Bike San Mateo County

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="05ad05a3.jpg"> <div> <B>                               </B><B>Bike San Mateo County</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="05bd2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Site Content"><U>Web Site Content</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Using your bike"><U>Using your bike</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Campaign Projects"><U>Campaign & Projects</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Issues"><U>Current Issues</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dangerous Conditions"><U>Dangerous Conditions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Google Discussion Groups"><U>Google Discussion Groups</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings"><U>Meetings</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resources"><U>Resources</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local News Updates"><U>Local News & Updates</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bikes on Transit"><U>Bikes on Transit</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Route Suggestions"><U>Route Suggestions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact/ Join Bike SMC"><U>Contact/ Join Bike SMC</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Getting Involved"><U>Getting Involved</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Improvements"><U>Improvements</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Case of an Accident Legal Considerat"><U>In Case of an Accident & Legal Considerations</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Our Goal:</B> Facilitate and encourage more people to get out and ride: to work, to shop, to school, to play, to relax and to experience the simple joy of riding one's bicycle.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Our vision: </B>is for San Mateo County to fully support bicycles as a vital part of our transportation system with all streets being Complete Streets. </div> <bR> <div> Complete Streets are roadways designed and operated to enable safe, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all users: pedestrians, bicyclists, young and old including motorists. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>July Fourth 2010   A Mile of Bikes and Smiles in Redwood City</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We did it again, another fun parade. Our Redwood City Arch survived along with dozens of smiling bicyclists with a couple of unicycles and scooters. Thanks to all who helped and joined in the parade.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0765b040.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0785b040.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="07a5b040.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0805b040.jpg" border=0 width="347" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Upcoming Events</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>San Mateo Bicycle Plan Survey</B></div> <div> San Mateo is developing a new Bikeways Master Plan. Complete their on line survey at <A HREF="http://www.sanmateobikeplan.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sanmateobikeplan.com"><U>www.sanmateobikeplan</U></A>.com.  Survey closes June 30 2010. </div> <div> At their website you can  review the schedule and sign up for email notifications.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Bike San Mateo County Monthly Meetings </B></div> <bR> <div> No Meetings July and August. So we can enjoy our vacations and get in some riding.</div> <bR> <div> <B>News</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Bikes Onboard High-Speed Rail</B></div> <bR> <div> The SFBC BIKES ONboard team has written a resolution to allow roll-on, unboxed bicycle carriage aboard High-Speed Rail, a la the present Caltrain program.  Bike San Mateo County supports the resolution which can be viewed at: <A HREF="http://bikesmc.googlegroups.com/web/BOBResolution_Bikes_on_HSR%5B1%5D.pdf?hl=en" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bikesmc.googlegroups.com/web/BOBR"><U>http://bikesmc.googlegroups.com/web/BOBResolution_Bikes_on_HSR%5B1%5D.pdf?hl=en</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Caltrain Bikes on Board</B></div> <bR> <div> As of December, all five Bombardier train sets have two bike cars to carry 48 bikes per train, and about half of the fifteen gallery train sets have two bike cars to carry 80 bikes per train. This has been a significant improvement, but bumping is unfortunately expected to continue due to inconsistency in bike capacity among trains with 40, 48, or 80 bike spaces per train. Thanks to the increase in onboard bike capacity in 2009, Caltrain's performance improved, including:  better service reliability; decreased dwell times; additional fare-box revenue from more bicycle passengers; and fewer automobile miles driven, protecting the environment and bolstering public health and safety.  For details, please see <A HREF="http://www.sfbike.org/download/actions/caltrain/Report_Bikes_on_Caltrain_2009.pdf " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sfbike.org/download/actions/c"><U>http://www.sfbike.org/download/actions/caltrain/Report_Bikes_on_Caltrain_2009.pdf  </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>San Carlos Holly Street 101 Overcrossing Traffic Congestion Mitigation:</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> At the December 15 meeting of the Transportation and Circulation commission meeting Alternative D was selected for recommendation. The city council has accepted their recommendation and the next step is the "project study report" which will take at least six months to complete. Alternative D provides for optimized use of the existing Holly Street to curb width and a full partial cloverleaf intersection. Alternative D: <A HREF="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=5640" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/civica/fi"><U>http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=5640</U></A>. </div> <div> In addition Alternative C which adds the bicycle boulevard to East San Carlos Avenue is to be added to the San Carlos master bicycle plan. </div> <div> Web link: <A HREF="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/publicworks/current_projects/holly_street_at_highway_101___access_alternatives_study/default.asp " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/publicwor"><U>http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/publicworks/current_projects/holly_street_at_highway_101___access_alternatives_study/default.asp</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>San Mateo Hayward Park Area Bicycle Access</B></div> <bR> <div> On November 12, the City of San Mateo Public Works Commission presented various options to improve bicycle access to and from Caltrain Hayward Park Train Station.  View the options presented at: <A HREF="http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=5735 " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentVi"><U>http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=5735 </U></A> Pictures of the existing conditions are available in the files section of Google group bikesmc. Filenames starting with smhp for San Mateo Hayward Park. </div> <bR> <div> <B>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's newly released Transportation 2035 Plan</B><B> </B>for the San Francisco Bay Area: Change in Motion, is now available for viewing online, along with other companion technical reports, at: <A HREF="http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan"><U>www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>BikeSMC Campaign Updates</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Old County Road Removal of the unused Railroad tracks in San Carlos</B></div> <bR> <div> We are getting closer. The city is awaiting a report from a title research company to check for any conflicting property interests. Once this is done we are hoping for a speedy removal of the tracks. For more details go to <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old County Railroad Crossing"><U>Old County Road Railroad Crossing</U></A>:</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Help Wanted</U></B></div> <div> We welcome your suggestions and contributions to improve and build Bike San Mateo County. If you have any suggestions, corrections or contributions, please email us at <A HREF="mailto:bikesmc@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:bikesmc@hotmail.com"><U>bikesmc@hotmail.com</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>