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="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City/ County Bike Plans"><U>City/ County Bike Plans</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="Calendar"><U>Calendar</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="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Bike Shops"><U>Local Bike Shops</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About/Contact/ Join"><U>About/Contact/ Join</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>Join our google discussion group </B><A HREF="http://groups.google.com/group/bikesmc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.google.com/group/bikesmc"><U><B>bikesmc</B></U></A><B>. </B>This is an open, free, public discussion group to share ideas, recent news and events, ask for and give route suggestions, warn about hazards, updates on current campaigns, suggestions for future campaigns and anything else related to bicycling here in San Mateo County. See our<A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Google Discussion Groups"><U> google groups page</U></A> for more information.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Current Events</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>CALTRAIN SEEKS INPUT ON ITS SHORT-RANGE TRANSIT PLAN BY NOV 20</B></div> <div> Caltrain’s draft Short-Range Transit Plan (FY2009 to FY2018) describes the</div> <div> bike capacity increase made in 2009, but contains no stated plan for bikes</div> <div> onboard going forward. Read more at our page <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caltrain Bikes On Board"><U><B>Caltrain Bikes On Board Bicycle Capacity.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>San Carlos Holly Street 101 Overcrossing Traffic Congestion Mitigation:</B> Holly Street traffic congestion is projected to significantly worsen when the recently approved Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) and the Transit Village projects are built.   As a condition of approval for its project, the PAMF was required to pay the City of San Carlos $5M to mitigate the traffic impacts.  San Carlos has implemented a 4 to 6 month study  to determine the how to apply these funds to reduce the traffic congestion on Holly Street along with improvements to pedestrian and bicycle access to the Holly/US101 overcrossing.At the Community Outreach meeting held Oct 28, nine alternative proposals were discussed. The city is currently conducting a web survey on these proposals. The last date to reply to their survey is Nov 9. The nine proposals and the web survey are available at: </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/publicworks/current_projects/holly_street_at_highway_101___access_alternatives_study/holly_street_us_101_access_altrernatives_web_survey.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cityofsancarlos.org/publicwor"><U><B>Link Holly Street</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Menlo Park Ringwood Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge.</B>  The existing Ringwood/US101 bicycle/pedestrian bridge in Menlo Park will be replaced as part of the 101 widening project in this area. At the October 12, 2009 community meeting the bridge design which includes a single straight 7% grade ramp to meet ADA requirements, crosswalk placement and landscaping were discussed.   Future meetings are being planned. </div> <div> weblinks:<A HREF=" http://www.menlopark.org/departments/trn/ringwoodpoc.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.menlopark.org/departments/tr"><U> http://www.menlopark.org/departments/trn/ringwoodpoc.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local News Updates"><U><B>See our Local News and Updates Section for more</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Recent Website Updates   Nov 2009</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Using your bike"><U><B>Using your Bike Section</B></U></A><B> updated with" </B></FONT><B>Learn to take the lane when required.</B> For an excellent explanation with clear pictures of why lane positioning is so important: <A HREF="http://garyridesbikes.blogspot.com/2008/08/coexistence-2-bicycles-taking-lane.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://garyridesbikes.blogspot.com/2008/"><U>http://garyridesbikes.blogspot.com/2008/08/coexistence-2-bicycles-taking-lane.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Also in this section is a link to  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa"><U><U>http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm</U></U></A></FONT>  Online version of Bicycle Street Smarts By John Allen. An excellent resource for riding confidently, legally and safely.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caltrain Bikes On Board"><U>Caltrain Bikes On Board</U></A>: Section updated with latest status and added current updated proposal from BIKESONboard. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Campaign Updates</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old County Railroad Crossing"><U><B>Old County Road Removal of the unused Railroad tracks in San Carlos</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Report from 10/20/09 meeting of the San Carlos Transportation and Circulation meeting</div> <bR> <div> The cement company which owes the land which could be serviced by these unused tracks is very eager to get them removed. They want to increase the value of their property and they feel removing the tracks will increase the value of their property. They have agreed to cover 100% of the cost of removal. They are so eager they are following up every 4-6 weeks asking for a progress update. The city has asked Caltrain if the tracks can be removed and Caltrain has agreed to allow the tracks crossing the street to be removed. All Caltrain wants is </div> <div> the track coming down towards the street, they have no need for the tracks crossing the street. The city needs to conduct a title search before the tracks can be removed. Right now the city is shopping for quotations for this title search,once this is done and assuming no problems are found by the title search, the removal should not take long. 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>Past Activities</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>July 4 2009  Redwood City July Fourth Parade</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. Bike San Mateo County was in the parade. We built a bicycle pulled model of the Golden Gate Bridge filled with bicycles with a smiling Humphrey the whale below.  If you missed it this year, save this date next year. Picture below and more at the google group</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="069bc730.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's newly released Transportation 2035 Plan</U> 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> <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>