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Bus audit

I was invited to be a part of a bus audit with AARP and SacRT for a section of the bus route on Marysville Blvd in Del Paso Heights.

A quick-build project was recently completed which means some visible improvements have been made to this high-injury roadway. There’s so much more to be done and the City of Sacramento is looking for grants to take the next step.

Crosswalk in very poor condition. This area is not part of the quick build.

We boarded a SacRT bus here – Sarah Poe, in the blue shirt, is a Senior Planner with Sacramento Regional Transit.

and got off 2 stops later in front of Grant High School.

Thank you AARP for allowing a few members of the public to give feedback on Sac RT services and the current state of improvements on Marysville Blvd.

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Bike Rodeo

Tuesday evening at Elk Grove Regional Park – a huge park. We were expecting up to 100 Cub Scouts. Our League Cycling Instructor team: Michael (recently hired to take on most of my projects plus many other tasks at SABA, not yet an LCI but will take the next available training), Kathy, me, Lorge, Wes, Joel:

The team from Elk Grove – they are at Station 1 and do registration and helmet fitting.

SABA mechanics at Station 2: Ken and Doug

Just 26 Cub Scouts practiced skills at the bike rodeo and we were able to close down a half hour early.

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Birthday dinner

Elaine’s birthday is one month and one day before mine. Tonight we celebrated both our birthdays with Terri at

Our first time at this restaurant and a very good experience. Not crowded, not noisy, great food and even better, good friends.

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B St Theatre

Terri and I had lunch at Cafe Bernardo before going to B St for a 2p play.

Five actors played multiple parts while John Lamb was on stage and added the quite entertaining sound effects.

Steamer trunks were borrowed from many local organizations and theaters. The stage design and lighting were excellent.

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American River Bridge

Today was supposed to be the official ribbon cutting ceremony to open the new American River Bridge connecting the Arden Fair and Cal Expo side of the river to downtown along I-80. The ceremony was postponed, no reason was given. Brenda and I went to scout out the ride on our own.

26 miles.

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Celebrate Natomas

I led a ride to Celebrate Natomas. We left from the Jibe office: Jim, Paul, Lennore, Minka.

We stayed about an hour. Sadly, Lennore’s bike had a rear flat tire after we checked out from Bike Valet. Marcelino did his best to help.

We left Lennore at the event. At Airport Rd, Paul, Jim and Minka rode back to the start point. I rode fast back to my house to get my vehicle. I drove back to the event, picked up Lennore/bike, drove Lennore back to Jibe office to get her vehicle, met her at her garage where we unloaded her bike. I have been rescued SO many times on past bike rides and tours – I am passing on the good vibes.

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Velo Lancers

Barbara has taken on a big project (imho) for the American River Bike Patrol Velo Lancer program. I want to be available to help as often as possible on their Saturday morning meetups. For the next 10 weeks, these Cordova High School students will gain bike riding skills and endurance. In the end, they will earn a brand new Trek bike.