Berkeley Bicycle Club www.berkeleybike.org CA Association of Bicycling Organizations Executive Director ...... Robert Raburn Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay http://www.cabobike.org/index.htm 510-533-7433 [email protected] 510-466-5123 www.btceastbay.org California Bicycle Coalition (CBC) www.calbike.org Outreach Coordinator . . . . . Carrie Harvilla Cherry City Cyclists Steve Yoder 510-357-3045 K.C. Butler, Exec Dir 916-446-7558 510-533-7432 [email protected] http://www.cherrycitycyclists.org Cycles of Change www.cyclesofchange.org Fruitvale Village, 3301 E12th St,#143 Delta Pedalers Dave Stoeffler 925-634-1793 Greenbelt Alliance www.greenbelt.org MAIL: PO Box 1736, Oakland 94604 http://www.deltaped.org Cristina Wong [email protected] EBBC OFFICERS & Diablo Cyclists http://www.diablocyclists.com PTownBikeAdvocates (Pleasanton) Different Spokes Derek Liecty 510-339-2345 James Van Dyke 925-462-0706 BOARDMEMBERS Fremont Freewheelers Jeff Girard [email protected] 510-414-0114 http://fremontfreewheelers.org Richmond BPAC www.richmondbpac.org Chair Dave Campbell ...... Berkeley TransForm http://wwwtranscoalition.org 510-701-5971 [email protected] Grizzly Peak Cyclists Al Forkosh 510-655-4221 http://GrizzlyPeakCyclists.org Stuart Cohen, Exec Dir 510-740-3150 Vice Chair “BikeDave” Favello Walnut Crk Golden Gate Cyclists Urban Ecology www.urbanecology.org 925-939-9462 [email protected] http://www.goldengatecyclists.org Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) Secretary Tom Ayres ...... Kensington Hikanbyke Niels Poulsen 510-375-1521 www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org 510-528-4941 ...... [email protected] http://www.hikanbyke.org Waterfront Action www.waterfrontaction.org Treasurer Rick Rickard ...... Oakland Oakland Yellowjackets 510-986-9011 510-482-5968 [email protected] http://www.oaklandyellowjackets.org COMMUNITY REPS & ADVOCATES BART Bicycle Advisory Task Force Leo Dubose ...... Oakland Velo Raptors (Montclair) http://www.bart.gov/guide/bikes Craig Hagelin ...... Walnut Creek Ron Scrivani [email protected] CoCoCo Reps: Eric McCaughrin ...... Berkeley Santa Rosa Cycling Club Bill Oetinger [email protected] Dave Favello (Chair) [email protected] Mary Norton ...... Oakland Strada Sempre Duro Rick De Gette 925-944-7049 Craig Hagelin [email protected] Bruce “Ole” Ohlson ...... Pittsburg Valley Spokesmen Jim Kohnen 925-828-3623 Alameda Co Reps: Bill Pinkham ...... Richmond http://www.valleyspokesmen.org Mike Jones [email protected] Steve Ardrey ...... Concord VACANT AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS Brentwood Dave Stoeffler 925-634-1793 EBBC VOLUNTEERS Albany Strollers & Rollers www.albanystrollroll.org Fremont Michael Graff 510-713-7441 Hazard Elimination Reports Ian MacDonald Nick Pilch 510-525-4841 [email protected] 510-832-6300 [email protected] Bay Area Bicycle Coalition www.bayareabikes.org Lamorinda 925-299-1522 Bart Carr [email protected] Membership Coordinator Mary Norton Andrew Casteel, ED [email protected] Bay Trail Project http://www.abag.ca.gov Livermore Amador Valley, Trails Council 510-655-9945 [email protected] Laura Thompson, Proj Mgr 510-464-7935 TCLAV www.tclav.org EBBC Map Distribution Derek Liecty BikeAlameda http://www.bikealameda.org Martinez Dick Anderson 925-372-5889 510-339-2345 [email protected] Lucy Gigli 510-595-4690 Pittsburg Bruce “Ole” Ohlson 925-439-5848 Web Eric McCaughrin [email protected] [email protected]

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