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September 2007
Goleta officials pledge safer Old Town On August 8th, 26-year old bicyclist Martin Solis Luna was run over and killed by a right-turning truck in Old Town Goleta. This is the second bicyclist fatality on this stretch of roadway within six years—Antonio Guerca was likewise hit and killed while biking to work on Hollister Avenue in September, 2001. Raising awareness of this new senseless tragedy—plus earlier pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities in Old Town—was the intent of a bicycle memorial ride organized by Bicycle Coalition member Eva Inbar on August 19th. The ride went from Saint Raphael’s Church along Hollister to the site of Martin’s death at Kellogg Avenue where flowers were added to arrangements, votive candles and other tributes already there. Then the ride continued to the Goleta City Hall, where Councilmembers Roger Aceves and Michael Bennett met with the riders. Bennett noted that GOTAC (Goleta Old Town Advisory Council) workshops were held as far back as 1995, long before Goleta became a city in 2002. They generated a workable vision of a revitalized Old Town area where pedestrians and bicyclists would have calmer and safer conditions—like bikelanes, wider sidewalks, safer crosswalks, and
Eva Inbar, left, places flowers at the place where Martin Solis Luna was run over by a truck in Old Town Goleta. Photo by Robert Bernstein.
off-street parking. Both Aceves and Bennett promised to work to get community improvements back on track. According to former Bicycle Coalition president Robert Bernstein who bicycled with the group, they pledged to work on immediate short-term remedies as well as longer-range plans. It’s certainly time to revive that vision of a safer, better Goleta.
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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 . Quick Release is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Subscribe for $25 per year. Issue # 191.
Triathlons flourish in Santa Barbara county Athletes are diversifying as more swim-bike-run triathlons are taking place in Santa Barbara county. The first race this year was UCSB’s Kendra Chiota Payne Memorial Triathlon (April 15), followed by the Tri-For-Fun Triathlon in Santa Maria (April 28), and then the Santa Barbara Kids Triathlon (July 28). New this year was the Lompoc Sprint Triathlon that took place August 11 and attracted 155 competitors. The venerable and sold-out Santa Barbara Triathlon, a local competition since 1982, again took place on East Beach August 25-26. And to close out the season, the Tenth Annual Carpinteria Triathlon will be held on September 30. The bike legs range from 3 miles for the kids to 34 miles in the Santa Barbara Triathlon. Half the time, the swim is in the ocean, but for the kids and land-locked Budding athletes take off on the cycling leg of the Santa Maria and Lompoc, they used local pools. Pool Santa Barbara Kid's Triathlon. water lacks the buoyancy of salt water, but it’s still wet. For those cyclists who sink in the water and whose knees can no longer take the pounding pavement, many of the events have competitions where you can go for the cycling leg and team up with others who do the rest. Even if you don’t race, go for inspiration and cheer the competitors as they pass by. For details on upcoming races, go to our web site www.sbbike.org and click on “Meetings and Events.”
Wet Willy Sez
Safe Routes to School
Dear Wet Willy: This is a question that comes to mind every time I ride the Obern Trail—what should I say to politely alert pedestrians that a bicycle is approaching from the rear? Is there some sort of universally recognized announcement, like “four!” is in golf? Sometimes I’ll say “On your left”, but the pedestrian response to that seems totally unpredictable. — Hoarse Bikie
The percentage of US students who walk and/or bicycle to school declined from approximately 50% in 1969 to only 15% today. At the same time, obesity rates have increased dramatically among children of all ages. Today, more than a third of our children and adolescents are overweight or obese. In addition to helping kids engage in active lifestyles, biking and walking programs also help relieve traffic congestion caused by parents driving their children to school each day. It’s estimated that a quarter of morning rush-hour congestion is caused by kids being driven to school. Worse, the cars swarming around schools endanger those fit enough to walk and bike. There is a new national Safe Routes website to help people take action in their communities, www.saferoutespartnership.org. In the South Coast of our county, there is an active group of parents, teachers, administrators, government staff, policemen, and representatives from our Bicycle Coalition working to raise awareness and improve safety for kids walking and biking around schools. The coordinator is Eva Inbar, contact her at eva_inbar@cox.net or 964-0472 to learn about programs and upcoming events like Walk to School and Bike to School Days.
Dear Hoarse Bikie: Pedestrians are likely to be encountered whenever you ride on our local trails and bikepaths, and they will react in different ways to bikies speaking to them from behind. Some may get out of the way, but others may just stop where they are and turn around to see who is talking. While there is no universally recognized announcement for cyclists approaching pedestrians, there is the universally recognized sound of the bicycle bell. You may not like the idea of having a bell on your $5000+ titanium superbike, but bells are friendly, polite, non-threatening—and very effective. Pedestrians immediately recognize the sound and know what it means. They seem to have a Pavlovian response to a bell and immediately step aside. Trust me on this—bells work! If you ride on bikepaths, trails or anyplace else where pedestrians or horses can be expected, make your life easier by putting a bell on your bike. Wet Willy rides on the Obern Trail and Maria Ignacio Bikepath almost every day and always rides with a bell. My favorite is the Incredibell because it is small, unobtrusive, easily accessible, plenty loud enough and cheap (like $9.00 or so). “Wet Willie” is an advice column authored by Coalition Vice President Wilson Hubbell. Please submit any questions you may have about cycling related issues to him at wilsonhubbell@aol.com.
Boysel path changes The City of Santa Barbara’s Dru van Hengel reports that design for the Jake Boysel Pathway is changing from what was reported in July Quick Release. While it will still connect to La Colina Road on the north, and follow the existing sidewalk south, but it will now be located south of Cieneguitas Creek, and end at the new bridge into Saint Vincent’s housing project instead of continuing west to Old Mill Road. What will also be new is a traffic signal at Calle Real and Old Mill Road. Just how that will effect all the Calle Real bicyclists remains to be determined. Quick Release ~ September 2007 ~ Page 2
Seeking safe access to Cold Spring School
Cold Spring School is right next to busy Sycamore Canyon Road. There is little space for anybody on the roadway shoulder.
Parents of students at Cold Spring School in Montecito have been concerned about traffic congestion and speeds near the school. The school has no sidewalks and the adjacent roads—Sycamore Canyon Road and Cold Springs Road—are major thoroughfares. Although there will be an opportunity this fall to apply for the final round of federal Safe Routes to School grants for Cold Spring Elementary or Montecito Union Schools, or both, a group of parents have organized their own actions. They sent out requests to all neighbors along the roadways to trim back their shrubs and trees to create a continuous path so the children can get to school without walking on the shoulder-less roads. To date, reports organizer Tracey Willfong Singh, residents have been responding positively to the request. They already held a path clearing day with help from nearby Westmont College students. What about kids on bicycles? The new paths do not exclude them, so it’s thought that those bicycling can use the same ways of travel, but with added caution. School is starting, so we’re all watching to see what will happen, and hoping that federal funding, not only in Montecito, but throughout our county, will further help keep our school children safe from traffic.
Your savings account “Think of [cycling] training like a savings account with compounding interest. The difference is that with your body, when you stop investing, you also start automatic withdrawal.” — Neal Henderson, Outside, June 2007
Stay smart by cycling New research has reportedly confirmed the relationship between exercise and brain health in humans. Arthur Kramer, PhD at the University of Illinois notes that three key areas of our brains associated with mental sharpness benefit significantly when people stay fit. His MRI scans of volunteers over 55 years old have demonstrated that gray and white matter in our brains differed in degree of shrinkage depending on the person’s level of fitness—the greater fitness, the less shrinkage. That shrinkage positively correlates with declining problem-solving and other cognitive abilities. While the study didn’t discern the subjects means of staying fit, cycling definitely contributes to cardiovascular health. Add some weight-bearing exercise to that, and we’ll be smart for a much longer time.
September 20-22 Street Skills class Consider participating in—or encouraging others to partake of—our September 20th and 22nd CycleSmart two-day course. It targets those who have thought of using a bike for just getting around town or for fitness, but don’t feel comfortable on the road with motor vehicles. You’ll learn how to bicycle confidently and safely on the road. In addition to basic bike maintenance tips, you’ll learn about bicycle selection and will ride on roads with registered League Cycling Instructors (LCIs). Anyone 16 years of age or older is welcome to participate. Teens 14 years or older can attend with an older chaperone. Both sessions are at the Bikestation Santa Barbara, 1219 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. Online details and registration are at www.sbbike.org/CycleSmart/apply.html. Direct any questions to CycleSmart@sbbike.org. The cost is $30. Some scholarships, however, are available—ask about them. A helmet and bicycle are required for the Saturday class, and bicycles need to be in working order beforehand.
Bici Centro learns from Bike Bike
BikeBike participants from all over North America gathered to trade experiences about their community bicycle programs. Photos by Ed France. by Ralph Fertig In Pittsburgh, sponsor “Free Ride” orgaIs it a revolution?—it sure feels like one. nized what is an increasingly-structured Sprouting out of garages and vacant inconference serving both small startup bicycle ner city storefronts, community bicycle pro- cooperatives, as well as larger recycled bike grams are popping up organizations that are well throughout Canada, the established. BikeBike proUnited States, and a vided a forum for cross-polsprinkling of other counlination—see their website tries. Fed by energetic www.bikebike.org for more. young people weaned on Of particular interest to critical mass rides and Bici Centro were questions determined to fight for a about finding a long-term better world amid global space, deciding what proenvironmental ills, their grams to offer (like earn-abike, bike-ride, woman-only, aim is simply to give more adult, or kids classes), conpeople bicycle mobility. sidering nonprofit affiliaEd France is one of the tion, managing volunteers, leaders behind the emerg- Ed France, off his bicycle for once. and assuring legal protecing Santa Barbara Bici tion and insurance coverage. Centro program that has been coordinating The sessions gave Ed lots of thoughts with La Casa de la Raza to offer monthly and material to bring back home. Perhaps bike help and encouragement to anybody best were all the contacts and sources of inwho ventures by. Each workshop that they formation from existing programs. A new have held since opening shop in March has website www.bikecollectives.org is a mission attracted up to 30 bike people of all ages, of the Bike Collective Network. They list 98 interests and ethnic backgrounds. community bike organizations in the US, Ed recently went to Pittsburgh to learn Canada, Ghana and Guatemala; there are ten from several hundred others at the sixth national BikeBike 2007 gathering on August throughout California, including Bici Centro. For Ed, his journey from a Palos Verdes 10-12. The BikeBike events started in New home through environmental studies at Orleans back in 2003 when the “Plan B UCSB (where he was car free) has led him to Coop” invited 50 or so people from across his present job as development coordinator the country to visit. They traded ideas and for the Citizens Planning Association. Where brainstormed about their recycled bike his work with Bici Centro will lead is totally projects. Since then, word has gotten out, open. To learn more about this local surge more community bike programs have of activity, go to www.bicicentro.org. arisen, and the gatherings just grew.
Quick Release ~ September 2007 ~ Page 3
We thank our active members Please thank and support the following Bicycle Coalition business members:
Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbara Nett & Champion Insurance Services, Santa Barbara The Bike Barn, Santa Maria Café de Velo, Santa Barbara Open Air Bicycles, Santa Barbara Pedal Power Bicycles, Santa Maria Santa Barbara Electric Bicycle Company, Santa Barbara Chris King Precision Components, Portland OR Run Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
In addition, we welcome new members Rita Lomio and Steve Johnson. We further thank those who renewed their memberships: Paolo Gardinali, Matt Wilhelm, Dennis Thompson, and Scott & Stacia Young.
Birding by Bike
Coalition involvement in Measure D 2008 There are three groups of meetings being held to craft a new Measure D tax proposal that will go to Santa Barbara county voters in 2008. Our Bicycle Coalition is actively involved in two.
The Coalition for a Fair Some members of the Coalition for a Fair Measure D after their July 10 Measure D. Our organizameeting. Photo by Alex Pujo. tion has signed up as one of the supporting groups that endorses the objectives of this coalition. Board members Wilson Hubbell and Ralph Fertig are regular participants. The South Coast Policy Development Committee. This formal committee includes elected representatives from four South Coast government jurisdictions, plus regional 13 organizations, including our Bicycle Coalition. Wilson Hubbell is our designated representative. The North County Policy Development Committee. This is the parallel North group for which we have no direct representation.
To date, the formal meetings have mostly consisted of SBCAG staff providing background information. The MTD and public works departments from the three cities and the county have stated their needs. The CFFMD group consists of organizations seeking social equity and transportation opportunities for all. They are writing a platform and crafting strategies.
Upcoming bike meetings and events Bicycling is booming, there are more events and meetings than ever. Many are not announced much beforehand, so check our website for the updates www.sbbike.org/ meet/meet.html.
Wendy and Malkolm Boothroyd scanning for avian wildlife on the Oregon Coast. Photo by Ken Madsen.
This coming September 27, a new bike adventure is coming to Santa Barbara area. We’re all invited to join Ken, Wendy and their 15-year old son Malkolm Boothroyd on a bike-birding ride. The Boothroyds are passing through on a year-long, 10,000-mile bicycle tour to survey birds and raise awareness about declining bird populations. Part of preserving the world that we share with our avian fellow travelers is the Boothroyd’s intent to travel by lowimpact means: by bicycle, on foot, by boat. Look at the Boothroyds website at www.birdyear.com. The Thursday ride does not yet have a time because of uncertainties of the Boothroyd’s biking schedule. It will be led by local bicyclist and birder Jared Dawson, email him atjdawson@silcom.com to learn the latest update. Quick Release ~ September 2007 ~ Page 4
September 4, Bicycle Coalition General Meeting, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition. Meeting at noon, first Tuesday of the month. Community Room at the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust building, 1021 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. Phone president Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 or email him at sb-ralph@cox.net. September 5, Front Country Trails Task Force Meeting, sponsored by the City and County of Santa Barbara, and the Forest Service. This meeting will deal with trail issues. Check the agenda on the website here. Santa Barbara City Hall, Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, 5:30 PM. September 20 & 22, Street Skills for Cyclists, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition. Read about the class on page 3. September 22, Gourmet Cycling Event, sponsored by Jim Sobell. This group of rides out of Santa Ynez will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Choose from 62-mile, 31-mile, or 10-mile rides. Includes rest stops, sag support, and a gourmet lunch at the finish with live music. Registration at www.thevineyardhouse.com.. Ques-
tions can go to Jim Sobell at 693-9456. September 18, Santa Barbara Car Free Meeting, sponsored by the APCD, the Bicycle Coalition and others to promote carfree travel in our county. The project has a website www.santabarbaracarfree.org, hosts programs and has developed a free map. Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, 11:00 AM. Details from Mary Byrd at 961-8833 or byrdm@sbcapcd.org. September 27, Birding by Bicycle, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society. See article and details on this page. September 30, 10th Annual Carpinteria Triathlon, sponsored by Carpinteria Parks and Recreation. Choose from the Olympic Course with a 40K bike ride, or the Sprint Course with a 15K bike leg. Relay teams can compete in the Olympic Course. Limited to 800 participants. Bike in mountain foothills through agricultural lands. Start and finish at Carpinteria State Beach. Details at www.carpinteriatriathlon.com. Registration is required by September 18th. September 30, Bike Clinic, sponsored by Open Air Bicycles. This clinic covers bicycle maintenance basics to give you confidence to make repairs yourself when you’re away from home. Open Air Bicycles, 224 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, 9:00-10:00 AM. Phone 962-7000, or email MFasth@aol.com for details.
Bikes on commuter rail by Ralph Fertig
Talk about commuter rail service between Ventura County and our South Coast is simmering. Proposed funding for it in the 2006 Measure D tax was defeated largely due to North County people who saw no need for it. Whether A UC San Diego graduate student prepares to it might be included board a Surfliner coach with his bike after attending a conference at UCSB. in the South Coast expenditure plan for the upcoming Measure D 2008 proposal is still being discussed. Today there are 15,000 commuters on Highway 101 driving from Ventura County homes to jobs in the Santa Barbara area. Three major 101 projects will be under construction over the next 10+ years, significantly slowing freeway traffic until 2020 or so. On August 21, the Santa Barbara City Council endorsed a report On-TRAC: A Plan of Transit/Rail Action for Commuters. It includes a description of a demonstration rail project that might be achieved by adjusting Amtrak schedules and adding sidings where trains can pass one another. It all requires cooperation of Union Pacific, owner of the rails. Although UP makes money moving freight, not people, they listen to ideas—like long sidings or double track—that will enhance their freight service as well as commuter rail. The On-TRAC report describes how bus service is needed at both ends to serve rail commuters. Why has bicycling been neglected? Unlike buses, it offers the point-to-point convenience that makes the car so popular. If we look at Europe and Japan, a typical way to get to jobs is bike to the train station, park your bike and zip off to the city center by rail. Another approach is to take the train to the city, where your bike is waiting for that final mile or so. In the US, a third multi-modal approach is bike-on-rail service. Caltrain in the Bay Area is a good example. Each of the 96 weekday trains accommodates between 16 and 64 roll-on bikes. An increasing problem is that when bike spaces fill up, conductors turn waiting bicyclists away. These commuters typically bike a few miles at one end to reach the Caltrain, then a few at the other to reach their destinations. After being denied access, however, some have returned to driving. Because of their train car restraints, Caltrain is working to increase three kinds of bike parking at their stations:
Trek’s progressive advocacy At Trek Bicycle Corporation’s dealer confab in mid-August, the company announced a new campaign. It’s a $1.6 million commitment to bicycling advocacy over three years. Trek will donate $10 to the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) for every full-suspension bike sold, and $1 to the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle-Friendly Community program for each helmet sold. For the League, it means their program will hire additional staff to help communities with their applications and programs. And IMBA will significantly boost their trail construction program. Trek World attendees also had use of 1000 Lime Coasting bicycles to pedal to the conference dinner party, and bike around Madison as city streets were closed to motor vehicles that evening.
August Coalition meeting topics Our August 7th monthly Bicycle Coalition meeting was another evening one at Rusty’s Pizza Restaurant. Eighteen people attended to dine and discuss these topics: Ralph Fertig described progress of the South Coast committee for developing a Measure D 2008 tax renewal plan. The Amgen Tour of California will again return to Solvang and Santa Barbara in 2008. We are considering family-oriented events to hold before the Santa Barbara state start. Michael Chiacos from the Community Environmental Council told us about their efforts to reduce the 200 million gallons of fuel consumed in our county annually. A CEC position paper featuring bicycling and other responsible modes of travel will be coming out this fall. Nancy Mulholland and Erika Lindemann described our upcoming Street Skills classes. Ralph Fertig described successful bike rental programs in Europe, and asked about the feasibility of one in our county’s South Coast. Ed France and Erika Lindemann talked about the success of Bici Centro’s ongoing workshops at Casa de la Raza, and their need for tools, mechanics and volunteers. Steve Johnson showed maps and described his condo project next to the UP railroad in Santa Barbara, and asked for our thoughts about alternatives to a bikepath easement.
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Bike racks Rental bike lockers Bikestations like Santa Barbara’s new one.
It certainly seems that our South Coast can copy the successful Caltrain. Additionally, if a Paris-style bike rental program becomes available with stations at all South Coast rail stops, it will serve those who find bus or walking too inconvenient or slow. At this time, it’s all a matter of planning and money and cooperation. However, multi-modal commuting that combines bicycling with trains can serve many at what probably is a lower cost than providing car parking or bus service. Quick Release ~ September 2007 ~ Page 5
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President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 sb-ralph@cox.net Vice President, Wilson Hubbell, 6831240, wilsonhubbell@aol.com Secretary, Drew Hunter, 896-2119 watair1@earthlink.net Treasurer, Mark McClure, 967-5031 mcclure606@yahoo.com Director, Judy Keim, 687-2912 jkpedpad@aol.com Director, Don Lubach, 964-7798 dlubach@mac.com Director, Jim Marshall, 962-3531 Jim2Mars@aol.com Director, David Bourgeois, 899-3728 daveb@alumni.caltech.edu Director, Nancy Mulholland, 563-9073 nmulhol04@yahoo.com Advisor, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@SantaBarbaraCA.gov Advisor, Erika Lindemann, 569-1544 erikabikes@cox.net Advisor, Matt Dobberteen, 568-3000 matt@cosbpw.net
The Cutters Mark Langowski, 937-3252 mark_langowski@dot.ca.gov Echelon Santa Barbara Mark Purcell, markpurcell@cox.net Goleta Valley Cycling Club Doris Phinney, 968-3143 Cyclebug@aol.com Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Gene Pritchett, 733-2707 Dr.Gene@gte.net SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers John Berberet, 681-0048 johnberberet@hotmail.com Santa Barbara Bicycle Club Dave Court, david_court@earthlink.net Santa Barbara BMX Dale Bowers, res0d201@verizon.net Tailwinds Bicycle Club David Cantero, 937-4097 SMtailwinds@verizon.net UCSB Cycling Club Matthew Post , 818-642-3553 plushk2@yahoo.com
Caltrans www.dot.ca.gov/maintform.html Carpinteria Dale Lipp, 684-5405 x402 dalel@ci.carpinteria.ca.us Goleta Bill Millar, 961-7575 bmillar@cityofgoleta.org Lompoc Larry Bean, 736-1261 l_bean@ci.lompoc.ca.us Santa Barbara City Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@SantaBarbaraCA.gov Santa Barbara County Matt Dobberteen, 568-3576 matt@cosbpw.net Santa Maria Rick Sweet, 925-0951 x227 rsweet@ci.santa-maria.ca.us Solvang Brad Vigro, 688-5575 bradv@cityofsolvang.com UCSB Dennis Whelan, 893-7009 Dennis.Whelan@bap.ucsb.edu
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