Safe Routes to Schools

E-Newsletter December 2014

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In This Issue

Buy the Right Bike

Bike Rack Grants

Thanks to City Cycles

Travel with Care Campaign

BIKESAFE Tools

Youth Conference

Spare the Air Youth will be holding its second annual Youth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference Saturday, February 7, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Happy Holidays from Safe Routes to Schools

Buying Your Child a New Bike?

It's the holiday season and perhaps you intend to get your child a new bike. Safe Routes to Schools wants to remind parents to be sure to get the right bike for your child to ensure that it's comfortable and safe. Please refer to our Bike Buying guide to get all the info you need.

Grants for Bike Racks Available

Does your school need another bike rack? The Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (Air District) Bicycle Rack Voucher Program (BRVP) provides local public agencies with access to discounted or no-cost bicycle rack equipment. Funding for the BRVP comes from the Air District's Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Regional Fund Program. The application deadline is March 17, 2015 or until funds are exhausted.

Read More or go to the BAAQMD web site

Lynwood Walk and Roll Wednesday

Lynwood W&R The cold and rain didn't dampen the spirits at Lynwood Elementary School in Novato as they held their first Walk and Roll Wednesday in Novato.

The students loved the pencils, stickers, stamps and other goodies that were distributed. Thanks to the volunteer parents who stepped forward to organize their first event. They are looking forward to continuing throughout the school year.

City Cycle of Marin Donates Time to Repair Bikes

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City Cycle of Marin staff of professional technicians is conducting a safety check and making repairs to donated bike collected by students of Mill Valley and Kent Middle School last spring. The technician's time and bike parts are a welcomed donation to the Safe Routes to School program. Once the bikes are all safe to ride they will be donated to students in the Canal area in 2015.

Thank you City Cycle of Marin for your continued support!

Travel with Care Campaign

Travel with care

People for Bikes has launched a new campaign to urge all road users to travel with care. The Travel With Care campaign is aimed at humanizing people on bikes and encouraging better behavior among drivers and bike riders. They want to inspire the general public to see every bike rider as a neighbor, friend or family member-just a normal person who chooses to bike.

In addition to humanizing bicyclists, the campaign's message is built around bettering behavior by both people in cars and on bikes by asking them to travel with care and to "melt icy relations on the road." Read more

BIKESAFE Online Resource

An updated online version of FHWA's BIKESAFE:� Bicycle Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System has been released. It provides practitioners with the latest information available for improving bicyclist safety and mobility. The online tools also provide the user with a list of possible engineering, education, and enforcement treatments to improve bicycle safety and/or mobility based on user input regarding a specific bike safe

location.

BIKESAFE is comprised of four sections: a guide of basic information, specific countermeasure details, case studies, and an expert system tool for countermeasure selection. It is among the many tools being unveiled as part of the DOT's "Safer People, Safer Streets" initiative to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.