Palo Alto bike boulevards, make your voice heard!

Following a campaign by the Palo Alto Local Team, the City of Palo Alto approved funding for multiple bike boulevards and is now in the midst of the design and public input period of a network of 22 Bike Boulevards in the city.If you want to get involved and make your voice heard on any of these projects, consider attending any of the following meetings, for more info and locations visit the project website. It is very important to demonstrate ongoing support from the bicycling community for this projects.Oct. 14: Bryant Bike Boulevard update meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmOct. 14: Homer-Channing meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmOct. 23: Matadero Creek Trail walkabout, 3 - 6 pmOct. 28: Park Boulevard meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmOct. 28: Stanford Ave. meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmOct. 28: Wilkie Way meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmOct. 30: Maybell Bike Boulevard meeting, 6:30-8:30 pmNov. 1: Google/Palo Alto partnership meeting, 6:30-8:30 pm(Meetings will continue in November)We look forward to seeing the complete streets improvements implemented to greatly enhance safety for schoolchildren in the area, continue to improve students’ rates of active transportation, as well as provide clear markings for people who bike to delineate roadway space for cars and bikes. Bicycle boulevards are important because they are a cost-effective way to promote bicycling by creating a less stressful route for people who want to bike, and encourage many who wouldn’t bike on busier streets to do so. Palo Alto has been a leader in being a bicycle-friendly and environmentally aware community and these improvements will strongly advance the Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan and the bicycle friendliness of the city.