by Larry Dean | Mar 15, 2017
Throughout most of Silicon Valley, bike ways support only strong, confident bicyclists. Cities that have taken a bolder approach to system wide bicycle improvements have more bicycle commuters. Analysis- The collision density map and gap network is almost everywhere:...
![[StreetsBlog CAL] Draft CA Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Ready for Public Comment](https://walkbikecupertino.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/walkbikeCA.jpg)
by Jian He | Feb 22, 2017
http://cal.streetsblog.org/2017/02/08/draft-ca-statewide-bike-and-pedestrian-plan-ready-for-public-comment/ Caltrans just posted its first draft of the first statewide California Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan and is seeking public comment on it (see below for details)....
![[The Mercury News] Cupertino’s Safe Routes 2 School program looks to parents](https://walkbikecupertino.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/greenbiker.jpg)
by Jian He | Feb 16, 2017
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/27/cupertinos-safe-routes-2-school-program-looks-to-parents/ A city program that seeks to find safe routes and methods for getting students to school is putting out the call for parent participation. Cupertino Safe Routes 2...
![[LA Times]Cyclists don’t follow the rules of the road? Maybe it’s time to change those rules](https://walkbikecupertino.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/la-timesOct3_2016.png)
by Larry Dean | Nov 8, 2016
[Click to read this at LA-times] Like many bicycle commuters across America, Kurt Holzer looks at a stop sign and sees a suggestion rather than a command. If the intersection is clear and it’s safe to do so, he rolls right through, sometimes barely slowing down. This...
by Gary Jones | Aug 18, 2016
By Gary Jones, Cupertino Bike Commission Representative Special announcement: Thank you James Wiant for your past service to the city of Cupertino on the VTA Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (“BPAC”). All in attendance at this month’s meeting extend their...
by Larry Dean | Jul 16, 2016
A cyclist bikes up North Figueroa Street between Avenue 52 and Avenue 56 in Highland Park on July 16, 2014. (Los Angeles Times) To the editor: About half of car trips in the U.S. are within easy bicycling distance of three miles, but only about 1% of trips are...
