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Apr
25
Thu
5:00 pm
AS&R Happy Hour Meeting – eat, d...
@ Everest Kitchen
AS&R Happy Hour Meeting – eat, d...
@ Everest Kitchen
Apr 25 @ 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 Meeting
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Traffic & Safety Commission Meeting
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Apr 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The monthly Traffic & Safety Commission Meeting, the Fourth Thursday of every month, is a great place to make your ideas known, find out about the transportation issues and projects in Albany, and help improve[...]
May
2
Thu
9:00 am
Musette Bag Stuffing for Bike to...
@ Sports Basement
Musette Bag Stuffing for Bike to...
@ Sports Basement
May 2 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
 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 can[...]
May
4
Sat
8:30 am
El Cerrito Trail Trekkers’ 6th A...
@ various (check schedule and map)
El Cerrito Trail Trekkers’ 6th A...
@ various (check schedule and map)
May 4 @ 8:30 am – 8:30 pm
The sixth annual Hillside Festival will feature a wide variety of activities, with events throughout the 100-acre Hillside Natural Area: nature hikes for young people; a geological hike and shorter geological stroll; the Dog Scouts;[...]
1:00 pm
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
May 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 Want to ride more but don’t feel confident enough? Know anyone else who fits this description (partner, spouse, parent, teenage or older child?) Here’s a FREE bicycle skills class, courtesy of Bike East Bay (with support from[...]
May
5
Sun
8:30 am
El Cerrito Trail Trekkers’ 6th A...
@ various (check schedule and map)
El Cerrito Trail Trekkers’ 6th A...
@ various (check schedule and map)
May 5 @ 8:30 am – 8:30 pm
The sixth annual Hillside Festival will feature a wide variety of activities, with events throughout the 100-acre Hillside Natural Area: nature hikes for young people; a geological hike and shorter geological stroll; the Dog Scouts;[...]
May
9
Thu
6:30 am
Bike to Work Day – Volunteers Ne...
@ Energizer Station
Bike to Work Day – Volunteers Ne...
@ Energizer Station
May 9 @ 6:30 am – 9:30 am
 Join us for the 26th Annual Bike to Work Day in the Bay Area, a party on wheels!! As usual, there will be coffee, food, swag, bike goodies in Bike East Bay’s famous Bike to[...]
May
15
Wed
7:00 pm
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited!
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited!
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Have a gripe, an idea or some input about anything that would further cycling and pedestrian conditions here in Albany? Then join us at our next meeting (every other month – odd-numbered months) where we[...]
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As if planning for the future of mid-Solano were not enough, the first public meeting regarding planning for the future of San Pablo Avenue took place in Albany a week ago last Thursday. Planning is really heating up as or because the planet is too. The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) as an agency [read more…] AS&R has expressed disappointment in the Solano Complete Streets Draft Plan that was released in February 2019. The plan offered no improvements for people riding bikes on Solano Ave. We heard from many people that bikes don’t really belong on Solano Ave., there are good alternative east-west bike routes nearby, and if we want to [read more…] Standing Room Only at AS&R’s 2018 Bike to Work Day Energizer Station!courtesy Francesco Papalia UPDATE – Elizabeth Vahlsing answered our call to co-coordinate 2019 Bike to Work Day!It’s the beginning of February, but advocates are already gearing up for Bike Month in May, and Bike to Work Day (BtWD) May 9, 2019. [read more…] AS&R volunteers parked hundreds of bikes at the 44th Annual Solano Stroll!Photo courtesy Amy Albany Strollers & Rollers had another successful Solano Stroll (the 44th annual!) on Sunday, September 9th. Thanks to the many volunteers who were busy from 9am-5:30pm on a bluebird day, we parked more than 280 bicycles on our “Moved [read more…] Do you or your family use the many bike racks around town that AS&R has helped fund and install? Please vote for us for “Best of Albany Community Service Award!” Hey gang, here’s your chance to acknowledge your favorite community service organization, us, Albany Strollers & Rollers! Every year the Albany Chamber of [read more…] Standing Room Only at AS&R’s 2018 Bike to Work Day Energizer Station!courtesy Francesco Papalia Bike Month 2018 is not quite over but we can report on the fun and successes that we all had, thanks to the volunteers at all the events! On May 4th Gjergji, Joan, Julie, Ken and Will stuffed 300 [read more…] As part of the reconstruction of the Gilman Avenue interchange at I-80, an active transportation overpass of I-80 will be built to accommodate the vast majority of people that would bike or use sidewalks to the waterfront but not if they have to go along Gilman under the freeway. In order to make the approach [read more…] 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…] 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 [read more…] |
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