For 4th and 5th graders, today was helmet fitting.
I organized a bike parts activity for students who had finished.
2nd and 3rd graders were presented with pedestrian safety, lesson 1.
Greer begins
Chairs are back!
Nine months ago, June 2025, Avery asked if I had any projects where he could earn money. Sure, the chairs on the front porch needed to be refinished! He did all the sanding over the summer and then the project stalled. Recently Thais was able borrow a paint sprayer from the neighbor and finish the job. Dave made these chairs for me shortly after I moved here in March 2017.
LOL: Thais informed me there would not be a future refinishing of these chairs.
Almost ready for Greer
Friday.
A team from SABA’s Ride Ready Repair came to Greer to check the the bikes stored in the trailer. All Bike Fridays.
I scouted the other supplies in the trailer and planned the bicycle course in the area the vice-principal designated. Hmm, I will have half the amount of space actually needed for bike drills and it’s in a L shape. Next “hmmm,” two classes at the same time = about 55 kids and only 30 bikes.
SacRT SR2T
This evening in Elk Grove. Population = 179,000. Two residents showed up. SacRT needs to come up with another community engagement strategy.
Budget Committee
After presenting the Active Transportation Commission’s annual report to the P&PE Committee, councilmembers recommended the report go the Budget Committee for consideration to be included in the City of Sacramento’s budget. We were last on a packed agenda and butting up against a required closed session – so I skipped lines in my speech and talked really fast.
Final result: this report should now go to the entire City Council within the next couple of months. This is the closest ATC has ever gotten to having any of our recommendations funded. And yet … there is NO chance active transportation will get even the smallest slice of the pie due to a significant budget deficit. More cyclists and pedestrians are killed each year than are murdered. 30% of the budget goes to the police department and 0% is allocated to make our streets safer. Frustrating.
Flag football
Carson (out there somewhere):
Breakthrough Sacramento
I didn’t know about Breakthrough Sacramento until Patricia from SABA and I were asked to attend a cohort meeting to talk about advocating for active transportation. On their website, it says they provide “a year-round, tuition-free, college preparatory program for academically-motivated, ethnically diverse students from under-resourced schools in the Sacramento area.”
SacRT SR2T
Another community engagement evening in
Again, sparsely attended. Two blind residents provided valuable input.
This resident (the only other attendee) is a frequent user of bus and light rail. Every word was recorded.
Prepping for Greer
I have been working on curriculum for 4 bicycle safety lessons for all 5th and 4th graders and 2 pedestrian safety lessons for 3rd and 2nd graders at Greer Elementary. This Safe Routes to School grant was funded by CalTrans –> County of Sacramento –> SABA. We just received our official start date for the program so I began ordering supplies: helmets for about 220 kids (15 large brown boxes worth), jerseys and many other supplies, and hiring League Cycling Instructors. My living room was beginning to fill up.
All the helmets needed to be unpacked with packaging removed and discarded, then helmets repacked and box labeled.
Basketball
Another season draws to a close.
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