Napa County Bicycle Coalition

Join us this Friday at Harvest Middle School for a COWS/VACAS event with NapaParkRx, Innovative Health Solutions, and other awesome local partners! We will be setting up a bike rodeo course for youth to practice bike-handling and traffic safety skills, followed by a family-friendly bike ride around the neighborhood 🚲 Don't forget to bring your bike and helmet for this fun and free community event! ☀️

And last but not least, enormous thanks to The Doctors Company for being a 2024 Champion bike month sponsor! We are so fortunate to have The Doctors Company in our community with all the ways they give back and support health and well-being, both directly and through their generous support of nonprofit organizations.

Join us this Wednesday for a Sip & Support benefitting the Napa County Bicycle Coalition and Napa Valley Vine Trail at Clif Family Winery! 🚲🍷 Enjoy delicious food, including this Wednesday's Japanese street food menu, great wine, and live music on the patio while supporting bicycling in Napa Valley. From 4-7 PM, Clif Family Winery will donate 20% of all revenue from wine and food sales to NCBC and the Vine Trail. We hope to see you there! 🎶

More info at https://napabike.org/event/clif-family-winery-sip-support/

We can't wait to deck out our bikes with all decor light and bright for our summer sunset community bike ride at Wetlands Edge Park next week with American Canyon Community & Parks Foundation! 🌅 🚲 There is still time to sign up for this free community ride - check out the details and register at www.bit.ly/lightupride ⬅️

Thanks for featuring us, California Bicycle Coalition!

📣 Seeking 25 new members! 📣 Members make our advocacy for safer streets and better bike lanes possible.

To welcome new members and celebrate current ones, we’re announcing two great new member benefits:

* $20 off Pointz Plus! Pointz is “Waze meets AAA for bikes.” We love that it shows the bike friendliness level of each part of a route with color-coding.

* 15% off your first tour with Great American Bike Tours! Great American Bike Tours offer some of the best cycling tours in the Eastern US and Canada.

Join us and easily earn back your membership fee by taking advantage of an array of discounts: https://napabike.org/become-a-member/

Thank you to members for making it happen!

🚲 Next week! 🚲 Join us and American Canyon Bike Shop for a free Family Biking Workshop at Community Park 1 that covers all things bike safety, from proper helmet fit to hand signals for turning. We'll wrap up the workshop with a group bike ride to BurgerIM for free milkshakes for participants! 🥤 More info and sign up at bit.ly/cycleforshakes

We are excited to be partnering with American Canyon Community & Parks Foundation to bring a free community Sunset Bike Ride to American Canyon on Saturday, July 27th! 🌅 🚲 We'll be highlighting the importance of visibility as a bicycle safety strategy - so bring your bike lights and any other bright bike decor! More details and sign up at https://bit.ly/lightupride ✨

We are excited to announce the Napa County Bicycle Coalition was selected by the Clif Family Foundation for a grant of general support. General support grants are hugely helpful in allowing us to meet our mission. Thank you so much to the Clif Family Foundation! We are honored by your partnership and grateful for all you do to make people and the planet healthier.

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Hey cyclists🚴‍♀️(and those who love them) - Caltrans is seeking input on TWO different biking plans. Here's how to take part:

1️⃣ Caltrans has developed a story map that identifies bicycle needs across the state highway system. These needs are prioritized using the bike plan goals: safety, mobility, and equity. Click the link below to explore the map and give your feedback.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3d67ec0ec2bf44528ee42d44b7faf0be

2️⃣ Caltrans has developed a Bicycle Best Practices Guide. The Best Practices detail preferred designs for interchanges, intersections and corridors. Click on the link below to explore the report and record your comments.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a9aa574f59ed4af9abd73704dacf0e6a

Our collaboration to keep trash bins out of bike lanes continues! We asked and to begin sharing this reminder we developed with them on an annual basis and in Spanish, and they obliged! Check your July bills, and please join us in thanking our partners for helping to make the roads safer for bicyclists!

A big thank-you to our Bike Month Champion Sponsor Spare the Air! In addition to supporting our Bike Month activities and championing bike commuting as a spare-the-air strategy, Spare the Air has also provided great swag for our annual Walk and Roll to School Day event to encourage students to walk, bike, and roll to school. Thank you for your partnership Spare the Air, Bay Area! 💫👏

Congratulations to our friends over at Athletic Feat Bicycle Works on their 45th business anniversary! 🎉 Bicycle Works is a steadfast partner to NCBC and a staple in the Napa bicycling community, and we appreciate all the ways they give back and support biking in Napa 🚲

📣 NCBC needs your input! 📣

Part 2 of our supporter survey focusing on bicycle connectivity in Calistoga, Yountville, and the County of Napa is LIVE through July 2nd - and we want to hear from you! Head to the link below to let us know where you think bicycle infrastructure improvements will make the most difference in connecting bicyclists to where they want to go. Take the survey by July 2nd and be entered into our prize drawing for a Serfas True 1000 Lumen Headlight (a $100 value)!

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=S2HT-zgr2UyuRNF22QZoRJ7gJ9UG6TFGucwEa_SVdzdUMFBVOUs5VURVRkJJRTMxTVFaR0I3RjQyVy4u&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Wvpc1FdSfWQPEu-SQIQmyvHDxg2Tff5u1PuyX2AfCpZOuB2HMUysBvZg_aem_SRe3ISCIiKZJKXGds

Join the us and our friends at American Canyon Bike Shop for a free Family Biking Workshop at Community Park 1 on Saturday, July 20 to learn and practice the skills necessary to safely ride around your neighborhood. Workshop will include on-bike safety training, a group ride around the neighborhood, and end with free milkshakes for participants at BurgerIM! Registration required, workshop is best suited for ages 6-12 and parents/guardians. Sign up at https://bit.ly/cycleforshakes 🚲

Who has two hands and is SUPER AWESOME? Big thanks to The Hub Bike Shop for being Champion Bike Month sponsors this year and for the many and varied ways Keith and his team support and give back to biking in Napa! Thanks also for hosting our Bikefest planning meetings and showing everyone how a tall guy can still be great at bike limbo. 😁

Thanks to for this great coverage of the Bike Lane Sweeper and our commitment to sweep the Imola Bridge!

Huge thanks to Champion Bike Month sponsor the City of American Canyon! The City partners with NCBC in a number of ways to promote biking—a partnership that involves their Police Department, Public Works, Parks & Recreation, and City Council members. Special thanks this year to Mayor Leon Garcia for being a good sport and volunteering to be the target in our game of Tube the Mayor at this year’s Bikefest. 💫🚴✌️

Take Part 2 of our Supporter Survey by July 2!

Our focus on connectivity continues--this time in Calistoga, Yountville, and the County of Napa. Which bike lane and bike infrastructure upgrades would make the most difference in connecting bicyclists of all ages and abilities to the places they want to go?

As with Part 1, those who complete Part 2 of our survey by July 2 will be entered into a drawing for a Serfas True 1000 Lumen Headlight (a $100 value).

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=S2HT-zgr2UyuRNF22QZoRJ7gJ9UG6TFGucwEa_SVdzdUMFBVOUs5VURVRkJJRTMxTVFaR0I3RjQyVy4u

Maiden voyage of our new bike lane sweeper! Thanks to 50 donors, we picked up approximately 36 gallons of gravel, glass, foliage, and trash from the protected bike lanes on the Imola Bridge yesterday, in addition to two buckets of large item debris. Along with our Board Secretary Joel King, we thank you for empowering NCBC to keep these lanes safe and ridable.

We are still reveling in the afterglow of Bike Month and our gratitude continues. Thanks so much to for being a Champion sponsor! Did you check out the MCE Ebike & Demo Show at Bikefest? We appreciate their direct support, along with the way our missions overlap to better the environment. Thanks for being a great community partner, MCE!

🚨 Action alert for active transportation in California!🚨 We support California Bicycle Coalition's call to Governor Newsom to reverse his proposed cuts to critical funding to the statewide Active Transportation Program, a vital funding source for projects that improve walking and biking conditions throughout the state. You can take action to preserve this funding by using CalBike's email form at the link below - send an email today to help save this funding in the final budget, which will be released on June 15.
https://www.calbike.org/invest-divest/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4b9f522d-9263-4db1-b81b-c5d521cac784

ED Kara Vernor had the honor of speaking with filmmakers about cycling in Napa and the impact of the Deaton’s preventable deaths. Check out the new, important series Lives Worth Remembering started by the nonprofit The White Line.

A reminder to drive slowly and cautiously in school zones, especially if you drive a truck or SUV. This first photo was taken across the street from West Park Elementary School. We watched a parent who was driving a truck drop off their child, and then drive off right over this barricade, which was about the height of many of the children who were arriving. It appeared the driver simply did not see it. Trucks have grown larger and less safe for pedestrians, especially those who are children. Please double check those blind spots or consider dropping off outside of the school zone and walking with your child if you drive a vehicle that studies have shown disproportionately kills and injures pedestrians.

With most of our Bike Month activities winding down, we want to get back to thanking the sponsors who made the month possible. Big thanks to Stanly Ranch for being a Champion sponsor and for offering a discount to Napa Bikefest attendees! Stanly Ranch has a host of their own cycling events happening this summer, from free rides, to a Tour de France ride & watch with Pro Cyclist Peter Stetina, to endurance training. Check it out & join us in thanking them for their support of local cycling! https://aubergeresorts.com/ stanlyranch/experiences/cycling/

At the May 21 City Council Meeting, American Canyon recognized May as National Bike Month. This observance recognizes the many benefits of biking, which include: reducing carbon emissions, improving physical and mental health and reducing traffic congestion. Kara Verner of Napa County Bicycle Coalition received the proclamation.

The Napa County Bicycle Coalition is a nonprofit organization that works with local residents, small businesses, industry and elected officials to align our transportation sector with the needs of bicyclists and other active transportation users. They provide important advocacy, help develop safe routes to school and work, provide bike valet services at community events and put on exciting community events like Bikefest and Bike to School and Work Day. Thank you, Napa County Bicycle Coalition, for your dedication in serving our community!

➡️ Read the full proclamation on National Bike Month:https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/attachment/2610770/1._May_2024_as_National_Bike_Month.pdf

🚲 Bike to Bottlerock! 🚲 we will be hosting our free bike valet parking all three days of the festival at 2nd & Silverado from 11 AM-11 PM! Ditch the traffic and ride on in - don’t forget a lock! 🎶

WOW!!! Thanks to 50 donors, we surpassed our fundraising goal in just ONE DAY—thank you!!

We are thrilled that so many people share our enthusiasm for the unique tow-behind bike lane sweeper and what it can accomplish. We will purchase the sweeper in June, and we can’t wait to get it out on the road—and covered with the names of the donors who made it possible. Will post pics once it’s ready for show.

We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful cycling community here in Napa County. Thank you for being in coalition with us for better and safer biking!!

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Check out the Bike Lane Sweeper! This model picks up debris rather than pushes it to the side, and it’s amazing! We swept both sides of the Imola bridge, which was in pretty rough shape, in two hours with it. Now we are asking for your help to purchase this unit that was on loan to us yesterday.

NCBC board secretary, Joel King, has launched a GoFundMe to help us secure the sweeper, and we are already about halfway there. Read more about the unit and donate at the link below. Help bring this community asset to Napa! Let’s work together to clean up the bike lanes and rid them of debris.

https://gofund.me/9db52940

Congrats to the Napa County Bicycle Coalition on its 30th Annual Bike to Work & School Day! Each May, the Coalition brings our community together to celebrate the joy and benefits of biking for transportation by encouraging folks to try out bike commuting.