Volume 47 No. 4 • FALL 2017

pleasanton Iron Horse trail connection

Bike Lane Boom ­— Spoken Here ­— Take a Mini-Tour Bike East Bay Staff Letter from the Saddle EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR René Rivera Over the past months, I have seen how incred- ibly effective our local communities are as advocacy director advocates. With thousands of bright blue Ford Dave Campbell GoBikes popping up in Oakland, Berkeley, and Community organizer Emeryville, Bike East Bay has been working on Susie Hufstader the ground with our Bike Share for All coali- education director tion to ensure an equitable roll out of the bike Robert Prinz share system. Together with Cycles of Change, communications director Rich City Rides, and the Oakland Scraper Bike Ginger Jui Team — all local, people of color led organi- zations — we’re working to remove as many Events Manager Hyeran Lee barriers as possible to bike sharing for people of color and in low-income communities. membership manager Rachel Jacobson Before the launch, Bike East Bay had already secured significant wins for low- outreach coordinator ering barriers to bike share: a low-income discount membership, plus extended Francisco Grajales trip times and a cash payment option. Now we and our partners are hitting the ground to promote bicycling at local events and bike rides this fall (page 10). Administrative manager Hansa Jacob-Martin It makes a difference to have Black and Brown community organizers at the graphic designer table. By hearing directly from impacted communities, I have seen the bike share Kyle Smith operators act more quickly. Even the small things we have won together as a hazard elimination coalition—like being able to give out free Clipper cards for people without credit Ian McDonald cards—make a huge difference for people who otherwise would not be able to office use bike share. 466 Water Street Jack London Square Bike share will get more people on bikes, but it will only have a limited impact Oakland, CA 94607 until the East Bay is connected with a network of people-friendly streets. We know that concern about riding with cars in traffic is the number one barrier mailing address P.O. Box 1736 keeping people from biking. After years of strategic focus, Bike East Bay is finally Oakland, CA 94604 gaining momentum for building dedicated and separated bicycle infrastructure. (510) 845-7433 This year alone, we expect to more than double the number of protected bikeways on the ground in the East Bay, growing from seven to sixteen projects board of directors during 2017. This fall, Pleasanton built its first protected intersection in the Tri- Alden Mudge (President), Valley region (page 3) and Berkeley completed the first connected protected bike Frank Castro (Vice President), lanes in the East Bay (page 4). Next year, we expect to double the number of Rolland Jurgens (Treasurer), protected bikeways again. Tom Willging (Secretary), Curtis Buckley, Jessica de Jesus, I invite you to celebrate these big accomplishments—and to kick off our big Sandra Hamlat, Morgan Kanninen, campaigns to come—at Biketopia, your annual member party and silent auction Kristi Marleau, Rick Rickard, Sahar Shirazi, Nancy Warren, and fundraiser (page 11). Thanks to your support of strong, grassroots bike advocacy, Corinne Winter our streets are transforming before our eyes. Safer, people-friendly streets are rolling out from Fremont to Hercules, from the Tri-Valley to San Francisco Bay. Cover: Bike Pleasanton member When more people ride, we all benefit from the improvements to our public John Houston with his kids, Joanne health, air quality, and our local environment. And that’s good news for everyone and Euan, on the Iron Horse Trail. in the East Bay.

Ride on, Facebook.com/BikeEastBay Twitter.com/BikeEastBay René Rivera, Executive Director Instagram.com/BikeEastBay

2 BIKE EAST BAY • Fall 2017 Euan and Joanne Houston ride the new protected intersection on Stanley Boulevard.

advocates from Bike Pleasanton and members of the Pleasanton Pedalers, it takes a village the club Gail Turner rode with, in How Pleasanton Residents Came Together to making impassioned pleas for the city Build a Protected Intersection to fix the street. By Susie Hufstader, Community Organizer protected intersection, which pro- “My goal this year was to ride my bike vides shorter crossing distances and to school every day, but it is not safe Just one week after I started work as improved visibility for people enough yet,” one student said. Bike East Bay’s Community Organizer and biking, would be an great solution. last summer, we received news of But at the time, there was not a single “My daughter wants to ride her bike to a fatal bicycle crash in Pleasanton. protected intersection built anywhere Pleasanton Middle School, but there Seventy-two year old Gail Turner had in the Bay Area, even in our most bike- is no way,” said Rebecca McClaughlin, been struck by a car at the intersection friendly cities. It looked like improving a teacher at the school. “We would where the Iron Horse Regional Trail this trail connection would be an like access. It needs to happen for the crosses Stanley Boulevard. Bike East uphill battle, if even possible. rest of us and not just experienced Bay, Pleasanton Pedalers, and Bike cyclists.” Pleasanton had already been working But Pleasanton proved me wrong. to connect this major gap in the trail Over the next weeks and months, I Together, the community sent a clear system, but any possible solution had came to know the dedicated commu- message to city council that Stanley been delayed for years. After this trag- nity of bicyclists, students, parents, Boulevard and Valley Avenue, along edy we jumped into action to ask for and grandparents who stepped up to with the rest of Pleasanton, need an immediate fix. champion the Tri-Valley’s first pro- bikeways for riders of all ages and tected intersection. When it came abilities. I went to Pleasanton that week and time for an important vote to approve things did not look good. As I rode When city council unanimously the project, they showed up to com- approved the protected intersection toward the site of the crash, the Iron pletely pack the city council cham- Horse Trail ended in a sidewalk at the design, we cheered and shared hugs bers. Half the room was students all around. This was my first big advo- intersection. Standing there facing from Pleasanton Middle School and seven lanes of heavy traffic, I knew the cacy victory in my new job and I was Amador Valley High. They joined local continued on page 10 intersection needed a big change. A

BIKE EAST BAY • fall 2017 3 A bicyclist rides on Fulton Street, Berkeley’s first protected bike lane, which was striped in 2016. Bike Lane Boom A Three-Year Plan for Berkeley’s Protected Bike Lane Network

By Dave Campbell, Advocacy Director Hearst Avenue: From Pop-Up to removed. Undeterred, we measured Reality the street and redesigned the parking Berkeley is connecting the dots for peo- Thousands of people walk, bike, and ourselves to show it could work. ple bicycling. With two new protected take transit on Hearst Avenue every bike lanes completed on Bancroft Way day to get to the north side of campus After months of back and forth, the and Hearst Avenue this fall, and five or connect to downtown Berkeley. City of Berkeley finally agreed to install additional protected bike lanes in the Lack of bike lanes, heavy bus traffic, protected bike lanes…but stopped one works, a safe and family-friendly bicy- and a steep uphill stretch made this block short of completing the bikeway cling network will soon link downtown street intimidating for people bicy- to Shattuck Avenue, the main street with UC Berkeley campus neighbor- cling. When the City of Berkeley won through downtown Berkeley. At this hoods. Bike East Bay is pushing for our a regional grant in 2015 to rebuild point, Bike East Bay put our grassroots East Bay cities to prioritize protected Hearst Avenue, Bike East Bay saw an power into action. We asked mem- bike lanes, and Berkeley is leading the opportunity to upgrade this important bers and volunteers to help “pop-up” way by adopting protected bike lane campus connection. a demonstration protected bike lane networks as the gold standard for peo- at Berkeley Sunday Streets in October ple-friendly streets. With a large grant in hand, we knew the 2015. By building the temporary city could deliver a world-class proj- protected bike lane on the very block Members like you are key to build- ect for Berkeley bicyclists. While early in question, we showed residents and ing streets that dedicate space for designs called for business-as-usual decision-makers it made sense to fully bicycling. Here is a look at how your bike lanes, Bike East Bay challenged connect Hearst Avenue to downtown. support for grassroots action and the city’s public works department to persistent advocacy laid the ground- upgrade the design to physically pro- The pop-up was a success! After work for Berkeley’s protected bike lane tected bike lanes. The city responded gathering petition signatures in boom. that the street was too narrow and support from most of the neighbors too much parking would have to be on the block, we convinced the city

4 BIKE EAST BAY • Fall 2017 to complete the bikeway from Euclid Avenue all the way to Shattuck Avenue. This five-block protected bike lane completed construction in fall 2017.

Partnering with AC Transit on Bancroft Way Meanwhile, on the south side of campus, changes were long overdue for Bancroft Way. Over 10,000 people a day depend on buses that travel in the southside neighborhood of UC Berkeley, but loading and congestion made service unreliable. People were forced to dash across three lanes of traffic or play hopscotch with buses and cars on a street with no bike lanes. With cam- pus-goers shifting away from driving,1 As downtown Berkeley streets are repaved and redesigned in the next three years, Bike East Bay partnered with AC Transit Bike East Bay will be pushing the city to connect UC Berkeley and downtown with a to redesign Bancroft Way to prioritize network of low-stress bikeways. safety and dedicate space for people Bancroft Way: Extend the new pro- who walk, bike, and take transit. Current protected bike lanes tected bike lanes and bus lanes uphill Completed this fall, the new Bancroft to Piedmont Avenue in 2019. Protected bike lanes planned or Way features shorter crosswalks, a under consideration with projected Oxford Street: Connect the west side two-way protected bike lane, ded- completion dates. of campus with a protected bike lane icated bus lanes, and overlapping in 2020. benefits for everybody using the street. Existing bicycle boulevard network. Neighbors and campus-goers now only Milvia Street: Upgrade this popular have to cross two—rather than three— Dana Street: Install a two-way pro- bicycle boulevard to a protected lanes of traffic to visit local businesses tected bike lane and dedicated bus bikeway through downtown Berkeley and university facilities. People taking lanes in 2018. in 2018. When additional blocks of the bus will have faster and more Bancroft Way and Hearst Avenue are reliable bus service. The dedicated bus Fulton Street: Extend the existing repaved in 2018, we will push the city lane will also reduce leapfrogging— protected bike lanes to Dwight Way to connect these bikeways to Milvia and potential collisions—with car Street. in 2018. Intern Way Bancroft Diaz, Alfredo Leon Fidel by Graphic drivers and bicyclists.

As bicyclists, the two-way protected bike confidence to try biking as well.” out the vote for Measure BB, which lanes enable you to bike uphill for the will fund much of the street repav- first time on Bancroft Way (the street Connecting the Network ing associated with these projects. In remains one-way for drivers). Bancroft Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way are 2017, you came together to develop a Way’s protected bike lanes connect Dana just the beginning. We envision a net- strong Berkeley Bike Plan. Your voices Street with Fulton Street, making these work of protected bike lanes around defended and passed an innovative the first connected protected bike lanes campus and downtown Berkeley, bike plan that—by specifying a net- in the East Bay. which can be achieved through work of 20 protected bike lanes—sets extending existing bikeways and a high bar for the city and a powerful “More people are riding to campus adding north-south connections. And example for the rest of the East Bay. every year,” said UC Berkeley’s trans- we are pushing the City of Berkeley portation planner Todd Henry. “This to do it in the next three years. See Thank you for your support. Bike East new protected bike lane will get you our plans for growing the downtown Bay will continue to hold the city there safely and give your friends the network on the map above accountable to this visionary plan for years to come. 1UC Berkeley’s 2016 Campus Transportation It is an ambitious plan and Bike East survey showed 65% of students already walk Bay members laid the groundwork BikeEastBay.org/BerkeleyBikeways or bike, and only 37% of faculty and staff to make it possible. In 2014, you got drive alone to work.

BIKE EAST BAY • fall 2017 5 CALENDAR of EVENTS Sunday Streets Berkeley kids and their families begins at 9am will receive a 20% discount at Sports Sunday, October 15, 11am-4pm at Walden Park in Walnut Creek fol- Basement. Shattuck Ave. from Rose St. to lowed by a 10:00am ride to the Walnut BikeEastBay.org/MemberMeeting Channing Way, Berkeley Creek Farmer’s Market. Join thousands of people on Recurring Events 16 car-free blocks of Shattuck San Francisco Bicycle Avenue in Downtown Berkeley. Coalition’s Winterfest Volunteer Night SundayStreetsBerkeley.org Sunday, December 3, 4pm-9pm Last Tuesday of Every Month The Village, 969 Market St., San October 24, November 28 Biketopia Francisco Tackle group projects while social- Thursday, November 9, Join over a thousand of your bike-lov- izing with fellow Bike East Bay 6:30pm-10pm ing buddies in an evening of festivi- volunteers. Impact Hub Oakland, 2323 Broadway ties, food, music and beverages, plus a BikeEastBay.org/Volunteer Join your best bike friends at Bike East silent auction featuring new bikes and Bay’s annual member party and silent local art. Benefits the San Francisco Bike Civics: Advocacy auction fundraiser. Come bid on the Bicycle Coalition. Trainings for 100+ piece auction and raise a glass SFBike.org/Winterfest Changemakers to our big advocacy wins in 2017! Bike Civics is a new series of advo- BikeEastBay.org/Biketopia Bike East Bay Annual Member cacy trainings that will teach you Meeting how to become a local changemaker. Kidical Mass Walnut Creek Tuesday, December 5, 6:30-8pm Taught by Bike East Bay staff, you’ll Sunday, November 19, 9am Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St., learn how your local government Walden Park, Walnut Creek Berkeley works and what actions you can take Join Bike Concord and Bike Walnut Meet your fellow members and cast to improve streets for bicycling in Creek for Kidical Mass, a fun, safe your vote for Bike East Bay’s 2018 your neighborhood. family bike ride. Free registration for slate of board members. All members BikeEastBay.org/BikeCivics

6 BIKE EAST BAY • Fall 2017 Board member profile Jessica de Jesus For board member Jessica de Jesus, by bike to work in Oakland. recovering from knee surgery was the first step to discovering her love “Because I’m a commuter, I see the for road . value of promoting safe cycling and seeing more people on bikes.” Jessica “Part of rehab was trying to ride a said. “You want other cyclists to feel stationary bicycle and I could not safe. Anything to inspire people to even do a full rotation on the pedals ride and get out of their cars without excruciating pain,” Jessica seemed like a good idea to me.” said. As a board member, Jessica took part Still, Jessica followed her physical in helping craft our Statement of therapist’s advice to keep riding and Values for Equity and Social Justice, fell in love with the open road. Her which was released in January 2017. favorite rides in the East Bay include going up Mount Hamilton and Mount “I feel really proud that [Bike East Diablo, which are some of the steep- Bay] is tackling the issues of race est climbs and most scenic routes and equity, because those are con- around. versations that are so hard to have. Board member Jessica de Jesus and her It’s easy to dismiss those conver- Board members always bring their daughter Savannah. sations at an organization focused particular strengths to the organi- on biking...I’m proud that [Bike East zation. In addition to being a tough “I do notice there are not as many Bay] is keeping that on the forefront,” hill-climber, Jessica is a professional people of color in [cycling] as an Jessica said. fundraiser and event planner who athletic event. I’m so hyper-aware has built her career with social jus- of when I see a black person in a kit Jessica’s advice for anyone interested tice organizations working to remove who’s clearly on a ride, like they are in joining the board? barriers to opportunity for people of out there training for something. “Be ready to roll your sleeves up and color, including poverty, incarcera- I want to be like, “YEA, YOU GO!” be part of the team. And prepare to tion, and access to higher education. because it’s just so rare!” be inspired and energized by the As a woman of color, she brings this Jessica joined the board of directors people who make this organization perspective to the cycling world as in January 2015, when she lived in go.” well. Emeryville and regularly commuted Get on Board! Bike East Bay is seeking dedicated We seek board members who repre- members to join our Board of Directors sent the diversity of the people of the for 2018. Board membership is a great East Bay and the geographic commu- way to support Bike East Bay and step nities of Alameda and Contra Costa up your engagement with our work. Counties. People of color are especially Our board of directors works to guide encouraged to apply. Bike East Bay’s long-term strategy, ensure the health of our organization, Your board will be elected at the and raise much needed funding. Check annual member meeting on December out our board application to learn 5 at Sports Basement in Berkeley. more about the skills and qualities we Apply today at BikeEastBay.org/Board From left, board members Sahar Shirazi, are looking to add to this hardworking Rolland Jurgens, and Kristi Marleau. group of leaders. BIKE EAST BAY • fall 2017 7 Bicycle Spoken Here Multilingual Education Classes Respond to Community Needs

By Robert Prinz, Education Director The Adult Learn-to-Ride class at Lincoln Square Recreation Center in Oakland’s Chinatown.

Over the past year, Bike East Bay has long-time community health educator, due to theft, maintenance, cost, and seen our Spanish- and Cantonese- agreed to teach with the understand- other issues. language bicycle education program ing that she felt uncomfortable riding grow by leaps and bounds. Since in traffic and would not be leading Responding to these concerns, we 2012, Bike East Bay’s in-language group rides. In turn, her own appre- worked with Gilbert to set up our first workshops have reached thousands hension helped her better understand ever Cantonese-language Adult Learn- of adults, youth, and families with and account for the concerns of the to-Ride class in June. In just a few confidence-boosting resources on class attendees she worked with. Via hours we helped 16 attendees get on overcoming barriers to bicycling her position at Contra Costa Health two wheels for the first time. and having more fun on every trip. Services, Ana also helped connect us “Bike East Bay has helped our commu- We distribute bike lights, helmets, with class locations at community nity get over a huge barrier in learning reflective gear, and more to help class events and festivals. about cycling safety. Our folks had the attendees take more bike trips in all opportunity to have classes held in conditions. By late 2016, however, we Developing Partnerships their native language of Cantonese, needed to add more instructors to Our incredibly dedicated partners at which allowed them to become wiser meet a growing demand and update public libraries, city parks, recreation about being safe while riding,” said our programs to address more com- centers, and affordable housing devel- Gong. munity needs. opments have been key players in the multilingual program. One of these Later this fall we will return to Lincoln Growing Our Team new partners is Gilbert Gong, direc- Square with a Cantonese-language Last fall we hosted a new bike class tor of the Lincoln Square Recreation workshop focused on the new Ford instructor certification seminar with Center in Oakland’s Chinatown. GoBike bike share system rolling expenses paid for all participants out now in Oakland, Berkeley, and via a generous donation from Bay With Gilbert’s guidance regarding the Emeryville. This way, more Chinatown Area Bicycle Law. Among the fifteen most accessible dates and times for community members can use bike attendees were several multilin- the Lincoln Square community, several share to get around town whether or gual instructors from our local bike dozen community members showed not they own a bike. advocacy partners, including Ana up for our Cantonese-language Urban Learn with us! To inquire about Villalobos of Bike Concord and Donna Cycling 101 workshop in April, a big becoming an in-language bike instruc- Chang of Bike Walk San Leandro. increase over previous workshops. Our tor, contact Education Director Robert Throughout the first half of 2017, the new Cantonese-speaking instructor Prinz at [email protected]. Visit newly certified instructors continued Donna Chang co-taught the class, pro- Bike East Bay’s education pages to their training by co-teaching Bike viding instruction on topics like biking register for a free bike education work- East Bay classes. after dark and theft prevention. To our surprise, we learned that some of shop or request a class at your loca- These classes benefitted from the the enthusiastic attendees had never tion, through the support of Alameda unique experiences and expertise of learned to ride a bike. Others said they County Transportation Commission our new instructors. Ana Villalobos, a could ride but they did not own a bike and others. BikeEastBay.org/Education

8 BIKE EAST BAY • Fall 2017 The Adult Learn-to-Ride class at Lincoln Square Recreation Center in Oakland’s Chinatown.

Bike East Bay’s Community Organizer Susie Hufstader at Juniper Campground on Mount Diablo this August. How About a Mini-Tour? By Francisco Grajales, The weekend mini-tour is the delight- in a good post-work Outreach Coordinator ful middle-ground that gives you more ride, you’ll find no better East Bay than an overnighter while requiring dirt than on your way up through With over a dozen East Bay regional less preparation than a long-distance Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park and parks located within biking distance, tour. If you are used to rolling out on over to Redwood Regional Park. the East Bay is bike camping paradise. Saturday morning towards your one Be sure to keep in mind that these And if you stretch out your biking night of sleeping in the dirt, consider campsites all offer different ameni- weekend into a mini-tour, you can next time that there might be a closer ties and have different group size have the thrill of touring from camp spot where you could sleep along the requirements. to camp without asking for extra days way. off work. From there, you’re free to ride as far as Where to go? your heart desires and your legs will The mini-tour idea is simple: camp allow. You could easily keep it in the at two different places, two nights We are lucky to have over a dozen East Bay and goof off all day along in a row. You get the thrill of “going parks with camping options in the your route, or you could get in the somewhere” and “doing stuff” without East Bay, many of which are easily drops and hustle into any of the great having to go very far or do very much. accessed via bike paths and regional camping spots in Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Here’s what it looks like: trails. If you are interested in a short, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, or Monterey easy jaunt after work with minimal counties. While there’s nothing mini Thursday evening - Pack night riding, perhaps consider camp- about doing a century loaded with Friday morning - Ride to work, camp- sites near BART stations: Anthony camping gear, you may find it’s easier ing gear in tow Chabot Regional Park, Black Diamond to be nudged out of bed and into the Friday afternoon - Take off after work, Mines Regional Preserve, and Coyote saddle by the rising sun than by a towards your first night under the stars Hills Regional Park all fit the bill. If buzzing phone. So for your next week- Saturday morning - Tear down camp, fishing and swimming are your idea end bike camping trip, consider adding eat breakfast, and roll on towards your of kicking off the weekend, check Friday night to the agenda and make it second night under the stars out Tilden Regional Park or Del Valle a mini-tour! Saturday evening - Camp again Regional Park. Or if you want to get Sunday - Head home

BIKE EAST BAY • fall 2017 9 NEWS BRIEFS Bike Share For All Bike East Bay has joined other key local cycling organizations in “Bike Share for All,” an outreach program created to inform residents about Ford GoBike, the Bay Area’s new bike share transportation system. This community-based initiative engages Cycles for Change, Oakland’s Scraper Bike Team, Rich City Rides, and Bike East Bay, plus the San Francisco Old and new Bay Bridge in summer 2016. Bicycle Coalition and San Francisco Yellow Bike Project across the bay. Bay Bridge Path According to Caltrans, fall is the With the support of Transform, a local best time for demolition work to Closures transportation advocacy organization, minimize impact to marine species From August to late November 2017, we are working to ensure there is an in the bay. Caltrans engineers are the Bay Bridge People Path is clos- equitable plan to make Ford GoBike aiming to reopen the path by midday ing every other week for demolition accessible to low-income and mar- on Saturdays, but say this may be activity on the old Bay Bridge. The ginalized communities. delayed in order to protect marine closures will start on Sundays and life. As a coalition, we advocated for poli- continue through midday on the fol- cies and changes that removed obsta- lowing Saturday. During the closures, Prior to this announcement, Bike East cles to using bike share. We secured Caltrans will be placing explosives Bay and the San Francisco Bicycle a low-income discount, which starts and detonation equipment on the Coalition met with Caltrans and the at $5 for the first year and increases remaining bridge foundations. California Highway Patrol to ensure to $5 per month in following years. To Upcoming Bay Bridge People Path these closures allow as much public increase access, we are giving away closure dates, with additional later access as possible. Previously, Bike free Clipper cards, which low-in- closures possible if needed: East Bay successfully advocated for come residents who do not have a seven-days-a-week access on the Bay smartphone or bank account can October 8 - October 14 Bridge People Path starting May 2017. use to rent the bikes. Read more at October 22 - October 28 BikeEastBay.org/BayBridge BikeShareForAll.org November 5 - November 11

brand new racks were packed with “bike crossing” parallel to the white Pleasanton bikes. Pleasanton Pedalers and Bike crosswalk is one of the first dedicated continued from page 3 Pleasanton have maintained a strong bike crossings in the East Bay. almost in tears. and visible presence, hosting a weekly bike tent at the farmer’s market with When I first arrived as a community The outpouring of community sup- free parking and resources. organizer in Pleasanton, all I saw were port for bike facilities has rippled hundreds of cars and a huge, crazy across Pleasanton. Over the past year, After stopping by the bike tent this intersection. Now I know a commu- I have watched the changes happen, summer, I hopped on the Iron Horse nity of people who care deeply about from an ambitiously updated bicycle Trail to see the now-finished protected Pleasanton. Together, we did more master plan to miles of new buffered intersection at Stanley Boulevard and than fix a gap in the Iron Horse Trail. bike lanes already on the ground, Valley Avenue. The three protected We fired up the local biking commu- spearheaded by city traffic engineer corners provide bicyclists a safe space nity. We showed the city that residents Mike Tassano. Downtown Pleasanton to wait for a green light, decreasing want a bike-friendly place to live, added a new parklet and bike corral, the distance to get to the next leg of work, and play. and just one day after installation, the the Iron Horse Trail. Plus, the green BikeEastBay.org/TriValley

10 BIKE EAST BAY • Fall 2017 Presented by the Law Office of Daniel H. Rose BIKETOPIA Thursday, November 9, 6:30pm to 10:00pm Oakland Impact Hub, 2323 Broadway BikeEastBay.org/Biketopia Bring on the party hats! Join your best bike friends at Bike East Bay’s annual member party and fundraiser. Enjoy good eats, tasty brews, and a silent auction with 100+ items donated by bike-friendly businesses. Come ready to bid on weekend getaways, beer and wine tours, and fabulous bike accessories. You could even ride home on a new bike! Old and new Bay Bridge in summer 2016. Ticket Prices: $15 for members, $20 at the door. $40 for non-members, $45 at the door (includes Bike East Bay membership)

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