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promoting bicycling for transportation and recreation

SCBC Board Meetings:

Wednesday, October 20SCBC Board MeetingMemorial Hospital, 1165Montgomery Ave., SantaRosa, room B. at 6:30 pm

Wednesday, November 17SCBC Board MeetingMemorial Hospital, 1165Montgomery Ave., SantaRosa, room D at 6:30 pm

For information call:(707) 545-0153

SCBCCALENDAR

Newsletter of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition Issue 12 Summer/Fall 2004

B i k e s o n o m a

Wednesday, October 6Walk & Roll to School DayVolunteers needed! Callour office for more info.

Saturday, October 9Bicycle Santa Rosa

Saturday, October 23SCBC Volunteer PicnicDoyle Park-Large PicnicArea A, 11am-3pmPlease bring a side dishto share, we will supply

the burgers & veggieburgers (and xin’s) coals,beverages plates & plasticware. There will be fun,friends, volleyball & a freeraf e for SCBC volunteers!

REI has awardedthe SCBC a

$3,000 grant tosupport the ValetBicycle Parkingand Volunteer

training program!

T h a n k y o u

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Bicycle Santa Rosa is a verydifferent type of bicycle event.The simple concept is to

persuade folks to leave their carsat home and discover their town

by bike. We are encouragingeveryone in Santa Rosa whohas a bike to ride from homeor a local park to enjoy a freeFestival of Bicycling in JuilliardPark, near downtown!Meet at our designated parksfor Check-In between 10-11amand ride to the festival. Wewill even supply ride leadersto get you there! Enjoy festivalevents and free activities atJuilliard Park from 11 am to 3

pm including live music, funactivities for kids, and bicycle

demonstrations. Food vendorswill be on site.The event is a fund-raiser for the Sonoma County BicycleCoalition, while donations and

pledges are encouraged, thereis no charge to participate.Participants in the pledgedrive are eligible to win prizes. Allmoney raised will help support coalitionactivities.

• Raise $25 minimum: receive a freelunch at the festival• Raise $100 or more: receive a freelunch & event T-shirt• Raise $200 or more: receive a free lunch,event T-shirt, and be entered in the drawingfor the Grand Prize: a Breezer bike!We hope that as many SCBC membersas possible participate in this event,setting an example of safe and confident

riding on city streets and offeringencouragement to less-experienced riders.We will also need lots of volunteers tomake this a wonderful event and lunchwill be provided to volunteers.How you can help:• Come enjoy the festival, encourage others• Lead a ride from a park 10 -11 am• Staff a check-in table at a park 9:30-11 am• Lead a ride back to a park 2-3:30 pm• Setup at Juilliard Park 8 - 11 am• Event staffing at Juilliard 10:30 am - 3 pm• Clean-up at Juilliard Park 3 - 4:30 pm• Distribute posters/flyers

Bicycle Santa Rosa - A Fun Ride For The Whole Family

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Live Music by the Poyntlyss Sistars

Free valet bike parking



Riding a bicycle is an act of total freedom for me. It lets me get out of my head when I need to.It helps me get back into my head when I needto. My bicycles each have amazing two-wheeledsouls that keep me anchored to the world.

My mountain bike is a spunky buckskinnedpony that tugs at the reins and shakes its headin frustration as I keep my speed under controlaround a blind corner; it has been known tobuck me off, especially when I start thinking I’mpretty dang good on a tricky singletrack.

My town bike is a jokester, dressed in streamers,stickers and a striped seatcover with fringe. Itkeeps me from getting too serious about my work.

My road bike was born from the love of the dirt,and occasionally it will haul me over Annadelto remind me how riding off-road used to bebefore shock technology.

But it is important to remember as we whooshalong a trail, whether it is Lawndale or the Joe

Rodota trail, we are sharing these wonderfulplaces with many other users. And as a bikerider you know the scary feeling of a car whooshing by too close, leaving you wonderinif the driver even saw you. It is a frighteningexperience that can often leave you feelingangry. This is the same feeling pedestriansand other trail users have when a bicyclistgoes whooshing by.

Please remember as you enjoy your bicycle,that we can seem like cars on the road topedestrians on trails and paths. We may notfeel like we are going fast or out of control, bit can be a pretty scary experience for other trail users. We need to remember the lastingimpression we leave and slow down, or evencome to a complete stop if necessary and say“hello.” It’s not just about sharing the road it’about sharing all public space.

See you on the road!

Christine Culver, Executive Director

BikesonomaEDITOR: Christine Culver

COPY EDITOR: Loretta Esparza

CONTRIBUTORS:David AbbottMartin ClintonJanice OakleyKen WellsPHOTOS:Christine Culver Joan Moulthorp

SCBC Board of Directors:Bernie AlbumGordon BurnsMike Eunice (Secretary)Janice OakleyMisty MeselLou Salz (Vice President)Steven SchmitzSean WallingWarren Watkins (Treasurer)Ken Wells (President)

Gary WysockyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:Christine Culver MEMBERSHIPCOORDINATOR:Melanie Lenat

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:We welcome your comments.Send letters to:SCBCP.O.Box 3088Santa Rosa, CA 95402-3088e-mail comments:[email protected]

2Easing Down the Road, Trail or Path

National Bike Month started off great with the Santa Rosa Community Market’s BikeRaffle. Community Market organized and managed the raffle of a Breezer Town Bike anddonated $615 to the SCBC. A big thank you to Community Market and employee Amber Manfree for organizing the raffle and for arranging the purchase of the Breezer Bike from

NorCal Bike Sport and the Bike Peddler. Congratulations towinner Vicki Duggan and a huge thanks to everyone who

bought tickets and made this a great success!As a reward to Sonoma County bike riders for using their

bikes for transportation and recreation, SCBC, the City of Santa Rosa, and the Rialto Theater hosted the first ever FREE Bike-In Movie ! Over 165 riders rode their bicyclesto the theater for a free showing of the two time AcademyAward nominee, Triplets of Belleville. It was a huge successand fun event, a

big thanks to JoanMoulthrop, theCity of Santa Rosa,Ky Boyd and theRialto Theaters.The SCBC also

partnered with the City of Santa Rosa, REI andthe Santa Rosa Downtown Market to providefree removable bike baskets during our S hopBy Bike promotion. We installed 70 baskets onmarket attendees’ bicycles!

Vicki Duggan with her new Breezer

National Bike Month: A Blast in Sonoma County!

Moviegoers park their bicycles at the Rialto photo by Joan MoulthorpContinued on pg 11



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Parking is one of the biggest issuesfacing Santa Rosa Junior College;anyone involved with the schoolis familiar with it. Thanks to the

largesse of Sonoma County voters,and a 2002 bond issue knownas Measure A, a five-and-one-half story sumptuously designed

parking structure is on the horizon.It is hoped to bring much neededrelief to staff and students alike, butthe project has had its shareof controversy.

The debate surrounding the SRJC parking structure is not just aboutthe shortage of parking on campus.It is an ideological battle involvingthe choices we make about civicdesign and the direction in whichwe want to take our country. For 50 years, with few exceptions,Americans have designed citieswith the single-minded purpose of accommodating automobiles. Weare obsessed with these machinesto the point of distraction and

poor judgment.Automotive addiction has

stultified our culture, turned our freeways into parking lots anddehumanized us, as a fellowhuman being driving 50 miles

per hour in the fast lane becomesmerely an obstacle in the pursuitof our frenetic, acquisitive lives.The existing plan has been viewedas short-sighted because of its focuson parking without addressingtraffic problems. Many studentswill continue to park for free in thesurrounding neighborhoods and at

a whopping $30,000 per space for astructure that will reach maximumcapacity only 16 weeks of the year,the garage is an outrageous use of our tax dollars.Parking relief is important, but wealso need traffic abatement in theSRJC area. Improved access fromthe west side of Santa Rosa wouldhelp to ease congestion by givingeasier access to the empty lots atCoddingtown mall and by makingthe walk or bicycle ride to the eastside less treacherous.In spite of the pessimism presented

in editorials such as the one in theJuly 15, 2004 edition of The PressDemocrat titled “SRJC Parking:

New Lot Bows to Reality of How

People get Around,” we do havechoices. The article states that“people can wish things weredifferent,” as if it is a foregoneconclusion that there is nothing atall we can do to fix our problems,and no alternative approach to themess that we’re in. The implicationof the article is that it is okay to

address 21 st century problems with19 th century solutions.Another recent editorial in the PressDemocrat written by the Presidentof SRJC, Dr. Robert Agrella,assured the public of the college’scommitment to working towardsother improvements. “SRJC has notrejected this idea (the pedestrian

bridge over 101)… but the collegecannot act alone. If such a bridgeis to be built, it will take thecooperation and planning of SRJCas well as numerous local, state

Continued on page 11

Thinking Through Transportation and Parking By David Abbott



Annadel State Park has been manythings before it became a state park in1971, including Southern Pomo tradinggrounds, a sheep and cattle ranch, and acobblestone quarry that helped rebuildSan Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Now as a state park, Annadelis a treasure in its urban setting andcherished by the public.

Sonoma County residents and visitorsare very lucky to have a gem likeAnnadel in our backyard. Annadel isan amazing piece of land with over 40 miles of trails. This park is anisland of wilderness in the middle of alarge populated area and serves manydifferent user groups seeking to getaway from the rat race of everyday life.Unfortunately, Annadel suffers from

being too loved and well used and thisis creating negative impacts on thenatural resources of the park.

Frequent users of the park mayhave noticed recent work to removeunauthorized trails in the park system.

State Park staff has spent hundreds of hours to remove these trails to protectthe existing park resources, and hasrecently hired another ranger, VinceAnibale, to manage these user-createdtrails. This work is being done to help

protect Annadel, yet many users don’tunderstand the reasons why theseunauthorized trails hurt the park andcontinue to use them or create more.

But what’s so bad about using thesetrails you ask? Unauthorized trailsincrease the erosion and sedimentationinto our streams and this negativelyaffects the steelhead and salmon’sability to reproduce. These trails are

built with no knowledge of the parkssensitive or endangered species or habitats and they often disturb the nativeand historic sites that are truly precious.

The SCBC is working with StateParks to provide more opportunitiesto create appropriate trails in Annadeland other public lands. Please help

protect our natural resources and use

only designated open trails. If you areinterested in trail building opportunitiesthroughout the county, please contact usfor more information.

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The Sonoma County TrailsCouncil (SCTC) has adopted

Lake Sonoma Loop trail inorder for it to become a multi-use trail with access for hikers,equestrians and mountain bikes.

The Lake Sonoma Loop trailis about 24 miles of trail thatcircles the Warm Springs armof Lake Sonoma. Because of itslength it gets little use and dueto recent budget reductions, the

lake’s owner, the Army Corpsof Engineers, was looking

for help with trail repairs andmaintenance and contacted theSCTC. The SCTC will work with the Northern CaliforniaMountain Bike Associationand the Backcountry Horsemento maintain the trail. If youwould like to help with the trailmaintenance, please contact KenWells at [email protected] 538-9385.

New Multi-Use Trail at Lake Sonoma By Ken Wells

Cambria Bicycle Outfitter (707) 206-9500

Community Market(707) 546-1806

Orthopedic & SportsPhysical Therapy(707) 571-7615

Pepe ’s Mexican RestaurantSanta Rosa (707) 571-7478

The Middle Way &Community Bikes(707) 823-8755

The Bike Peddler (707) 571-2428

NorCal Bike Sport(707) 573-0112

REI(707) 540-9025

Rincon Cyclery(707) 538-0868

Spoke Folk Cyclery(707) 433-7171

Soulcraft Bikes(707) 775-2453

SyCip Designs, Inc(707) 542-6359

Winzler & Kelly(707) 523-1010

Wooden Spoon Technologies(707) 523-2222

Annadel Hires New Ranger to PatrolUnauthorized Trails By Christine Culver

SUPPORT THEBUSINESSES

THAT SUPPORTSCBC!

SCBC member Deb Haarstad enjoys anopen trail in Annadel



Last June, after the Marincontingent of Sonoma Marin Area

Rail Transit (SMART) board votedagainst placing a sales tax onthe November ballot to fund theSMART train, the Sonoma CountyTransportation Authority (SCTA)scrambled to throw together a localtransportation cent sales tax for 20 years. The hope for this tax,called Measure M, was to createa lifeline for the futureSMART passenger train until it can

be put onthe

2006 ballotfor both counties.

The proposedsales tax will not only keep theSMART project on life supportuntil 2006, it will also help widenHighway 101 from Petaluma toWindsor with a carpool lane ineach direction, improve localstreets and put much needed fundstoward transit and bikeways. Thefinal percentages work out as this:

• Fix potholes, maintain streetsand keep traffic moving – 40%

• Highway 101 Improvements – 40%• Bus, rail and bicycle &

pedestrian – 19%

According to the text from theTraffic Relief Act For SonomaCounty Expenditure Plan:

Approximately $19 million (or four percent of the sales taxrevenue) will be used to build

new bicycle and pedestrianroutes that will increase overall

safety, close gaps in existingroutes and provide safe routesto schools and to transit. Bikesafety programs focused oneducating the public and, in

particular, school children,will be eligible to receive salestax funds. In addition, therewill be numerous local road

improvement projectsthat will include bicycle lanes.

The SCBC wasinvolved in thediscussions of howthe percentages weredivvied up andrequested, withoutsuccess, that the

suggested 4 percentallocated to bicycle and

pedestrian projects be raised to 7.5 percent and include bicycle safetyeducation programs. At the finalmeeting on July 28 to approve theTraffic Relief Act For SonomaCounty, Director Costello fromthe city of Sonoma championedthe need for better transit,

bicycle and pedestrian facilities.He requested that the portionof funding for bikes, rail,

pedestrians, and publictransit be raised from 19

percent to 29 percent with5 percent being reduced

proportionately fromHighway 101 and publicroads. Costello’s proposalwas supported by RohnertPark’s Director JakeMackenzie, Sebastopol’s

Director Linda Kelley, Cotati’sDirector Janet Orchard, but wasvoted down by Sonoma County’sDirector Paul Kelley, SantaRosa’s Director Bob Blanchard,Petaluma’s Director Mike Healy,Windsor’s Director Steve Allen,Cloverdale’s Bob Jehn, SonomaCounty’s Directors Mike Kerns

and Tim Smith with Healdsburg’sDirector Lisa Schaffner absent.

If this tax passes, it will bringmuch needed funding to SonomaCounty’s bicycle and pedestrian

infrastructure and helplink up many of our

bikeways into a morecomprehensive system.

It will also makeSonoma County intoa “self-help” countymaking us eligible for more state and federalmatching funds.

5Some is better than none:Traffic Relief Act sales tax goes to the polls in November



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A bike lane seems like a verysimple idea, but many motoristsand even experienced bicycle ridersare often mistaken about the rulescontrolling this part of the road.Let’s play a game of True or False!1. Any white line at the edge of theroad creates a bike lane - FalseA bike lane must have those words

painted in the lane, or a painted bike logo, or signs posted atthe edge of the street. Withoutthat marking the paint is justan edge line or marks the roadshoulder (which has a differentset of rules!).2. No autos can park in a bikelane - FalseUnless there is a “No Parking”sign it’s OK to park, and insome cities the bike lanes areoften blocked by parked cars.A better layout for a streetwhere parking is permitted isto have a parking lane againstthe curb and a bike laneclearly positioned to the leftof the parking area. Be carefulriding past parked cars.3. An auto is not permitted to drivein the bike lane - FalseA car can cross the bike lane toenter a driveway or parking lot.Any motor vehicle turning rightis required to do so from the righthand edge of the road, and this

often involves merging into the bike lane. Like any merge action,traf c moving into a lane mustyield to a motor vehicle or bicyclealready in the lane.4. The Bike Lane line is dashedin some places to save the cost of

paint - False Near an intersection the line isdashed to encourage turningvehicles to merge into the bike lane.

5. A turning auto must not enter the bike lane before the dashed linestarts - FalseThe dashed section is typicallyabout 50 feet in length. Merging intothe bike lane is permitted 200 feet

before the intersection!6. If motor traf c is slow or stopped,a bike can pass in the bike lane onthe drivers’ right side - True

Just as highway lanes move atdifferent speeds when traf c isheavy, sometimes the bike lane isfaster. But be careful! Remember that a driver may suddenlydecide to merge into the bikelane to make a right turn at thenext intersection, or even to turnaround in a parking lot. Whentraf c is stopped an impatient

passenger might decide to open adoor and step out. You have to beready for these surprises!7. If the bike lane disappears

before an intersection, it’s becausethe engineer doesn’t care about

bicyclists - False

Well, I certainly hope the engineer cares about bicyclists! The truth isthat regular lanes and a bike lanemainly act to separate vehiclesmoving at different speeds, betweenintersections. At an intersection or traf c signal all vehicles, including

bikes, position themselves in a laneaccording to the direction they wantto travel, whether turning or goingstraight ahead.

8. If there is a bike lane at anintersection, bikes must stayin it - False

Usually the bike lane at atraf c signal or stop signis for bikes going straightthrough the intersection, andthe lane is positioned to theright of straight-ahead motor traf c. If you are turningright, stay in the right-turnlane. If you are turning left,the best place to be is in theleft-turn lane. Some yearsago bike lanes were often

painted at the right edge of anintersection even if there wasa right-turn lane. This was amistake, so don’t be fooled

into thinking this is where to staywhen you need to ride straight or turn left.Understand bike lanes.Know the rules. And bicyclewith con dence!To be ContinuedFootnote: Martin Clinton iscerti ed by the League of American Bicyclists as a BicycleEducation Instructor, and teachesthe Street Skills for Cyclistsclasses for the Sonoma CountyBicycle Coalition.Any comments or questions can

be sent to [email protected].

BICYCLE WITH CONFIDENCE by Martin ClintonSecrets of the bike lane: Part One



October 4-8 is InternationalWalk and Roll to School Week.This is a wonderful way to startchanging many behaviors for the better; for our future, our children’s future and the futureof the planet. Walk and Roll isan international event with over 30 countries participating thisyear. While it is promoted oncea year during October, manyschools continue to participatein walk and roll eventsthroughout the year.

This fun event can be a smallindependent one where a family

participates by the simple actof walking to school. Even

parents who normally drivetheir children can participate by

parking a few blocks away fromthe school campus and walking

the rest of the way. This can be built upon and expanded toinclude a group of friends to aclassroom to an entire school.Even the small steps each one of us makes helps make a differencein the many problems that car dependence brings.

When the school year begins itis estimated that Santa Rosa’s

morning traffic increases by30 percent. Not only does this bring headaches to all whohave to deal with the traffic,the idling cars create additional

pollution, the increased trafficmakes for more dangerous roadsand sidewalks for pedestriansand bicyclists, and gettingchauffeured around everywherein the cars is contributing to anation of overweight kids.

But we worry about strangersharassing our kids. We worry aboutall the cars they encounter. Thereis an answer for the folks whowould like to walk all or part of the distance to school; it is calleda “walking school bus’’ or “biketrain.’’ Parents supervise and pick up kids as they walk or ride toschool. The pick-up spot could bea home or a bus stop. The idea issafety in numbers: more people,more kids, better visibility.

October 6 is International Walk to School Day and the SonomaCounty Bicycle Coalition ishelping schools throughoutSonoma County to organize``Walk and Roll to School’’ events.For more information pleasecall us, visit our web site or www.cawalktoschool.com.

The new bike lanes along OldRedwood Highway betweenthe southern Healdsburg citylimits and Eastside Road are nowcompleted and wonderful!West County Trail alongHighway 116 is under construction,this will include bike lanes on

both sides of the road plus amulti-use path!Prince Memorial Greenway construction continues betweenA Street and Santa Rosa Avenueand will create a paved path onthe south side of the creek from AStreet up to a footbridge 200 feetdownstream of Santa Rosa Avenue.The NW corner lotat Santa Rosa andSonoma avenueswill be turned into a

park, possibly nextsummer.

Sonoma County AgriculturalPreservation and Open SpaceDistrict, Sonoma County RegionalParks, Sonoma County Water Agency, and City of SantaRosa have partnered to makeimprovements on the Santa RosaGreenway as part of the regionaltrail system. This summer manyof the yellow step-over gates have

been replaced with bollards thatallow easier access for bicyclists,strollers and wheelchairs. The gatesat Pierson Street will be replacedwith bollards later this summer during a drainage construction

project.

Directional and regulatorysignage is being created for theSanta Rosa Greenway with mileageto well-known landmarks andaccess points from streets to theGreenway will be posted. Feeder trails along Peterson, Forestview,Piner, Paulin, and College Creekswill also have directional signs tothe Greenway noting the mileage.Joe Rodota Trail is nowcompleted east to Dutton Avenuewith improved crossings at StonyPoint Road to be completed inthe near future. The work willcontinue the trail to the rail line

and under Highway 12 where itwill cross SantaRosa Creek witha new pedestrian

bridge to createaccess to thePrince MemorialGreenway.

9The Local Scene

Changing Our World With Small Steps



On Monday, August 23, SonomaCounty Judge Elaine Rushingsentenced William MichaelAlbertson to the maximum prisonterm of 14 years for vehicular manslaughter in the death of SCBC volunteer Danny O’Reilly,a husband and father of twoyoung girls.Danny was killed on April 19 ashe rode home from work by drunk driver William Michael Albertson,whose blood alcohol level wasalmost three times the legal limit.Danny was an avid cyclist and didthis commute by bike a couple

of times a week and encouragedhis fellow workers at Kendall-Jackson to join him on Bike toWork Day. Christine Culver,SCBC Executive Director, said,“Danny was a wonderful exampleof how to live one’s life, he trulywas one of the good guys andwe miss him terribly.” Membersfrom the Sonoma County bicycle

community attended all thehearings.Judge Rushing said shehopes Albertson’s sentencetells motorists they mustmake room for bicyclists.“Bicycle riders have thesame rights as automobiledrivers,’’ she said. Rushingsaid a maximum prisonsentence is ``the only wayto protect society’’ fromsuch drivers as Albertson.“I’m so, so, so very sorry,’’Albertson told the victim’sfamily and fellow bicycle

riders who filled that packedcourtroom.The sentencing hearingfor drunk driver HarryHereford, who killed AlanLiu and severely injured JillMason eight days beforeDanny’s death is scheduledfor Sept. 27 in the hopes that

Jill can attend the hearing. A pressconference is scheduled to followthe hearing.

10Drunk Driver Gets 14 Years For Death Of SCBC Volunteer Danny O’Reilly

Danny O’Reilly leading the “walking school bus” onWalk and Roll to School Day 2003

BICYCLE SANTA ROSA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2004Continued from page 1

Ride Leaders - Martin Clinton 569-0126,[email protected] Staffing / Logistics- Doug Simon 577-0113,[email protected] / Expo. / Pledging info. - Chris Culver,545-0153, [email protected] call us or visit our web site to obtain a pledgeform or more information.Check-in Locations:

Please check-in at one of the following locations between 10-11am.Ride leaders with route slips will be at these locationsto help you find your way to Juilliard Park.

Northwest Santa Rosa;Pioneer Park , 2062 Peterson Ln.Coffey Park , 1524 Amanda Pl.Northwest Community Park (Marlow Rd. entrance)SR Creek Bike Path at Fulton Rd.Finley Community Park (Stony Point Rd. entrance)J.X. Wilson Park , 246 Brittain Ln.

Southwest Santa Rosa;Southwest Park , 1698 Hearn Ave.Cook School Park , Lombardi & Gardner East Santa Rosa;Steele Lane Rec. Center , 415 Steele Ln.Franklin Park , 2095 Franklin Ave.Rinconada Park , 4459 Yukon Dr.Oaklake Green Park , 429 Garfield Park Ave.Oakmont Community CenterHowarth Park , 630 Summerfield Dr.Strawberry Sch. Park , 2311 Horseshoe Dr.Mesquite Park , 2250 Mesquite Dr.Doyle Park , 700 Doyle Park Dr.Colgan Creek Park , 2036 Bedford St.Or you can ride directly to the Festival at JuilliardPark and check-in there anytime after 11 am.Juilliard Park , 227 Santa Rosa Ave.(just south of Sonoma Avenue)For a map of the City Parks see the followingCity Web page:http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/rp/Parks/2003Map.pdf



and federal agencies,” Agrellawrites, “But a multi-agency projectlike this takes a great deal of time to plan and build.”Those are encouraging wordsfrom Dr. Agrella, althoughI wonder why the Board of Trustees let the controversysimmer as long as it did beforethey set the record straight.The only people who seemto be in favor of immediateconstruction of the garage arethe people stuck in line waitingfor a place to park, and a schooladministration which is tired of the whole parking problem andwould probably be happier if itmagically went away.

With the cost of oil approaching$50 per barrel, and a limitednumber of oil-rich countriesleft to invade, Americans

need to seriously rethink localtransportation plans. Building moreroads and bigger parking structureswithout considering the true price

we pay for fuel, in lives lost,expended national treasure andthe damage to our environment,is not a viable plan for thefuture.A comprehensive plan thattakes alternative transportationinto account makes sense.There wouldn’t suddenly be acampus full of conscientious

bike-pedaling, bus-riding pedestrians, but those whodesire alternatives would bemore inclined to use them.Every person who doesn’t driveto the campus represents oneless car jockeying for thoseelusive spaces.

Record Numbers turn out for Biketo Work DayOn May 21 Bike to Work Daystole some of the steam away

from the daily event of “Polluteto Work Everyday.” The yearlyevent, designed to introducenew bike commuters to riding towork and thank seasoned bikecommuters, boasted over 1,160

bicyclists. Sonoma County hosted22 “highly energized” energizer stations where volunteers handedout fruit, muffins, coffee andmusette bags full of free goodiesdonated by BTWD sponsors Aswell as distributed maps and other useful bicycling information.The SCBC orchestrated Bike ToWork Day events with help fromthe Metropolitan TransportationCommission (MTC), PetalumaBicycle and Pedestrian Advisorycommittee, City of Santa Rosa,Sonoma County Transit, andreceived funding from the MTC

and Marin-SonomaAir Quality ResourceTeam. A huge thanksto our local businessesthat donated funds,food, water bottlesor other great items:Santa Rosa CommunityMarket, Costco,Raileys, Oliver’sMarkets, NorCal BikeSport and the BikePeddler as well as thesegreat businesses andcommunity groups thathosted energizer stations:REI, Sonoma Mountain Cyclery,Eastside Cycles, Cambria BicycleOutfitters, Town of Windsor, Cityof Santa Rosa Transit and ParkingDepartment, County of SonomaFacilities Operations Department,Santa Rosa Community Market,Amy’s Kitchen, SonomaCounty Bicycle and PedestrianAdvisory Committee, PetalumaBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory

Committee, Rohnert Park BicycleAdvisory Committee, SonomaState University, Basin-StreetProperties, Spokefolk Cyclery,Santa Rosa Cycling Club, RussianRiver Chamber of Commerce,Sonoma Valley Trails Committee.Thanks to everyone who rode their

bikes and a big thanks to all whovolunteered at the stations, too!

Now, let’s all get out there and makeeveryday Bike to Work Day!

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SRJC ParkingContinued from page 3

Community Market hosts an excellent energizer station

National Bike MonthContinued from page 2

Over 60 members of the public showed up at the SRJC special meeting regarding the parking structure, and those who rodebicycles found that there is no good place to lock up at the JC’s

Pedroncelli Center.



Sonoma County Bicycle CoalitionP.O. Box 3088Santa Rosa, CA 95402-3088(707) 545-0153 www.BikeSonoma.org

promoting the bicycle for transportation and recreation

The following bicycle stores offer SCBC members adiscount on regular priced parts and accessories:The Bike Peddler, Santa Rosa (707) 571-2428Cloverdale Cyclery, Cloverdale (707) 894-2841

NorCal Bike Sport, Santa Rosa (707) 573-0112Sonoma Mountain Cyclery, Petaluma (707) 773-3164Windsor Bicycle Center (707) 836-9111

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