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Category Archives: alternative transportation
Transportation grant aims to save lives
The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency is the recipient of $120,000 in grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety. “This grant funding will greatly enhance our work with collaborative partners in public safety, schools and community-based groups … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, bike safety, booster seats, cell phones, child passenger safety, child seats, children, county, driver education, Driver safety, Driving impaired, DUI, electric vehicle, fuel conservation, green vehicles, Helmets, impaired drivers, inattentive drivers, Office of Traffic Safety, passenger safety, pedestrian education, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Public safety, teen drivers, teens, texting, traffic safety, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, county, distracted driving, DUI, pedestrians, Traffic collisions, transportation
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More 411 on owning an EV
Recently, Cheryl Schmitt, transportation planner for the Santa Cruz public works department, wrote a guest column about her adventures in cutting her lifeline to gasoline-powered vehicles and attaching it instead to a plug-in electric Think City car. Readers have written … Continue reading
Life with a plug-in electric car
Editor’s note: Today’s column comes from Cheryl Schmitt, transportation coordinator for Santa Cruz city’s public works department. She recently bought a “Th!nk City” all electric car as part of her next phase in promoting alternative transportation, an effort she’s been … Continue reading
Going to a New Year’s Eve party? Tipsy Tow is an alternative to driving home drunk
If you have plans to party it up as you bring in 2011, AAA’s Tipsy Tow service will be there to take you and your vehicle home if you get too sauced to drive. “If you’ve been drinking, don’t get behind the wheel,” … Continue reading
The proper way to walk across the street
Dear Street Smarts, Q: What is the proper way to cross the street? I have been crossing the street on my own since I was a young girl and I never have any problems. Yet, I see grown adults who … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, California Vehicle Code, commute, driver education, Ecology Action, Mission Street, pedestrian education, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, traffic laws, Uncategorized
Tagged alternative transportation, bicycle, California Vehicle Code, commute, crosswalks, cycling, driver education, Ecology Action, Mission Street, Mission: Pedestrian, pedestrian education, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Santa Cruz, traffic laws
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Capitola planning body to take up city bike plan Thursday
The Capitola Planning Commission this week will discuss the implementation of a bicycle plan as the city begins updating its transportation plan. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the commission will hear public input in regard to programs aimed at enhancing bicycle … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, Capitola, Uncategorized
Tagged alternative transportation, bicycle, Capitola
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There’s a new website aimed at teaching bicyclists how to ride safely and confidently. Bike Safe California was created recently by the California Bicycle Coalition as part of the Healthy Transportation Network, a project of the California Department of Public … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, Bicycling, bike safety, California Vehicle Code, consumer affairs, traffic laws, Uncategorized
Tagged alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, bicycle safety, California Vehicle Code, consumer affairs, traffic laws
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Cabrillo students eligible for zero interest bike loan
Ecology Action, a local non-profit organization that promotes sustainable living, is teaming up with Cabrillo College to offer students zero interest loans to purchase bicycles they can use to get to school, work and anywhere else they need to go. … Continue reading
Earth Day: Does saving the world by driving less mean the demise of well-maintained roads?
Earth Day is the kind of holiday that makes you think about the things you can do to save the world. Among them, may be to cut down on your fuel consumption, which reduces the amount of greenhouse gases released … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bus, carpool, commute, consumer affairs, fuel conservation, potholes, public works, public works projects, road work, roads, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Public Works, Uncategorized, watsonville, Watsonville Public Works
Tagged alternative transportation, bicycle, bus, carpool, commute, consumer affairs, fuel conservation, gas tax, public works, roads, Santa Cruz, watsonville
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Arana Gulch project on hold, city regroups
The Arana Gulch Master Plan is on hold, but it may not dead. On Thursday, the California Coastal Commission agreed to grant the city of Santa Cruz a continuance in order to give it time to research alternatives to the … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, Bicycling, bike path, cycling, disabled access, paths, pedestrians, public transportation, public works projects, Santa Cruz Public Works, transportation projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Arana Gulch, bicycles, cycling, disabled access, paths, pedestrians, public transportation projects, public works projects, Santa Cruz
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