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How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 568-3046 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org

October 7th meeting Join us on Tuesday, October 7th for our monthly meeting. Help us celebrate and improve bicycling: Tuesday, October 7th Good Earth Restaurant 5955 Calle Real, Goleta No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM

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October 2003

Coalition keeps bicyclist access Rejection of an appeal on the approval of a building project may sound like a loss, but for a connecting section of San Antonio Creek Road, it was a victory. Although the appeal brought by Bicycle Coalition member Corey Anderson and four others was rejected, the County Planning Commission worked with County staff to include conditions in the building permit that addressed the reasons for appeal. One condition was that the road will be kept open for people on bikes, foot and horseback.

At the September 17th Planning Commission hearing, Coalition members Jean Anderson and Ralph Fertig, in addition to Anderson, spoke out in favor of continued access to the roadway. The Bicycle Coalition had previously sent a letter to Second District Supervisor Susan Rose asking for her help in keeping the roadway open.

The problem is that the road is mostly part of a private Corey Anderson on the section of San Antonio Creek Road that he helped keep open. parcel that the owner wanted to build on. It is an abandoned section of San Antonio Creek Road that connects housing to the north with Tucker’s Grove County Park on the south. The County, however, retained a 40-foot easement through the property and nearby residents have for years continued to use it to get to work, the park, school, and other destinations. The new owner wanted to close it off as his private driveway.

Our thanks to the County’s Bret Stewart and Morgan Jones for including these permit conditions: • The owner will resurface the roadway to its full width after construction if finished.

• The road will serve as permanent bicycle, pedestrian and equestrian access.

• Parking is prohibited during or after construction. “No Parking” signs will be posted.

• Public Works Department will help stripe a separate travel lane and bike lane, demarked with a bike symbol.

• All road maintenance will be the responsibility of the property owner.

The whole process is a good example of how a bicyclist brought a threat to our attention, and together, we were able to retain bicyclists’ rights to the roadway.

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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 details.

For sale: video & flag We’re pleased to offer our own video “Decide to Ride.” It’s about a young woman who learns to bike commute to work. It’s only $18 (tax and US shipping included) from us, address above.

Plus, we’re selling Bike Week flags, 4’x6’ heavy nylon, terra cotta and white. They’re $33 plus tax. Look at this PDF file: www.sbbike.org/art-home/ flag.pdf

Santa Barbara Bikestation— what should it offer?

Come to our October Bicycle Coalition meeting ready to discuss what Santa Barbara’s upcoming Bikestation should offer bicyclists. Meet Georgia Case, Program Director for Bikestation, who will be there to lead the discussion. The Bikestation will be inside the new Granada Garage on Anacapa Street.

At our September meeting, Case showed what services and facilities others have in the US and overseas. She is mailing a Bikestation questionnaire to Coalition members and South Coast bike shops and services—please respond. It’s to our benefit Georgia Case gives a presentation about to have the Bikestation be Bikestations at our September meeting. a high-profile success.

Evening meeting on October 7th We started our quarterly evening meetings last year and they have been successful in bringing members and others who are unable to make our Downtown noon meetings. This October 7th, there’s another one. We will be talking with Georgia Case from Long Beach about services at the Santa Barbara Bikestation. Also, Joshua Patlak will describe Portland’s Community Cycling Center. Plus other topics. Come on out and share bicycling ideas—and eat dinner—with everybody: Good Earth Restaurant 5955 Calle Real, Goleta No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM

Lighting your way Word from the President The winter months will soon be upon us and with them comes riding in the dark. Bicycling at night can be a wonderful experience if you are prepared for it, but it is downright spooky and dangerous if you are not.

Cyclists have a seriWilson Hubbell, President. ous need to see and be seen in order to survive in the dark, and modern bicycle lighting systems really enable you to do so. The low powered generator and battery lights we once “made do” with have now evolved into high voltage battery and super efficient generator systems that rival lights found of motor vehicles. Not surprisingly, these contemporary systems are way more expensive than the glorified flashlights of days gone by, but they last much, much longer and are still cheaper than even a single trip to the emergency room. If you regularly ride at night, shop around for your best deal and get yourself some decent rechargeable lighting. Just be prepared to shell out $200 or more for a system that will work well and last a long time.

Reflective bicycle clothing is widely available for nighttime commuters, but whatever you wear needs to show up well from the side as well as the back. And don’t be shy about adding that extra bit of reflective tape to the back of your shoes.

September meeting topics Our September 2nd Bicycle Coalition meeting attracted 16 individuals. It included these topics: • Ralph Fertig described the urgency to contact House members to return bicyclespecific funding to their appropriations bill.

• Georgia Case gave a presentation on Bikestation facilities around the world.

• Wilson Hubbell described the County’s CREF application to replace bridge planks on the Obern Trail near Patterson.

• Mike Hecker announced that his cyclocross series will include the Southern California Cyclocross Championship races.

• As a recipient of Green Awards honorable mention, we’re invited to this year’s award luncheon; Ralph Fertig will represent us.

• Mike Hecker has obtained blueprints for a temporary wood velodrome that he estimates will cost $61,000.

• The Walk/Bike Conference in Oakland takes place October 15-18; two Coalition members will attend—Eva Inbar and Ralph Fertig.

• It was decided to hold our next evening meeting—October 7th—at the Good Earth Restaurant in Goleta.

• A recent collision on UCSB’s bikepath near Goleta Beach was discussed. The Coalition will work with the University to obtain both short- and long-term safety improvements.

• Erika Lindemann announced that Bike Week dates have been set for May 15-23, 2004.

• Our possible participation in the Carpinteria Avocado Festival was discussed. Both Erika Lindemann and Ralph Fertig had discussed bike parking with organizers, and a do-ityourself approach was suggested.

• Ken Yamamota passed out “Healthy Living Tips,” a public-service ad from the Centers for Disease Control; he suggested that we look into encouraging papers to publish it.

Coalition asks for new bridge decking The Bicycle Coalition is supporting the County Public Work’s application for new planks on an aging bridge along the Atascadero Creek Trail between Santa Barbara and UCSB. The $16,000 expense for the project will hopefully come from the County’s Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF).

In its September 3rd letter, the Bicycle Coalition noted the need for replacement of the planks. “Individual members of the Coalition have frequently contacted the County regarding worn, splintered planks and protruding nails on the deck of this bridge. The County’s proposal to replace the deck with plastic lumber planks bolted to the bridge support structure will address all of these concerns and provide a much smoother ride for bicyclists.”

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The proposed decking contains nonskid particles that will give traction during times of rain or heavy fog.

If funded, we’ll be seeing new decking on this bridge near Patterson Avenue.

Here the sidewalk south of Chemistry was split into two sections for pedetrians and bicyclists.

Coast Route detour It was misleadingly reported in last month’s Quick Release that bicyclists would have to walk the entire detour distance at UCSB. Once the detour was in place, “Walk Bike” signs were placed at either end of the passageway through the PSB North building, but not elsewhere on the detour route. The sidewalk south of Chemistry was divided with bollards and tape into two sections, one designated for pedestrians and one for bicyclists.

The University worked hard to make sure that a new through path was open by the time classes began for the fall term. Thanks to all responsible for a fine solution.

LCI bike safety class offered in November This coming November 14-16, Jim Barross will come to Santa Barbara to train people to become League Certified Instructors (LCIs).

This is the same course that was given in May 2002 when a group of bicyclists were certified.

Why become an LCI? Because you’ll learn how to be a better bicyclist. You’ll be able to teach others how to bicycle safely. And because, if you teach a class with LCI content, you can obtain liability insurance coverage from the League of American Bicyclists.

Although the course will be held in Santa Barbara, it’s being organized by Jean Anderson in San Luis Obispo. If you want details, contact her at slohpver@charter.net or by phone at 545-0993. Before taking the course, you have to join the League, preregister for the course, and take the League’s Road I course (to be given before November 5th).

The course costs $175. However, there is money to pay for five individuals if they commit to teaching two classes afterwards. For information, contact Dru van Hengel at 5645544 or at dvanhengel@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us.

Federal bikeway funding restored “Enhancements pack a big punch in terms of promoting economic growth, recreation, and tourism.

They improve our quality of life and have become important to communities across the nation...”

—Representative Thomas Petri (R-WI)

The Bicycle Coalition sent letters to our Representatives Lois Capps and Elton Gallegly asking them to restore the Federal $620 million Transportation Enhancements (TE) program to the 2004 transportation budget. Then, at the end of August, we asked bicyclists on our email forum to phone them and personally request restoration of TE that helps fund bicycling projects. Thanks to all those who did exactly that. Finally, on September 4th, both Capps & Gallegly voted YES, along with other House members, winning 327 to 90.

In doing this, we joined thousands of individuals across the US who similarly were asking their representatives to approve the TE restoration. Many national organizations— America Bikes, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, League of American Bicyclists, International Mountain Biking Association, Bikes Belong, Adventure Cycling, Thunderhead Alliance, and others—helped rally members. The cumulative result deluged every House office with calls for restoring TE. Bicyclists were not the only proponents of TE projects. The Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, and National Association of Counties all stated their support. They stated, “Over 17,000 local transportation projects have been initiated as part of the TE program, and the results have been significant, both in terms of increased mobility and the economic development generated by the construction of these facilities. TE projects have contributed to decreased congestion and improvements in air quality in our nation's cities and counties.”

So we’ve won a battle and demonstrated to House members that Americans care about that tiny—but significant to us—portion of transportation dollars. This was a major victory because the 327-to-90 bipartisan vote demonstrated a clear trend.

This was the House vote for funding for fiscal year 2004. The Senate still has to vote, then a joint House-Senate committee will work out differences. The main object for us is not the 2004 funding, but is reauthorization of TEA-21, the 6-year transportation program that included TE funds and ended September 30 without a replacement. What may now happen is a half-year stop-gap measure that continues funding while Congress wrangles over conditions of a new 6-year act.

We’ll be hearing more, just wait.

GVCC donates money for helmets The Goleta Valley Cycling Club has donated $200 to the City of Santa Barbara to buy bike helmets for employees. This is to enable more city workers to use the City’s new Breezer town bikes for work-related trips.

On September 16, GVCC President Kathleen Boehm officially presented a check for helmets to the City Council. The City is giving all employees who are interested in biking a short bicycle safety class, taught by certified LCI instructors. All riders must wear helmets, so the GVCC donation will help those who do not already have their own.

For those that don’t know about the GVCC, it’s a recreational and sport touring association committed to promoting safety, health, and fitness through the shared social activity of bicycling. GVCC members acknowledge a responsibility to share their sport, experi-

GVCC representatives Hildy Hoffman, Bob Zimels, and Kathleen Boehm address the City Council.

ence, and commitment with the community.

Their big event of the year is the People Powered Ride that takes place this October 11th. For info on their super ride and club, go to www.goletabike.org.

Upcoming bike meetings & events October 2, Safe Routes to School Workshop, sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara. Although the emphasis of this public workshop is on safe walking to school, we should be there to make sure that recommendations include safe biking as well. Meeting 7:00 PM, Santa Barbara School District Board Room, 721 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara.

October 4, Fall Bike Auction, sponsored by UCSB’s Community Service Organization.

Abandoned, impounded, and donated bikes will be auctioned off. Viewing at 9:00, auction begins at 10:00. UCSB lot 32, behind the Public Safety Building. For info, phone 893-2433.

October 7, General Meeting. Meeting the first Tuesday of the month, this time in the evening. It will be at the Good Earth Restaurant, 5955 Calle Real in Goleta. Phone president Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 or email him at hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us.

October 11, People Powered Ride, sponsored

by Goleta Valley Cycling Club. Rides start and end at the Firestone meadow near Los Olivos.

Your choice of three rides 100, 63, and 30 miles long. The full century challenges you with 6800 feet of climbing! Bagels and coffee at start, fresh fruit & home-baked goods at stops, and barbecue at the end. Register online at www.active.com.

October 12, Solvang Cyclocross, sponsored by SG Productions. This race kicks the first of a three-race cyclocross series in Santa Barbara County. Others are in November 30 and January 4. This race takes place at Hans Christian Andersen Park in Solvang, starting at 9:30 AM, depending on class. Details from Mike

Hecker at 966-1807 or at www.ridesb.com.

October 18, Bike Tour & Fest, sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Starting from Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara with breakfast, take either the 12, 30, 60 or 100-mile rides. Follow up with a beach party including live music, health expo, food, awards, raffle prizes and more. Details from cat@nmss.org or 682-8783. Sign up online at www.santabarbarabiketour.com.

October 18-19, Goleta Lemon Festival, sponsored by several organizations. The Bicycle Coalition will have a booth for both days.

Bike to the Festival! Eat lemon pie! Stop by our booth! Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Road, Goleta, 10:00-5:00 both days.

October 19, Refugio Mountain Bike Challenge, sponsored by the Stuart C. Gildred family YMCA. This new race is an 8-mile uphill event with prizes in 8 categories. Afterwards, cool off with an 8-mile return downhill. Optional 6-mile road Family Fun Ride on rolling hills. Free barbecue at the YMCA on North Refugio Road afterwards. Phone Paula Montano 686-2037 or email barry@ciymca.org.

October 28, Integrating Land Use and Transportation, Adult Ed class with several sponsors. This is the second of five evening sessions in the Designing Livable Communities class. You can attend any of them for free, or catch them all. This one features Grant House and Dan Burden. Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 7:00 PM. For more details, pick up an Adult Ed schedule.

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Bike downhill carefully

New ideas for Central Coast Velodrome

On August 29, Bob Bisker was biking home from work on the Coast Route, heading down the hill from UCSB, before the lift station construction site, when a young man on a BMX bike came around the corner of the construction fence in the wrong lane. They

Mike Hecker, the force The nonprofit Santa behind the Central Coast Barbara Bicycle Club can Velodrome movement, undertake organizing recently proposed conthe project. structing a temporary As for materials, wood velodrome racing they will cost $61,000track while gathering mo$75,000. Hecker has mentum for a permanent lined up a source for concrete one. paint, is attempting to With that objective, he get all the plywood and obtained blueprints of other wood donated, Blueprints were recently obtained from the “Superdrome,” a wood the Frisco, Texas “Superdrome.” and is working on a velodrome in Frisco, Texas. place to locate it.

The Superdrome was ranked by VeloNews as The blueprints are for a 250-meter velodrome the best North American velodrome in 1999. with a 44º banked track. According to Frisco So far, Hecker has identified eight cyclistcyclists, “it rivals the world’s best and is one carpenters who are willing to donate time and of the hottest tracks in the industry.” You expertise, and possibly a licensed contractorcan read about the Frisco Superdrome at www.superdrome.com, and about the Central cyclist who might donate supervisory time.

Coast Velodrome by selecting it online at Construction insurance will come from USA www.ridesb.com.

Cycling and American Specialty Insurance.

The construction fence blocks views of approaching path users near Goleta Beach.

crashed, the BMX guy rode off, leaving Bisker with broken bones. His surgeon said that he has treated other cyclists for crashes at that section of path due to its poor condition.

The Bicycle Coalition discussed Bisker’s crash at our September meeting, and decided to contact involved parties to see what can be done to improve what is apparently a dangerous situation. So bike there carefully.

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For Santa Barbara County Bike Maps, info on ridesharing and van pools, just call: 963-SAVE. Quick Release • October 2003 • Page 4

Highway 101 corridor Implementation Plan For several months now, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) board members spent hours at each meeting discussing the South Coast Highway 101 corridor congestion. At issue is whether or not to proceed with the Highway 101 Implementation Plan (101 IP), a $1.5 million long-range study of the 101 corridor between Winchester Canyon and the Ventura County line, with results that can be supported by the public. In order to approve funding, 9 of the 13 SBCAG board members must vote for it.

At the September 18 SBCAG board meeting, no vote was taken on the 101 IP and it will be considered again at the October meeting.

Many wanted the 101 IP to contain explicit language that guarantees widening Highway 101, then to consider other means of moving people through the corridor. Others stressed evaluating the effectiveness of all means, including widening options.

Bicycle Coalition member Grant House recommended use of commuter rail to attract freeway drivers and thereby reduce congestion. He supports a regional transportation approach, with fair and balanced consideration of all alternatives.

Caltrans district director Gregg Albright said that although widening will have priority, a package of projects will likely be needed, that all alternatives should be considered, and that if widening is not effective in reducing congestion it should not be implemented. He also cautioned against confusing consensus with a vote of the majority.

It was pointed out that Caltrans funds for

current projects are being delayed by the state’s budget crisis, so it was suggested that SBCAG loan money to Caltrans so two South Coast Highway 101 operational improvement projects can move ahead. One is the auxiliary lane and bikepath at Ortega Hill between Summerland and Montecito. The second is a whole series of changes between Milpas and Hot Springs Road. Together they would need to borrow $7.4 million. Action on that may be taken by the SBCAG board in October.

So it remains to be seen what happens at their October 16th meeting. However, it’s looking less likely that alternatives to paving more lanes are being taken seriously.

Santa Barbara school workshop October 2 As part of developing a Pedestrian Master Plan, the City of Santa Barbara is holding a community workshop on October 2nd on improving safety for children walking to school.

While some measures make it safer for kids to walk—like connecting sidewalks—others will encourage kids bike to school as well. For example, slowing motorists near schools will help us all. And certainly if fewer kids are chauffeured by their parents, the number of motorists near schools will decrease and bicyclist safety will increase. The public workshop is being held: Thursday, October 2, 7:00-9:00 PM Santa Barbara School District Board Room 721 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara.

Swap Meet attracts buyers and sellers Both vendors and buyers at the Java Station’s first Bicycle Swap Meet were pleased with the results. The morning event on September 7th attracted sellers from as far away as Riverside to the café site just west of Santa Barbara.

Bicycles and bike parts of all vintages and kinds were offered at the Swap Meet.

The Java Station’s John Martin came up with the idea and was very pleased with the results. Will there be another? Certainly! Right after it took place, Martin was asked for another, maybe in two months. Spread the word.

Active members Please thank and support the following businesses that are Bicycle Coalition members: • King Cycle Group, Shasta Lake • MarBorg Industries, Santa Barbara • Nett & Champion Insurance, Santa Barbara • Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria • Tri Paradise Sports, Santa Barbara • Lightning Cycle Dynamics, Lompoc We welcome new members Olivia Walling, Patrick McCray, and Matt Dobberteen, and thank those who renewed their memberships: James Elliott, Dennis Thompson, Melinda Goodman, and Doug Allard.

Cross-country tour—another excuse to ride!

by Erika Lindemann day on her bicycle. The headwinds were the I thought Lila Ferguson’s bike trip across the most challenging part of her trip; only Lila country this summer, along the historic Lewis and another rider were willing to endure and Clark trail, from them for the several St. Louis to Seaside, days they were blowOregon, would make a ing. “Everyone was in great biography for our the sag wagon, but newsletter. But the inyou know how it is stant I started talking having been a Santa with Lila, I realized her Barbara Middle trip only scratched the School student, you surface of her personhave to make every ality. As I spoke with ride so that you can her, I discovered a stand up at the last young activist and hucampfire and say you manitarian, a woman did.” Lila rode every with an incredible love segment on her of the outdoors, and cross-country journey someone with an infec- Lila Ferguson sets a positive example to all her and loves to ride her friends by just bicycling. tious appreciation of bike whenever posall that Santa Barbara sible. has to offer.

Only 19, Lila is already working one-onLila had always dreamed of biking across one with friends, helping them ride more ofthe country. “If you love to bicycle, you most ten whenever possible, especially for likely have dreamed of riding across the everyday transportation like trips to work or country, so I just had to do it” she said with shopping. She has found that leading by exa warm smile, eyes sparkling with enthusiample is one of the best ways to show people asm. She spent 45 days on the road and covthe joys and benefits of biking. “I’ve found ered 2,700 miles, averaging about 80 miles a that my friends from out of town are the easiest to convert. Some of them don’t have cars or are simply interested in trying something new. Plus, as a City College student, it’s so much easier, cheaper and faster getting Prof. John Pucher says: “It seems to me to be there by bike—the bike sells itself.” a crucial development that the huge public We welcome Lila and her friends into our health community is now joining forces with bicycling community and look forward to inenvironmentalists and the sustainable transtroducing more young people in Santa Barport movement to support walking and cybara to the many joys of bicycling. cling for practical, daily transport...”

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Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition President, Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Vice President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 sb-ralph@cox.net

Secretary, position open Treasurer, Gary Wissman, 964-4607 gary@gwissman.com

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Director, Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net

Director, Drew Hunter, 542-5112 watair1@earthlink.net

Director, Erika Lindemann, 961-8919 elindemann@sbcag.org

Director, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us

Regional bicycle clubs & groups Bicycle Touring Club of Solvang Dan Henry, 688-3330

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Cyclone Racing Beth Wallace, 753-6673 xyzbethie@aol.com

Echelon Santa Barbara James Morgan, 692-2766 sblivin@earthlink.net

Goleta Valley Cycling Club Kathleen Boehm, 687-6218 kboehm@silcom.com

Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Ray Harris, 736-5454

SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers Chuck Anderson, 565-7511 sbmtv@cox.net

Santa Barbara Bicycle Club Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net Santa Barbara BMX, Dale Bowers LBowers508@aol.com

Tailwinds Bicycle Club Carl Beerup, 474-9099 beerup@charter.net

UCSB Cycling Club Philip Chang, 968-4082 pchang@physics.ucsb.edu

Gary Minar, 688-7957 gminar@syv.com

Road repair contacts Caltrans Pat Mickelson, 968-5779 pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov

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