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Aug
17
Fri
6:30 pm
2018 Bike About Town Family Rides
@ Bikes on Solano
2018 Bike About Town Family Rides
@ Bikes on Solano
Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
 Grab your bikes and invite your friends & family – it’s time for the annual Bike About Town rides! Join the City of Albany’s Department of Recreation and a bunch of your fellow Rollers as we explore[...]
Sep
1
Sat
1:00 pm
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Urban Cycling 101 Classroom Work...
@ Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
Sep 1 @ 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[...]
Sep
9
Sun
10:00 am
Solano Stroll – Volunteers Neede...
@ Tree Lot and Wells Fargo parking lot
Solano Stroll – Volunteers Neede...
@ Tree Lot and Wells Fargo parking lot
Sep 9 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
 Albany Strollers & Rollers will again be providing Free Bicycle Valet Parking at two locations: 1800 Solano Ave (Wells Fargo) and 1245 Solano (the vacant lot near Masonic.) We’ll also have an information table by our[...]
Sep
13
Thu
7:00 pm
Parks & Rec Meeting about BMX/MT...
@ Albany City Hall
Parks & Rec Meeting about BMX/MT...
@ Albany City Hall
Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 This item was written by Parks & Rec Commissioner Bryan Marten: A) As you may know, Albany is considering building a bike park adjacent to Pierce St Park (just below it, to the west on Cleveland[...]
Sep
19
Wed
7:30 pm
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited!
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited!
Sep 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 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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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 musette [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 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…] |
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