Discounts

Become an AS&R member and get discounts at local bike shops and businesses!

Blue Heron Bikes: 10% off parts and accessories.

Bikes on Solano: 10% off labor, parts and accessories.

Offers are valid to members of Albany Strollers & Rollers and their households. Tell your friends!
Contact us with questions.

Events

Feb
6
Tue
Kains/Adams Bicycle Blvds Strategy Meeting @ Zoom
Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Adams/Kains bike project is in the County’s and City’s plans for addressing alternative transportation along the San Pablo Ave Corridor in Albany. As the pilot project approaches the 1 year mark it has gone well in many ways and is valued infrastructure to help the City meet its climate goals and help people get around with fewer cars or no cars now that the state’s and city’s zoning has been changed to allow any housing big or small to have zero parking spaces. One sticking point with the city has been the parking direction. The pilot program has reported no collisions on Adams/Kains. Many blocks in Berkeley for ~50 years have had the same traffic flow as we have now on Adams/Kains where public data shows no injury accidents have been reported in the ~9 years since data has been collected. Literature opposed to the Adams/Kains project warned of the extreme dangers to residents, delayed emergency response and promised “chaos and carnage” if it was implemented but we have seen none of that. People who helped distribute that literature have said at public meetings “things are fine the way they’ve always been” while ignoring the city’s climate goals and new zoning that removes off-street parking requirements.

“Houston, we have no problem!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yet despite all of this data for Albany and Berkeley streets, the City of Albany has said from the beginning that it eventually plans to ticket people parking in the contraflow direction and has made no indication that it plans to do like it does with so many other laws on the books – de-prioritize enforcement.  Since cars in the pilot project still only enter from one direction into each block that would mean half the cars on each block ticketed or forced to make 3-point turns on narrow, congested streets.
Aside from the city’s parking issue, some drivers still aren’t aware of the internal two-way driving patterns – aren’t aware that cars can go both directions within each block.  And all cyclists aren’t aware of the Bicycle Blvds as an option. Both of these issues are exacerbated by the fact that navigation apps don’t send cars that are already on Adams/Kains in the new direction and they actually divert cyclists around Adams/Kains in the new direction!
Additional signage (two-way arrows on the road) and updated mapping apps showing current legal patterns would help awareness. These are crucial for north-south travel along the San Pablo corridor and must be saved!
The Bicycle Blvds may go to Council as early as May, so AS&R needs to prepare a strategy for proposals for adjustments to Adams/Kains in case the city does decide to go forward with ticketing half the cars on the block with the current traffic flow. At our most recent General Membership Meeting last week, we set the evening of Tuesday February 6 for a Zoom brainstorming discussion about this important project. This is literally Albany’s only Bicycle Boulevard (yes, other streets may be marked with that name but have no supporting infrastructure) so please SAVE THIS DATE TO HELP SAVE THE BICYCLE BOULEVARDS!
We will send a Zoom link to the GREENways list.
Please RSVP or send any questions to amy@albanystrollroll.org .
Mar
7
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Mar 7 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

May
2
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
May 2 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

Jul
16
Tue
AS&R Meeting – SPECIAL DATE AND TIME – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Jul 16 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany. This meeting is rescheduled to avoid the July 4th holiday is pushed to a later time to avoid another conflicting community meeting.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

Sep
5
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Sep 5 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

Oct
24
Thu
Active Transportation Plan Open House @ Community Center
Oct 24 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The City of Albany will host a drop-in open house at the Community Center kicking off the planning for a new Active Transportation Plan. This effort over the next year will guide the development of infrastructure projects and programs to support safe and comfortable bicycling, walking, and rolling in Albany.

AS&R is holding its usual Happy Hour on that same day at 5:00. We encourage members to join us at the Happy Hour and then head over to the ATP open house at 6:30.

Nov
7
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Nov 7 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

Nov
16
Sat
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail 5th Anniversary Ride @ Richmond BART station
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Our friends at “Rich City Rides” are organizing a family-friendly, all ages and abilities group ride across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of bike and pedestrian access over the bridge! Meet at Richmond BART at 10am, roll at 10:30. It’s crucial that Albany Strollers & Rollers members support our neighbors and active transportation access between the East Bay and Marin County!
Many of us will take BART from El Cerrito Plaza to the start at Richmond BART so please join us!

“Afterparty” mentioned in flyer below at location TBA.

Join others from the East Bay on this fun RSR Bridge Trail ride!

Jan
2
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Jan 2 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .

Mar
6
Thu
AS&R Meeting – You’re Invited to Join Virtually!
Mar 6 @ 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 discuss policy and projects, and talk about what’s going on in Active Transportation in Albany.

(Note: currently our meetings are still online via Zoom, until further notice)

Have something you want to talk about? Request Agenda Item HERE or in “comments,” below (scroll down to the bottom for the next meeting).

Look forward to seeing you!

The Meeting link will be emailed to our GREENways Newsletter list, or email contactus@albanystrollroll.org .