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Becoming a sponsor of CycleMAYnia

Support from businesses and organizations enables Traffic Solutions, the Bicycle Coalition, and many dedicated volunteers to host an amazing month of bike events and celebrations in our community. Through our model of collaboration, we coordinate and support around thirty events each May in the Santa Barbara South Coast. The broad spectrum of ideas and coordinators means that there is something for…

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Added by Lori on September 19, 2012 at 12:12am — No Comments

Online auction now live!

The Velo Vogue Bicycle Fashion Show featured clothing and accessories for the fashionable cyclist. Now's your chance to take home the chic looks that were modeled!…

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Added by Lori on June 15, 2012 at 9:57am — No Comments

KEYT News Story about Velo Vogue

Added by Kent Epperson on May 8, 2012 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Bike Challenge 2012 is now open

Form a team and compete for fame, fitness, and to raise money for local charities and organizations May 1 - 31, 2012.

For the whole month of May, Traffic Solutions is bringing you the Bike Challenge as part of CycleMAYnia. This is our 8th annual challenge - with a twist. As in previous years, co-workers and friends can participate by forming a team of five and registering using their existing or new Traffic…

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Added by Lori on April 23, 2012 at 5:37pm — No Comments

Event registration is open! And mini-grants are available.

The event packet is now ready and registration is open! If you want to plan an event for CycleMAYnia, take a look at the packet to see what kinds of things go into a bike event. Event Packet PDF. Give us a call at 805-963-SAVE or email info@trafficsolutions.info to talk about the process. The next gathering for event planning is on February 21st at 6PM at Rusty's Pizza on Carrillo and Bath. It's listed on…

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Added by Lori on January 18, 2012 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Complete the CycleMAYnia Survey and Win!

Take the survey now. This May was our community's second annual CycleMAYnia. Whether you were a CycleMAYnia organizer, volunteer or just attended an event, we (Traffic Solutions and the SB Bicycle Coalition) need your feedback to make CycleMAYnia 2012 even more successful. We also want to hear how these events may have touched your life for the better.

Complete the survey and leave your email at the end to be…

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Added by Lori on July 12, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Tips for Organizing Bike Trains

Please check Safe Routes To School National Partnership's newest resource: A Tip Sheet… Continue

Added by Christine Bourgeois on May 19, 2011 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Webinar from Safe Route to School

Hi all,

If you missed the webinar on Bike train last week, SR2S will post it HERE

Enjoy!

Christine

Added by Christine Bourgeois on May 9, 2011 at 3:44pm — No Comments

CycleMAYnia Poster - Print'em and Post'em

Hello All,

This is the week to distribute CycleMAYnia posters around town. We have some already printed and will be distributing them at coffee shops and bulletin boards in the south coast. If you have a workplace with a bulletin board, please print out a poster and post it for us. CM-Poster-11_v2-FINAL%20%282%29.pdf

Added by Kent Epperson on April 25, 2011 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

This Saturday - Mobile Bike Clinic Launch

Hi friends!

This coming Saturday, April 23, we will be launching our Mobile Bike Shop Program at the San Andres and Victoria Street entrance of Bohnett Park on the Westside! Come on out and join us!

In addition to help with simple bicycle repairs, we are looking for folks to help out with greeting and administering our survey, which will serve as a vehicle for finding out how the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition can better serve the local Latino community. Each clinic will… Continue

Added by Lynnette Arnold on April 20, 2011 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Earth Day rocked!

Over 38,214 people attended Earth Day this year – the largest event ever!

In Bike World, 1,130 people valet parked their bikes for free, and more than a thousand others self-parked their bikes. Volunteers also wrenched on some 200 bikes and surveyed 50 community members. What a success!

Photos taken during the 2 day event are…

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Added by Christine Bourgeois on April 19, 2011 at 3:47pm — No Comments

CycleMAYnia is starting tomorrow night!

Hey bikeMAYniacs,

The fun is starting tomorrow night at the SB Natural History Museum:

7:30PM for a slide show about bike touring in Hawaii.

Free bike valet will be provided.

Any bike challenge team with 3 participants attending a CycleMAYnia event will receive 10 pts.…

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Added by Christine Bourgeois on April 19, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

geek stuf

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/riderless-bicycle-cornell/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Added by steve conner on April 15, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

bike parking article

http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-04-11-the-economic-case-for-on-street-bike-parking

Added by steve conner on April 14, 2011 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Bike World! Pedal On! Excellent!

Pedal on Wayne! Pedal on Garth!

Watch Bike World: Episode 1 and we'll see you down at Alameda Park for Earth Day!

Bike World Episode 1: "Earth Day Bike World" from Green Shorts…

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Added by Lori on April 13, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

CycleMAYnia canceled- Nobody likes bicycling.

April Fools!!!!!

Added by Edward France on April 1, 2011 at 10:42am — No Comments

KEYT takes note of high gas prices and recognizes the trend of people giving up 4 wheels for 2

John "Primetime" Palminteri and his KEYT news team did a live broadcast from WheelHouse Bikes for the 6 o'clock news on Friday March 25th. His message? If gas is getting to be too much of a financial burden, hop on a bike! The write up and video clip can be viewed at the link below:

http://www.keyt.com/news/local/Gas-Price-Average-Hit-4-a-Gallon-118688129.html

But KEYT isn't the only…

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Added by Erik Wright on March 26, 2011 at 9:50am — No Comments

Come on out and volunteer with the new SBBC mobile bike shops!

Hi friends!

We are excited to be launching our Mobile Bike Shop Program, sponsored by the Spanish Language Outreach Committee of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. Every Saturday, from April through June, a mobile bike repair shop, mounted on the back on an extracycle, will roll into either the Westside or the Eastside, providing free repairs and educational resources to residents. Our bilingual staff will help…

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Added by Lynnette Arnold on March 25, 2011 at 7:47pm — No Comments

CycleMAYnia Photo Contest

CycleMaynia Photo Contest

Call For Entries

Traffic Solutions and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition want your bike photos!

We are looking for creative, unusual, interesting and fun bicycle related photographs

to be used for promoting CycleMaynia, a culmination of fun bicycling events to be…

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Added by Kent Epperson on February 23, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

SBBC Spanish Language Outreach Committee Launches Community Mobile Bike Shop Initiative

This spring, the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition and Bici Centro will be launching an exciting new project: Community Mobile Bike Shop (Taller Movil Comunitario de Bicicletas)! This is an initiative of the SBBC Spanish Language Outreach Committee and aims to bring bicycling resources into our neighborhoods.

Every Saturday afternoon for three months, a mobile bike repair shop, mounted on the back on an extracycle, will roll into either the Westside or the Eastside,…

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Added by Lynnette Arnold on January 24, 2011 at 6:41pm — 1 Comment