Beacon Safety Co.

03/12/2018

For beginners, one-stop websites and some old-fashioned one-on-one instruction is putting riders on seats.

03/09/2018

Sacramento now has its own competitive Women's Cycling Team and we're meeting some of the ladies this morning!

10/13/2017

This is a DIY air filter for filtering out smoke in your home or office during wildfires in your area. It is by no means an end all solution for filtering al...

09/20/2017

Chicago's mayor: "You cannot be for a startup, high-tech economy and not be pro-bike."

09/18/2017

😕

More details about Thursday morning’s fatal collision at Oak Parkway and East Bidwell St. in Folsom: Naun Rocha, age 41, was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver who has been arrested by the Folsom Police Department. The victim worked at Taco Loco Taqueria on Blue Ravine Rd. near Folsom Blvd. and was riding home from a second job at 2:30 AM when he was hit.

This is the 6th fatal collision in Sacramento County since the start of the year, the 4th in just four weeks, and the 2nd in the Folsom area (a cyclist was killed on Auburn-Folsom Road in Placer County in March),

Hit-and-run collisions are especially horrifying because it seems so difficult to control the cause. Yet in other respects, this collision closely resembles other fatal bicycle collisions in our region.

Oak Parkway and East Bidwell St. are two of Folsom’s largest, busiest streets. East Bidwell has four lanes and in some places Oak Parkway has six lanes, and both have posted speed limits of 45 MPH, at speed at which half of all collisions with bicyclists and pedestrians are fatal.

On East Bidwell, the distance between Oak Parkway and the nearest signalized intersections in either direction is more than a half-mile, a distance than enables speeds well above the posted speed limit. The intersection of Oak Parkway and East Bidwell also has freeway-like “free right” turn lanes in all directions, which also encourage faster speeds.

And like most other streets where fatal collisions occur, Oak Parkway and East Bidwell have bike lanes; the bike lanes on East Bidwell are buffered by wider striping, which creates further separation from vehicle traffic. Given the size, speeds and traffic volumes of both streets, protected bike lanes (AKA cycle tracks or separated bikeways) or off-street bike paths would offer the best protection for bicycle traffic.

We’ll be working with our allies at Folsom Area Bicycle Advocates to talk with the City of Folsom about the causes of collisions like these and how they might be prevented on East Bidwell and Oak Parkway.

Meanwhile, a fundraising campaign has begun to help return the victim’s body to his family in Mexico. When we have more details, we’ll let you know how you can donate.

http://www.kcra.com/article/arrest-made-in-deadly-folsom-hit-and-run-crash/12241477

08/31/2017

Caltrans just hired one of the most effective, coalition-building bicycle advocates in the state to lead its Sustainability Program. We hope that’s a good thing.

08/31/2017

Arggh. Not another one.

A man was hit and killed on Wednesday night. The driver stayed on the scene and went to the hospital for injuries

08/22/2017

Fascinating

Who needs Tesla?

08/02/2017

As the City of Sacramento prepares the Downtown Specific Plan, which will provide high-level environmental review for projects to add at least 10,000 housing units in the Central City over the next 10 years, this is the first in a series of blog posts examining how other cities are dramatically impr...

07/27/2017

Can’t wait for MLS to say “ok welcome to MLS Sacramento”. Building a denser core will help accelerate better cycling infrastructure.

Republic FC will begin pre-construction work on a new soccer stadium in the downtown Sacramento railyard. MLS will announce two expansion spots in December.

07/14/2017

Impressive infrastructure for cycling in Calgary! Sacramento needs to build a network of lanes all at once instead of the piece-meal approach to connecting routes.

05/28/2017

“ONE WEEK LEFT for ! Log your historical miles & go pedal! Let's rally and beat (SABA)! , it's not too late!”