Walk-Bike News
Bike and picnic with your (new) favorite restaurants!
Even as Santa Clara County opens up by allowing residents to dine-in at restaurants, not everyone will feel comfortable doing so—or even should, because of age or condition. Here’s a great idea for a way to have your restaurant food, and safely eat it too: bike and...
Bike Boulevards are not the best infrastructure for students
Recently, it has been said that Bike Boulevards should be prioritized ahead of all other Cupertino bicycle and pedestrian projects, because they will improve safety for students traveling to school and encourage more school commutes by bike. At the July 16, 2019 City...
Junipero Serra Trail Awarded $6.1M in Measure B Funds
Preliminary Junipero Trail Route On June 4, 2020, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved the awarding of $79M to 17 Bike/Ped related projects throughout the county. Included in the list of project awards were two segments of the Junipero Serra Trail:...
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[LA Times]Cyclists don’t follow the rules of the road? Maybe it’s time to change those rules
[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...
VTA BPAC Meeting Report (August 10, 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...
Protected bike lanes are good for cyclists — and public health
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...