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More bicycle safety education needed
Today’s guest column about bicycle safety is from the Community Traffic Safety Coalition, an organization that advocates for improvements to make all modes of transportation safer. In December, the County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency and the Community Traffic … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, Bicycling, bike safety, Bike Traffic School, CHP, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, cycling, driver education, Driver safety, Office of Traffic Safety, roads, Traffic collisions, traffic laws, traffic safety, transportation, Uncategorized, watsonville
Tagged bicycle, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, cycling safety, transportation
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Neighbors hog all street parking, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: There is plenty of open parking space on the street where we live. Unfortunately, both next door neighbors have a gazillion cars and squeeze us out of parking in front of our home. We have one … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, Bicycling, bike safety, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, consumer affairs, cycling, driver education, Driver safety, parking, traffic citation, traffic safety, traffic school, traffic ticket, traffic violation, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle traffic school, bicycles, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, law enforcement, parking, Santa Cruz, traffic citations, transportation
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Capitola resident seeks relief from speeders, loud motorcycles
Dear Street Smarts Q: Several neighbors met with our much respected police chief in Capitola about slowing down motorcycles that fly up the main exit streets of Capitola on weekends, tail pipes blasting ,causing an unbelievable amount of noise at … Continue reading
Posted in aggressive drivers, Capitola, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, consumer affairs, Driver safety, Ecology Action, roads, Safe Routes to School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, speed, traffic safety, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, Drive Like Your Kids Live Here, Ecology Action, Motorcycles, noise, Santa Cruz, SCCRTC, speed, Traffic calming, transportation
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Volunteers watch, log cyclist behavior countywide
From May 15- June 15, the Community Traffic Safety Coalition’s members are fanning out to intersections and schools countywide to watch and record the behavior of cyclists. Armed with clipboards and the parameters for conducting the 2014 Bicycle Observation Survey, … Continue reading
2014 Bicycle Observation Survey begins
Now through June 15, volunteers with the Community Traffic Safety Coalition will fan out at 50 schools and major intersections countywide to watch the riding habits of bicyclists as part of the 2014 Bicycle Observation Survey. Armed with a clipboard and … Continue reading
Soquel grandma expressed concern for young cycling participants
Dear Street Smarts, Q: This mother of four and grandmother of four is daily appalled at the sight of mothers on bicycles, pulling their tiny passengers in flimsy little carts on busy streets. These children are so vulnerable, one can … Continue reading
Talking bicycle safety data with the Community Traffic Safety Coalition
Editor’s note: Today’s Street Smarts column was submitted by Theresia Rogerson, health educator for the county health service agency and coordinator of the Community Traffic Safety Coalition. In her piece, Rogerson talks about observed bicyclist habits as well as crash … Continue reading
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Volunteers needed to count, observe cyclists and pedestrians this month
The movements of pedestrians and cyclist will be watched closely this month. The Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission and the Community Traffic Safety Coalition are joining forces to host the Bicycle Observation Survey 2012 and Santa Cruz County Bicycle and … Continue reading
Bicycle-pedestrian transportation graphic shows low spending on facilities for those road users
What thoughts does this transportation graphic evoke from you? This graphic was forwarded to Street Smarts from the Community Traffic Safety Coalition. It illustrates the high number of bicycle and pedestrian road users — and fatal crashes — while depicting … Continue reading
Obeying traffic laws will make Santa Cruz County roads safer for cyclists
The Santa Cruz community may have gotten a silver medal on the League of American Bicyclists’ list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, but riding a bike around the county seems to be getting more dangerous, according to statistics from the California … Continue reading
