The HAWK signal on San Pablo at Dartmouth was finally turned a couple months ago. This provides the critical link in Albany’s most relaxed cycling network. It allows riding between the Bay Trail and the Ohlone Greenway, and all points between, with only six blocks on street, all of them on Dartmouth, which has among [read more…]
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Apr
30
Mon
5:00 pm
AS&R “Bike Month Eve” Happy Hour...
@ Everest Kitchen
AS&R “Bike Month Eve” Happy Hour...
@ Everest Kitchen
Apr 30 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 Come and talk about walking and cycling in Albany, while eating delicious Nepali & Indian food! All are invited. Got a gripe, question or idea that would make cycling or walking better? Hungry or thirsty?[...]
7:00 pm
Traffic & Safety Commission Meet...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Traffic & Safety Commission Meet...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Apr 30 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The monthly Traffic & Safety Commission Meeting takes place on a special date in April 2018. This is a great place to make your ideas known, find out about the transportation issues and projects in[...]
May
3
Thu
all-day
Musette Bag Stuffing for Bike to...
@ Sports Basement
Musette Bag Stuffing for Bike to...
@ Sports Basement
May 3 – May 4 all-day
 You’ve enjoyed picking up the famous Bike to Work Day musette bags, chock full of swag & snacks. Help stuff those musette bags for our Energizer Station so hundreds of your friends, neighbors and passers-by[...]
May
5
Sat
1:00 pm
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
May 5 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 Want to ride more but don’t feel confident enough? Here’s a FREE bicycle skills class, courtesy of Bike East Bay (with support from the UC Berkeley Police Department.) Learn basic rules of the road, how to share[...]
May
9
Wed
7:30 am
Bike to School Day!
@ Albany Schools
Bike to School Day!
@ Albany Schools
May 9 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 am
 What would Bike Month be without a few events for the kids? We hope you and your family will join us on Bike to School Day. Most schools will celebrate on this date, and every[...]
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Albany Strollers & Rollers’ (AS&R’s) almost decade-long effort to have the City perform most sidewalk repair is coming to fruition. This effort started in 2009 with the development of AS&R’s sidewalk survey methodology. This methodology was put into practice by volunteers measuring the most impassable location along each block across Albany in 2010-2011. In 2011 [read more…] 56 of these attractive and useful “Bike Bike Racks” around town and counting!! And YOU can help us get more! Previous donations by AS&R members Cyndi, Tom, Karen, Christiane, Britt, Bryce, Lynn Eve, Catherine, James, Len and David helped fund those great Bike Bike Racks, AirKit public pumps and bike racks at the High [read more…] Under the wonderful leadership of Susan Chang, the project manager for the Gilman interchange project, the tradeoffs regarding different possible alignments for the Gilman overpass are becoming clear. While the tradeoff analysis is not yet final, the effort appears to have crested and is now rolling downhill. So it is a good time to share [read more…] A year ago, AS&R sent a letter regarding active transportation elements of the proposed Gilman interchange project. It was joined by the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition’s Transportation Working Group, Bike East Bay, the Albany Berkeley Soccer Club, Berkeley Rhino Rugby Club, Berkeley Rugby Football Club, and Berkeley Lacrosse Club. Until two weeks ago, Alameda CTC, [read more…] Bikes, Bikes, Bikes!! You, your neighbors and friends with AS&R parked 300 + of them at our two lots! Photo courtesy Nick Pilch The 43rd annual Solano Avenue Stroll was a rockin’ and rollin’ success, thanks to our fabulous volunteers! Albany Strollers & Rollers again managed two Bicycle Valet Parking lots for the event, [read more…] Cast your vote for AS&R and your favorite local businesses in the “Best of Albany” competition by September 15th! We are excited to announce that your very own organization, Albany Strollers & Rollers, has been nominated for the Best of Albany in the category of ‘Best in Albany Community Service Award!’ Voting has begun [read more…] Albany Strollers & Rollers (AS&R) is pleased to have had a number of recent successes such as: Successfully advocated for the new cycletrack in front of the UC Village development (Sprouts, additional retail, and senior housing) 8 new “Bike Bike Racks” and one “Air Kit” bicycle pump around the city in the past year, for [read more…] AS&R recently learned the East Bay Regional Park District has developed 30% engineering drawings of the Bay Trail segment it will construct between Buchanan and Gilman. These drawings could not be readily found on the web, so AS&R reached out for help acquiring them. Several members successfully jumped on it, so now AS&R and you [read more…] As last reported, the Alameda County Transportation Commission’s (ACTC) grant application to fund construction of the active transportation overpass at Gilman it proposed was not funded. However at that time it had not been funded by the State. All unfunded applications are subsequently forwarded to the relevant regional transportation agency for consideration of funding from [read more…] |
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