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It’s Better By Bike!
Happy family! Photo Credit: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition “It’s better by bike!”, that seems to be the mantra these days when getting around the Bay Area and here are three articles that prove it!...
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A Copenhagen Bicycle Culture Infographic
Want to learn some statistics about bicycling in Copenhagen in a flash? Look no further than the “Copenhagen Cycle Infographic“– created by graphic designer Emma Sivell and first shared on the blog...
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Bikes, and Buses)
Whether for work, vacation, picking up or dropping off a friend – a trip to the airport is nearly as common as as trip to the market. But what is the best way to get there? Undoubtedly the simplest...
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Bay Area Leads In Bike Commuting
Creative bike parking in Palo Alto, where about 10% of commutes are by bike. Photo credit: Adam Fagen Bicycling accounts for roughly 0.5% of commuting on the national level, but if you feel like you...
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511CC’s Newest Resource– Bike Event Page!
East Bay Bike Part, one of many events listed at the new Cycling Event Page. Photo credit: RACINGMIX Here at 511 Contra Costa one of the most viewed blog posts last year was “Upcoming Bay Area and...
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Kids Who Walk or Bike to School Have Greater Concentration
A family participating in National Bike to School Day. Photo credit: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition As if there weren’t enough economic, social, environmental, safety, or physical health benefits of...
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How Do You Lock Up?
(Five bicycles locked to bike racks, one bike rack locked to a sign post. Photo credit: Walk Eagle Rock) Whether you’re going to your favorite restaurant for lunch or to the local grocery store to...
View ArticleIs It A Bike Day? Check Your Bicycle Barometer!
Have you ever been unsure whether you should bike or take public transit to work? You’re not alone! Richard Pope of London recently blogged about his most recent invention, the bicycle barometer, which...
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More Incredible Dutch Innovations in Cycling
Cycling in the snow. Photo credit: Amsterdamize When a quarter of all trips within the entire country are done by bicycle it’s difficult to imagine much could be done to make cycling more attractive...
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It’s About Better Cities
Photo credit: vision63 In just about every major American metropolitan region, and especially here in the Bay Area, streets are congested – and contested – spaces. Increasingly cities are...
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From Country Road to Bay Trail
A beautiful view from Carquinez Scenic Drive, overlooking the Carquinez Strait Photo credit: renedrivers Next fall, Central and West Contra Costa County will be better connected for travel by foot and...
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Caltrans, Amtrak Announce New Bike Reservation Policy to Improve Customer...
Bike aboard Amtrak. Photo credit: ubrayj02 Looking to take a nice train and bike trip along the coast this summer? The Source published this news release from Caltrans, which funds some passenger rail...
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Bikes: Good For Your Health, The Environment…and The Economy?
Good for business? A former parking space for a single car now easily accommodates 10 times as many bicycles. Photo credit: Walk Eagle Rock Here at 511 Contra Costa we tag posts that directly or...
View ArticleBitLock: World’s Coolest Bike Lock?
What if someone told you there were a way to safely lock your bike with a not a key, but a smartphone app? And that this same app enables you to seamlessly borrow a friend’s bike, effectively allowing...
View ArticleOlympic Corridor Trail Connector Study
Contra Costa County, together with the cities of Lafayette and Walnut Creek are conducting a planning study to examine a preferred alignment for a feasible alignment and a preferred alternative for a...
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Have You Tried the Bay Bridge’s Bike/Pedestrian Path?
(Two people enjoying the toll-free, bicycle-pedestrian path along the new Bay Bridge span. Photo credit: Sharon Hahn Darlin) The bicycle and pedestrian path along the new East Bay span of the Bay...
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Bay Area Bike-Share– Helping Us Get Around
Will the streets of the Bay Area soon be full with a sea of bike-share commuters cycling that last mile from BART to the workplace? Only time will tell. Photo credit: Richard Masoner The Bay Area is...
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Student Bag Artwork Contest
Calling all student artists! We need your creative talent to design a cool graphic to be featured on the 511 Contra Costa reusable bag that is distributed across Central and East Contra Costa County....
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Partial Insight Into Why The Dutch Cycle
American transportation planners are fixated on getting more people on bikes, and it’s easy to see why. Bicycles offer a number of benefits, so much so that we have a “bike benefits” tag on this blog....
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Removing The Conflict Between Buses and Bikes
A bicyclist peacefully overtakes a bus loading and unloading passengers. Photo credit: Canadian Veggie If you commute by bike or bus, the conflict is familiar: a bus will overtake a person bicycling...
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