by Seema Lindskog | Nov 20, 2024
Site of the accident on S. Foothill Blvd where 11-year old Mahi Kothari was killed and three other children seriously injured. Photo credit: TubeSock0 on Reddit r/Cupertino. On April 27th 2024, at 6:14pm, two families’ lives changed forever. Mahi Kothari, a bright...
by Jennifer Shearin | Nov 20, 2024
Last year’s attendance was an all-time record for the Cupertino Bike Fest, and this year maintained the same high level. Most notable for returning visitors was the all-day-long hustle and bustle of the festival. Right up until it closed at 1:00pm, the 11th Annual...
by WBC Advisory Board | Oct 3, 2024
Quality of life in a city is the sense of wellbeing and happiness that a resident has–the mental, physical, and environmental comfort and enjoyment that residents feel, including safety, while going about their daily life. Closer to home, city surveys show that...
by Rod Sinks | Sep 17, 2024
In the fall of 2013, while I was serving on the Cupertino City Council, resident and avid biker Larry Dean and I visited City Manager David Brandt. Larry said our bike plan at the time lacked ambition and coherent vision, and wanted to fix that to make biking safer...
by Jennifer Shearin | Sep 16, 2024
There’s been a significant increase in pedestrian and cycling fatalities in California, and many cities have responded by creating Vision Zero Plans to reduce fatalities and severe injuries. California’s State Assembly has also responded, by allowing greater...
by Sharlene Liu | Aug 20, 2024
Cities vary in whether they allow sidewalk riding. San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto allow sidewalk riding by people of all ages (with some caveats), with restrictions in business districts. Cupertino prohibits sidewalk riding for people 13 years old and above, while...
