This was the first street-ride day at Northlake. There were quite a few kids who weren’t ready to go on a street ride. Deanna and I stayed with them and worked on basic skills. Wes and Buddy along with the 5th grade teacher took another group out for a short street ride.
at Rio Americano High School (hot gym and old steep unsafe bleachers – that’s my age speaking – lol.
And, Happy Birthdays to Justin and Jennifer.
First Friday of September! Laurie, Paul, Jim, Milan, Barbara, Lennore:
Just a few kids who needed to learn how to ride. Quite a few just wanted to ride around, although we (Barbara, Kathy and I) add in some skills they can also practice like hand signals and scanning.
Today I helped out at Northlake Elementary for helmet fitting day.
Lorge teaching bike parts:
Deanna introducing the next video:
Barbara teaching bike parts to the second class.
Carson had a baseball tournament all weekend at Ciavarella Park. The weather was great. And the new bridge along I-80 over the American Bridge is a great shortcut.
Just after you cross the bridge, Ciavarella is just off to the right about 1/4 mile away … down there:
But no access. Instead you have to ride about a mile farther and exit at Glen Hall Park, then ride a mile back. Great baseball game, lots of exciting plays.
Saturday morning at Cordova HS:
Our turn-around point:
Almost noon, time to wrap up.
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.
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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