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www.sbbike.org Serving Santa Barbara County We’re a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation.

How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 962-1479 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org

April 4th meeting Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for our general meeting: Tuesday, April 4 Rusty’s Pizza 15 East Cabrillo Boulevard Santa Barbara 6:00 PM no-host dinner 7:00 PM meeting

Online email list We sponsor an online email forum where you can post and read messages that pertain to regional bicycling issues. It’s easy and free. To subscribe to our general forum, just send an email message to: sbbike-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

Leave the subject line and body of the message blank. That’s all!

Join the Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our own regional Bicycle Coalition advocacy group. Together we will continue to make a real difference. See page 6 for an application form.

Our CycleSmart program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes for school children and adults. Look for details of upcoming classes inside Quick Release, or contact our Co-coordinators Dru van Hengel and Erika Lindemann by email CycleSmart@sbbike.org.

April 2006

Tax proposal enters final stretch March was filled with presentations on Measure D transportation tax renewal to city councils, the Board of Supervisors, regional workshops, and dozens of local groups like our Bicycle Coalition. Tax consultant Larry Tamutola and SBCAG staff are assessing the input, and crafting recommendations for the SBCAG Board at a day-long workshop April 5th. Then a revised plan may be offered at the April 20th SBCAG meeting that will hopefully retain a dedicated portion for bicycling. The Bicycle Coalition sent a letter to the SBCAG Board stating reasons to support bicycling throughout our county. You can still make a difference by contacting your county supervisor and city’s representative to SBCAG as well. Make that phone call or send an email before April 5th.

Santa Barbara County Association of Governments’ Gregg Hart gives a presentation on Measure D renewal to another local group—here it’s Santa Barbara Car Free.

Important front country trails meeting April 6th You have an upcoming opportunity to offer comments on front country trail use by attending and speaking out at a public hearing. It’s the April 6th hearing when the City and County Parks Commissions and the US Forest Service will listen to comments on the Trails Working Group’s proposal for trail management. You can read the proposal itself at: www.sbtrails.org/Documents/TWG_Proposal.pdf

And you can read comments on the proposal by the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers at: www.sbmtv.org/docs/sbmtvstatement.pdf The hearing itself will take place at the David

Gebhard Room, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, at 6:00 PM. The proposal is for a two-year pilot program related to front country trail use by hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians. No actions will be taken at this meeting, and it is one of a series of public meetings that will address the proposal. The volunteer Front Country Working Trails Working Group (FCTWG) was formed in 2002, and they met for over two years to discuss and identify possible solutions for trail multi-use issues and safety concerns. Representatives in this (continued on page 2, Trails)

Mark your calendars for May 13th Join us in Santa Barbara for our Third Annual Bike Week Celebration dinner with entertainment by Willie Weir. Hot off his latest bicycle touring adventure with his wife Kat Marriner in South East Asia, Willie will share their experiences, impressions, and photographs with us all. We will again return to the Chase Palm Park Center near the bikepath and ocean in Santa Barbara, starting at 6:00 PM. Invitations will be going out to members later this month, so watch for them. We guarantee a splendid evening for everybody who joins us there. It will be a fun time with great company. Six young monks meet a dragon in Thailand. Photo by Kat Marriner.


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