Bike Safety Campaign: Fostering Harmony and Safety on our Roads

SCBC is working very closely with the Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works Department to develop an updated bicycle safety education campaign. The County's new campaign will serve to revise their 2002-03 safety campaign with fresh, clear and compelling messaging. It will include traditional advertising and public outreach methods, such as radio public service announcements (PSAs) and billboard space, as well as updating of website and social media strategies.. [Read More..]

Nominations Open for 2017 Bike Commuter of the Year

Nominations are now open! Complete the online nomination form before April 3 to put your favorite pedaler into the running for this year’s award!

And don’t forget to join us on Thursday, May 11, for Bike to Work Day 2017! It’ll be a party on wheels across the Bay Area as tens of thousands of cyclists pedal to work. Mark your calendars and come join us!

Mark Your Calendar for Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 11!

SCBC is super excited to be ramping up efforts in support of National Bike to Work Month this May, with the 23rd annual Bike to Work Day taking place on Thursday, May 11!  Join the fun alongside thousands of cyclists throughout Sonoma County and the Bay Area where you can visit a local Energizer Station on your way to work to get a free canvas bag full of goodies, and then keep the celebration alive by joining a Bike to Work Day- After Party! If you're interested in volunteering to support Bike to Work Day, please fill out a volunteer form here.

Want to get your workplace in on the fun?  Consider participating in the Team Bike Challenge! 

The Team Bike Challenge is a fun commute competition taking place during May that encourages friends and colleagues to form teams of two to five people to compete against other teams throughout the Bay Area. [Read More..]

Hear stories of a non-MTBer's adventure to Ride The Divide, April 19

2017 Spring Family Bike Workshop Series is ON – rain or shine!

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear.” This motto was taken to heart at the launch of our Spring Family Bike Workshop series on Saturday, March 4th. Rain poured in the hours prior to the workshop, but cleared to clouds and intermittent drizzle closer to the start time. Staff briefly considered whether weather should cancel, but decided to move forward after checking in with registered participants who all indicated they were ready to roll! [Read More...]

Help Shape Future Bike Investments: 
Take the District 4 Bike Plan Survey!

Caltrans is developing a Bicycle Plan for Bay Area District 4 to improve bicycling on and across the State-owned transportation network. SCBC urges you to take a moment to complete a brief survey to help shape the bicycle network within Sonoma County. This is not your typical survey! It includes maps where you can pinpoint exactly where dangers and barriers in the bicycle network exist, and where you would like to see new and improved bike facilities!

The survey provides a rare opportunity to identify where we would like to see future bicycle investments on and across the State-owned transportation network in Sonoma County and the Bay Area!  It's a chance to specifically call-out future priority investments, including (but not limited to) the:

• Santa Rosa Community Connector Bridge (a bike/ped bridge that would span Highway 101, connecting the Coddingtown Area to Santa Rosa Junior College) [Read More...]

CHP Continues to Seek Eyewitnesses to Collision Resulting in Death of Amy Suyama

The California Highway Patrol is continuing to seek out eyewitnesses to the collision that resulted in the death of cyclist, Amy Suyama, on Saturday, September 10th, at approximately 11:00 am while Amy was riding on Eastside Road during the Tour de Fuzz.

With the investigative report now in its final stages, law enforcement is specifically looking for anyone who witnessed the passing of the harvest truck by the pickup truck and/or who could possibly provide any information with regards to the pickup's distance, time or approximate speed in relation to Amy and the harvest truck.

If you have any information, please contact Officer Danny Alconcel at DAlconcel@chp.ca.gov.

Getting Bikey with Middle School Kids

For the 2nd year in a row, our Safe Routes to School program coordinated after-school bike clubs with middle school students at four schools, providing interested pre-teens and teens with more in-depth understanding and practice of both riding skills and basic mechanics. At Windsor Middle School, Brookhaven School, Sebastopol Independent Charter, and Wright Charter, young bike-enthusiasts met for four or five consecutive weeks and learned how to fix a flat tire, oil a chain, handle their bikes, and safely ride in traffic. At three of the four sites, students and instructors spent the last day on a 4-5 mile ride. [Read More...]