In the closest victory for biking in Albany in over ten years, the Council approved one-year bike boulevard pilots on Adams and Kains to be installed in the future pending funding. In the week of the climate strike and after having earlier in the same meeting considered the draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan showing [read more…]
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Jun
25
Thu
5:00 pm
ZOOM/VIRTUAL AS&R Happy Hour Mee...
@ Everest Kitchen
ZOOM/VIRTUAL AS&R Happy Hour Mee...
@ Everest Kitchen
Jun 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?[...]
5:30 pm
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Happy Hour M...
@ Virtual Zoom Meeting
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Happy Hour M...
@ Virtual Zoom Meeting
Jun 25 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
DUE TO COVID-19, THIS MONTH’S HAPPY HOUR WILL LIKELY BE VIRTUAL, VIA ZOOM, HOSTED BY KEN MCCROSKEY. DETAILS WILL BE SENT OUT IN SPECIAL GREENWAYS (or email Ken at kenwait@aol.com .) The time period has[...]
7:00 pm
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Jun 25 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The monthly Transportation 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 things for[...]
Jul
9
Thu
7:00 pm
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Meeting – Yo...
@ St. Alban's Episcopal Church
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Meeting – Yo...
@ St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Jul 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Email contactus@albanystrollroll.org to get the Zoom links. 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[...]
Jul
23
Thu
7:00 pm
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Jul 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The monthly Transportation 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 things for[...]
Aug
27
Thu
5:00 pm
ZOOM/VIRTUAL AS&R Happy Hour Mee...
@ Everest Kitchen
ZOOM/VIRTUAL AS&R Happy Hour Mee...
@ Everest Kitchen
Aug 27 @ 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
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
ZOOM – VIRTUAL Transportation Co...
@ Council Chambers, City Hall
Aug 27 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
The monthly Transportation 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 things for[...]
Sep
10
Thu
7:00 pm
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Meeting – Yo...
@ St. Alban's Episcopal Church
VIRTUAL (ZOOM) AS&R Meeting – Yo...
@ St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Email contactus@albanystrollroll.org to get the Zoom links. 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[...]
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With a busy Bike Month almost upon us, I (Amy) have been contacting many local and regional businesses requesting donations for our events such as Bike to Work Day and the APAL Bike Rodeo. I’m thrilled to report that we got a lot of generous donations from businesses both new and old, local and regional! 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 [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 [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…] The “final” design of the active transportation facilities along the portion of San Pablo fronting the University Village Mixed Use project was shown to the Traffic and Safety Commission at its December meeting. To AS&R’s surprise, the proposed signalized active transportation crossing of San Pablo at Dartmouth did not include accommodation for people cycling. Here [read more…] AS&R has sent a letter to the Berkeley City Council, Transportation Commission, and Transportation Division providing input on Berkeley’s draft Bike Plan. Chief among this input is asking that the plan include connections on Berkeley’s side to all the cycling routes proposed in Albany’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP). Most of these connections were already proposed [read more…] In 2010 Albany Strollers & Rollers completed a census of the worst sidewalk condition in each block in Albany. The census found 194 of Albany’s 600 blocks of sidewalk had significant damage (a vertical offset 1 inch or greater or a slope of 9% or greater) within the best two and a half foot width [read more…] |
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