The ride leader for Saturday’s ride around the airport was ill so I stepped in to lead the ride. It started at Blackbird Park, about 2/10th of a mile from my house – sweet. Lorge, Harjap, Jim, Althea, Vik, Nav, Galib:
Thank you Teal Bend Golf Course for being a great rest stop about halfway through our ride.
Garden Highway:
Great ride. 20 miles.
Avery played a song he learned recently, a lullaby. He can play quite a few songs, all from memory.
He’s also really good at Block Blast, a currently popular video game, and learning to speak Japanese using online resources and tutoring from a bi-lingual friend. Flag football and basketball are winding down. Next comes golf and volleyball. And finishing 7th grade.
Today on my ride, I took pictures of vehicles parked in bike lanes. This is illegal but there’s no enforcement.
Not only was this truck parked in the bike lane, it was also right next to a No Stopping Any Time sign.
And then .. the truck pulled ahead to the left and stopped in the space with the crossed lines.
The driver got out, walked back toward me, and !! apologized for blocking my lane. He asked what I was doing and I explained. He apologized again and asked if he was going to get a ticket. No, but I did share that City buses are now equipped with AI-guided cameras and are now issuing citations when bus stops and nearby bike lanes are blocked.
At the Budget and Audit Committee, the 2024 Annual Report from the Active Transportation Committee was up for consideration in the upcoming budget. Fingers crossed, a new TAG (Tactical Action Group) will be formed to immediately investigate bicycle and pedestrian deaths and injuries to see if a quick-build fix is possible. More people die in bike or ped collisions than by homicide in Sacramento County. We are pushing the City to address this problem. Mellissa Meng from Jibe spoke in support of this proposal along with many others.
And, after that meeting, I went to a SABA staff meeting a couple of blocks away.
Project Ride Smart will be starting soon. Every couple of years, Jibe provides a refresh of the best teaching methods for the 5th grade bicycle driver education program. Deanna presented information on the classroom lessons.
I presented the best strategies for planning and teaching a street ride.
We rode from the Jibe office to nearby Natomas Park Elementary. After lunch in the park, we rode Yellow 1 and Green 2 routes several times. I am so glad Jibe is recruiting and training new LCIs for their bike-related programs.
The final basketball game of the St Ignatius season.
Brenda, BarbaraL, Maria, Laurie and I drove to Saugstad Park in Roseville to start today’s ride.
5 miles of beautiful trail to Sierra College Blvd, then we took roads to Loomis and had lunch at
Great ride. 32 miles.
Tuesday: a special meeting of the City Council to vote on the design to pursue for the Truxel Bridge. By a 3 to 2 margin, active transportation supporters wrote e-comments and spoke in person encouraging Councilmembers to vote No vote. Many residents north of the river (South and North Natomas) want and have been asking for a no-car design to be considered.
Thursday: Active Transportation Commission.
Brenda, Lori, me, Maria, and Laurie met at Sacramento Bar Park to start our ride around Lake Natomas.
We took a detour to explore part of the Johnny Cash Trail.
We’re standing in front of a guitar pick which sits on large copper record.
Lunch at Sociology:
Fun ride, cold day, 22 miles.
Avery had a weekend-long tournament at a local school.
Lenin kept score:
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