Yes, you know EVERYTHING. You know how to ride your bike. Now tell us how you do it. This is a dare. Thursday 15 October, 15:30, T 109.
I will listen to your bicycle wisdom, and you will listen to mine. And then we count the points, and if you are a safe cyclist, then I will give you a bicycle.
PTSA Transportation has received a 5 used bicycles, great little riders, mostly of the mountain bike variety. A free bike for the first five students who can teach us how to stay safe on the road, and who can show that they master the art of safe cycling.
Show us what you can. This is a dare. Pictures of the bikes on bike-it-day.org. You know Everything. Now come and get your bike. Everyone welcome
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Learn How to Ride Safely in Traffic (Includes Free Bike Pins)
Cycling is hard. Muscles ache. But worse still is the lack of respect many drivers have for cyclists. They just do not see you, they overtake dangerously. Cars turn without looking, doors fly open, all this intimidates and frightens. But are cyclists really powerless?
Safe Cycling is a 2-hour course is offered again to all Students by SAMOHI Solar Alliance / SAMOHI Bike Coalition on Thursday, 8 October at 3:30 pm. After a short classroom introduction with an original eyewitness account on what to do when a car brings you down, we will work on those essential bike handling skills and maneuvers. Students will learn the tricks which keep you safe on the road: how to effectively control the traffic around you by changing your position in the lane. Eye contact. Show teeth. All is revealed. You already know how to ride a bike, now learn to cycle proud, and learn how fear can put you into real danger on the road.
We meet at T 109. Please bring your bike and helmet to the classroom. Snacks will be provided. Free Bike Pins!
This week we offer the class free of charge. To register, please send an email to velocipedus@gmail.com. Waiver form not required, because we will not leave the campus
Dear Parents!
We are offering a safe cycling course at SAMOHI on Thursday, September 17th. The course is taught in accordance with the curriculum of the League of American Cyclists and introduces your son/daughter to the principles of vehicular cycling: Visible, Predictable, Assertive, Alert. We encourage the students to explore alternatives to motorized traffic, and find a safe place on the road. The ususal cost of the class is 12$ for two students, it is being waived for the 8 Oct event.
Please email us (velocipedus@gmail.com) if you want more information about this work or if you want to support us
Safe Cycling is a 2-hour course is offered again to all Students by SAMOHI Solar Alliance / SAMOHI Bike Coalition on Thursday, 8 October at 3:30 pm. After a short classroom introduction with an original eyewitness account on what to do when a car brings you down, we will work on those essential bike handling skills and maneuvers. Students will learn the tricks which keep you safe on the road: how to effectively control the traffic around you by changing your position in the lane. Eye contact. Show teeth. All is revealed. You already know how to ride a bike, now learn to cycle proud, and learn how fear can put you into real danger on the road.
We meet at T 109. Please bring your bike and helmet to the classroom. Snacks will be provided. Free Bike Pins!
This week we offer the class free of charge. To register, please send an email to velocipedus@gmail.com. Waiver form not required, because we will not leave the campus
Dear Parents!
We are offering a safe cycling course at SAMOHI on Thursday, September 17th. The course is taught in accordance with the curriculum of the League of American Cyclists and introduces your son/daughter to the principles of vehicular cycling: Visible, Predictable, Assertive, Alert. We encourage the students to explore alternatives to motorized traffic, and find a safe place on the road. The ususal cost of the class is 12$ for two students, it is being waived for the 8 Oct event.
Please email us (velocipedus@gmail.com) if you want more information about this work or if you want to support us
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Walk to School Day
In case today is October 7, then today is Walk to School Day. I too want to go there, perambulating, strolling, marching, capering and hopping, I want to wander, amble, skip, yeah, skip to school, and I want to do it all over the world. I want to walk backwards, sideways like a dachshund, jog, and run. I want to imitate the gait of the other person, now that is difficult, I want to go upright, straight, "yes sir!", and "I am sorry." Well, then.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Power Cycling is doing it again !
Due to popular demand, we are offering our Power Cycling class again. The class takes place Thursday, 24 Sep 2009, Thursday, 1 Oct, after school, 3:30, room T109. Snacks will be provided. For details see the previous posting! Print Out the announcement
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Power Cycling: How to ride your bike safely in traffic
Cycling is hard. Muscles ache. But worse still is the lack of respect many drivers have for cyclists. They just do not see you, they overtake dangerously. Cars turn without looking, doors fly open, all this intimidates and frightens. But are cyclists really powerless?
Power Cycling is a 3-hour course offered to all Students by SAMOHI Solar Alliance / SAMOHI Bike Coalition on Thursday, 17 September, at 3:30 pm. After a short classroom introduction we will work on those bike handling skills and essential maneuvers. Students will learn the tricks which keep you safe on the road: how to effectively control the traffic around you by changing your own behavior in traffic. You already know how to ride a bike, now learn to cycle proud, and learn how fear can put you into real danger on the road.
We meet at T 109. Please bring your bike and helmet to the classroom. Snacks will be provided. Free Bike Pins!
Bring a friend. The cost of this course is $12 for two cyclists if you register together. Single signups $ 8, financial assistance available.
To register, send an email to velocipedus@gmail.com, including names and email addresses of you and your friend. The waiver form is here, it must be signed by the parents of each participant. The fee is due at the day of the class. Those not in possession of a helmet (it’s the law!) can buy one before the course starts (10$)
Dear Parents!
We are offering a safe cycling course at SAMOHI on Thursday, September 17th. The course is taught in accordance with the curriculum of the League of American Cyclists and introduces your son/daughter to the principles of vehicular cycling: Visible, Predictable, Assertive, Alert. We encourage the students to explore alternatives to motorized traffic, and find a safe place on the road. The cost of the class is 12$ for two students. Please sign the waiver and make sure your son/daughter brings it to school on that day, together with a helmet.
Please email us (velocipedus@gmail.com) if you want more information about this work or if you want to support us
Dr Michael Cahn
PTSA Transportation Chair
Power Cycling is a 3-hour course offered to all Students by SAMOHI Solar Alliance / SAMOHI Bike Coalition on Thursday, 17 September, at 3:30 pm. After a short classroom introduction we will work on those bike handling skills and essential maneuvers. Students will learn the tricks which keep you safe on the road: how to effectively control the traffic around you by changing your own behavior in traffic. You already know how to ride a bike, now learn to cycle proud, and learn how fear can put you into real danger on the road.
We meet at T 109. Please bring your bike and helmet to the classroom. Snacks will be provided. Free Bike Pins!
Bring a friend. The cost of this course is $12 for two cyclists if you register together. Single signups $ 8, financial assistance available.
To register, send an email to velocipedus@gmail.com, including names and email addresses of you and your friend. The waiver form is here, it must be signed by the parents of each participant. The fee is due at the day of the class. Those not in possession of a helmet (it’s the law!) can buy one before the course starts (10$)
Dear Parents!
We are offering a safe cycling course at SAMOHI on Thursday, September 17th. The course is taught in accordance with the curriculum of the League of American Cyclists and introduces your son/daughter to the principles of vehicular cycling: Visible, Predictable, Assertive, Alert. We encourage the students to explore alternatives to motorized traffic, and find a safe place on the road. The cost of the class is 12$ for two students. Please sign the waiver and make sure your son/daughter brings it to school on that day, together with a helmet.
Please email us (velocipedus@gmail.com) if you want more information about this work or if you want to support us
Dr Michael Cahn
PTSA Transportation Chair
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Measure BB Science And Technology Building
23 June: Public Scoping Meeting
Project Manager Shannon Daniels is our guide: Go to http://www.smmusd.org/measureBB/index.html Then at the top of that web page you will see a tab that says “Campus Improvement.” Put your mouse arrow over “Campus Improvement” and you should see a drop down menu. On the drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Santa Monica High School.” Then you will see another drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Individual Initial Study” and then “Initial Study.”
The direct way for the initial study is here, and the wisely separated title page here
Here are some points to raise
1) Insufficient Outreach, low numbers attending, badly scheduled after school is out, cannot find study file with the link provided
2) Include bike workshop with auto workshop.
3) TDM programs to reduce car trips to include students and staff.
4) Make sure that the present project does not impact on the planned 7th Street pedestrian bridge
5) 7th Court Alley is an inappropriate space for high volumes of traffic, serious conficts with pedestrians on Michigan, sightlines,
6) accomodate bicycle traffic at drop off and pick up times on Michigan in a safe manner, which enhances the role of Michigan Ave as Bike Access and Bike Boulevard through the site
7) Need about 300 safe bike parking spaces (CHPS standards)
8) Cut out for drop-off on Olympic would cut into pedestrian area and decrease efficiency of existing drop off along Olympic. May need to relocate further west to avoid danger of east bound cars traveling at high speed exiting I-10 onto Lincoln
9) Baseline traffic counts in the area should include non-motorised transportation, including skating, boards, etc, as they are quite prevalent around the school, and pose their unique challenges
10) Baseline air quality measurements from I-10 traffic
11) Consider to narrow East Bound Olympic traffic lanes and widen pedestrian areas to create less of a speed inducing environment. Olympic should receive the same treatment the street has already received West of 4th Street
If you did not hear about the meeting in advance and want to make your own comments, please send them by email to measurebb@smmusd.org by Thursday 9 July 2009
Project Manager Shannon Daniels is our guide: Go to http://www.smmusd.org/measureBB/index.html Then at the top of that web page you will see a tab that says “Campus Improvement.” Put your mouse arrow over “Campus Improvement” and you should see a drop down menu. On the drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Santa Monica High School.” Then you will see another drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Individual Initial Study” and then “Initial Study.”
The direct way for the initial study is here, and the wisely separated title page here
Here are some points to raise
1) Insufficient Outreach, low numbers attending, badly scheduled after school is out, cannot find study file with the link provided
2) Include bike workshop with auto workshop.
3) TDM programs to reduce car trips to include students and staff.
4) Make sure that the present project does not impact on the planned 7th Street pedestrian bridge
5) 7th Court Alley is an inappropriate space for high volumes of traffic, serious conficts with pedestrians on Michigan, sightlines,
6) accomodate bicycle traffic at drop off and pick up times on Michigan in a safe manner, which enhances the role of Michigan Ave as Bike Access and Bike Boulevard through the site
7) Need about 300 safe bike parking spaces (CHPS standards)
8) Cut out for drop-off on Olympic would cut into pedestrian area and decrease efficiency of existing drop off along Olympic. May need to relocate further west to avoid danger of east bound cars traveling at high speed exiting I-10 onto Lincoln
9) Baseline traffic counts in the area should include non-motorised transportation, including skating, boards, etc, as they are quite prevalent around the school, and pose their unique challenges
10) Baseline air quality measurements from I-10 traffic
11) Consider to narrow East Bound Olympic traffic lanes and widen pedestrian areas to create less of a speed inducing environment. Olympic should receive the same treatment the street has already received West of 4th Street
If you did not hear about the meeting in advance and want to make your own comments, please send them by email to measurebb@smmusd.org by Thursday 9 July 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Bike / Walk to School Days Eliminate 1200 Car Trips
April 2nd, 2009: School District SMMUSD approves a comprehensive resolution supportive of cycling for pupils and staff.
May 2009: SAMOHI students (Solar Alliance), members of LACBC and Santa Monica Spoke convene to organize Bike/Walk to school events in the district (One high school and two middle schools). We invite students to become campus bicycle ambassadors, beginning with a short course on bike safety taught by League of American Bicyclists certified Cycling Instructors.
Interaction with police, administrators and teachers, the city provides valet bike parking and conducts traffic counts on the approaches. A bike safety curriculum for the classroom is made available for home-room use. Students invited to become bike safety ambassadors.
June 10/12: Bike/Walk to school events with approximately 1200 students choosing non-motorized mode. One school sees more than six-fold increase in number of bicycles (15 to 92)
June 16: District PTSA approves budget for bicycle safety programs of more than 3000$. This will allow the program to expand to other schools in the district and start their own local program.
Thanks to the enthusiasm of high school students who wanted to bring the bike to the younger ranks, thanks to the work over the past four years by Alison Kendall, an urban planning consultant and Santa Monica High PTSA Transportation Committee Chair, and much good will brought our way, we find us now mid-way into a scholastic bicycle revolution in Santa Monica. Next term we shall have the advantage of starting early in the year with an established program to build on, more word of mouth, and more classroom support by teachers, including an interdisciplinary bike curriculum. We shall advertise the Safe Cycling Class to parents at PTA meetings early in the term, we want to work with the police to establish a helmet ticket diversion program, and we have invited the principal to “The Principal’s Bike Ride.” We shall assist teachers to find bike related activities for Community Service element and establish closer contact with PE teachers. Then comes the expansion and improvement of current bike parking facilities. Yes, there is plenty of room for interested parents and teachers to work with us. Why not set up a bicycle user group of teachers in the district?
Now join us to continue our work with an approved budget in the background: Some call it modal shift, we call it fun. And lets get rid of those helmets on the handlebar and put them where they belong: On the head!
The Numbers:
Lincoln Middle School (1190 students), 357 participants (206 walkers, 92 bikers, school bus 2, transit 14, skateboard 43) Helmet use among cyclists more than 75 %.
John Adams Middle School (990 students), 415 participants (311 walkers, 71 bikers, 24 bus riders, and 9 arriving by skateboard or scooter) 75% of cyclists arriving on campus wearing helmets.
SAMOHI (3200 students), 442 participants (166 bikers, 130 walkers, 111 transit, 35 skateboard) (some gates not counted)
Statistical data for one school regarding modal choices in each class is available
May 2009: SAMOHI students (Solar Alliance), members of LACBC and Santa Monica Spoke convene to organize Bike/Walk to school events in the district (One high school and two middle schools). We invite students to become campus bicycle ambassadors, beginning with a short course on bike safety taught by League of American Bicyclists certified Cycling Instructors.
Interaction with police, administrators and teachers, the city provides valet bike parking and conducts traffic counts on the approaches. A bike safety curriculum for the classroom is made available for home-room use. Students invited to become bike safety ambassadors.
June 10/12: Bike/Walk to school events with approximately 1200 students choosing non-motorized mode. One school sees more than six-fold increase in number of bicycles (15 to 92)
June 16: District PTSA approves budget for bicycle safety programs of more than 3000$. This will allow the program to expand to other schools in the district and start their own local program.
Thanks to the enthusiasm of high school students who wanted to bring the bike to the younger ranks, thanks to the work over the past four years by Alison Kendall, an urban planning consultant and Santa Monica High PTSA Transportation Committee Chair, and much good will brought our way, we find us now mid-way into a scholastic bicycle revolution in Santa Monica. Next term we shall have the advantage of starting early in the year with an established program to build on, more word of mouth, and more classroom support by teachers, including an interdisciplinary bike curriculum. We shall advertise the Safe Cycling Class to parents at PTA meetings early in the term, we want to work with the police to establish a helmet ticket diversion program, and we have invited the principal to “The Principal’s Bike Ride.” We shall assist teachers to find bike related activities for Community Service element and establish closer contact with PE teachers. Then comes the expansion and improvement of current bike parking facilities. Yes, there is plenty of room for interested parents and teachers to work with us. Why not set up a bicycle user group of teachers in the district?
Now join us to continue our work with an approved budget in the background: Some call it modal shift, we call it fun. And lets get rid of those helmets on the handlebar and put them where they belong: On the head!
The Numbers:
Lincoln Middle School (1190 students), 357 participants (206 walkers, 92 bikers, school bus 2, transit 14, skateboard 43) Helmet use among cyclists more than 75 %.
John Adams Middle School (990 students), 415 participants (311 walkers, 71 bikers, 24 bus riders, and 9 arriving by skateboard or scooter) 75% of cyclists arriving on campus wearing helmets.
SAMOHI (3200 students), 442 participants (166 bikers, 130 walkers, 111 transit, 35 skateboard) (some gates not counted)
Statistical data for one school regarding modal choices in each class is available
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