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Confusion Over New Bike Lanes in Downtown San Jose

Sep 21, 2018
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Confusion Over New Bike Lanes in Downtown San Jose

If you’ve been driving around downtown San Jose this week, you couldn’t be blamed for thinking you’d stumbled onto an obstacle course or a graveyard of abandoned vehicles. Cars and trucks are parked side by side, bikes are zipping in and out of traffic and drivers are dodging workers who are busy painting crosswalks It’s the unfortunate growing pains of the Better BikewaySJ project, which aims to create safer, more protected paths for bicyclists as well as traffic-calming mea

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San Jose is Updating it’s Bike Plan

Sep 13, 2018
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San Jose is Updating it’s Bike Plan

The City of San José is starting a one-year process to update its Bike Plan, and we need to hear from you – whether you ride a bike or not. You experience San José streets every day, and your input is an indispensable and vital part of this plan. Help us create a San José where biking is a regular and common activity for people of all ages and abilities. Let us know: How can we make biking easier and more comfortable? What needs to improve for you to either start making s

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Better Bikeways Meeting

Jul 7, 2018
1 min

Better Bikeways Meeting

As we work to build out our streets, and improve our city’s “bikeability,” our Department of Transportation is hosting a community outreach meeting on the Better Bikeways San José network. Design updates will be reviewed, including changes that have been made in response to public comment. The designs for Fourth Street and St. John Street will be the focus of this meeting, but designs for other network segments will all be available for public review and comment. Date: July 1

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Shared Bikes and Scooters Community Meeting

Jun 18, 2018
1 min

Shared Bikes and Scooters Community Meeting

Please join the City of San Jose Department of Transportation to learn more about the shared bicycles and scooters that are currently operating in the Downtown area. This event will have two parts: Demonstration (4:30-7:30 pm) - Community members may try bicycles and scooters. Operators and city staff will be available to answer questions and take feedback. Community Meeting (6:30-7:30 pm) - City staff will present proposed regulations for bikes, scooters, and similar devices

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Bike to Work Day is May 10th

May 7, 2018
1 min

Bike to Work Day is May 10th

The City of San Jose's Department of Transportation is partnering with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose State, and others to host an Energizer Station, short program, and Movers and Shakers Ride along San Fernando Street and the Guadalupe River Trail to VTA's North 1st Street Offices. Join the fun and consider biking to work on May 10th! #Bicycles #Bikes #SiliconValleyBicycleCoalition #VTA

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Better Bikeways for Central San José

Mar 3, 2018
1 min

Better Bikeways for Central San José

Join San José in creating world-class streets and a premier bicycling network. Cities around the country have shown that downtown bikeways can create safe and sustainable movement, linking residents of all neighborhoods to economic opportunity, and making streets into better public spaces, block by block. With major transit investments, bike share expansion, a Vision Zero goal, and sustained growth in the city’s core, San José is at an inflection point. The opportunity to set

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Better Bikeways for Central San José

Feb 23, 2018
1 min

Better Bikeways for Central San José

Join San José in creating world-class streets and a premier bicycling network. Cities around the country have shown that downtown bikeways can create safe and sustainable movement, linking residents of all neighborhoods to economic opportunity, and making streets into better public spaces, block by block. With major transit investments, bike share expansion, a Vision Zero goal, and sustained growth in the city’s core, San José is at an inflection point. The opportunity to set

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