Napa County Bicycle Coalition

THE NAPA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION'S MISSION IS TO MAKE IT SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND ACCESSIBLE TO RIDE A BICYCLE ANYWHERE IN NAPA COUNTY, FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.

EDUCATION - IN THE FALL, WE LAUNCHED OUR THREE-DAY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IN-CLASS BIKE SAFETY EDUCATION FOR NAPA COUNTY 4TH AND 5TH GRADE CLASSES, WHICH INCLUDED TWO DAYS OF IN-CLASS INSTRUCTION AND ONE DAY OF ON-BIKE INSTRUCTION (BIKE RODEO). WE PROVIDED 9 WEEKS OF EDUCATION AT 6 SCHOOLS, TEACHING OVER 850 STUDENTS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL, BIKE SAFETY, AND TRAFFIC LAWS. WE LED 18 BIKE RODEOS IN SCHOOLS AND SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS IN TOTAL, PROVIDING SAFETY EDUCATION AND ON-BIKE PRACTICE THAT BENEFITED OVER 1,750 STUDENTS. IN THE FALL, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO BEGIN PROVIDING HELMETS TO STUDENTS IN NEED DURING BIKE RODEOS AND DISTRIBUTED 226 HELMETS. WE HELD 15 BIKE SAFETY-ORIENTED WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY LOCATIONS, RANGING FROM SAFETY SUMMITS WITH PARENTS AT SCHOOLS TO FAMILY BIKING WORKSHOPS IN PUBLIC PARKS, REACHING 86 ATTENDEES.

ENCOURAGEMENT - WE CELEBRATED BIKE TO WORK & SCHOOL DAY ON MAY 18, WITH 991 PARTICIPATING STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS AND 36 COUNTYWIDE ENERGIZER STATIONS (25 SCHOOLS, 11 PUBLIC), WHICH WE STOCKED WITH BIKE SWAG AND SNACKS TO FUEL ALL THOSE BIKE COMMUTES. WE ALSO ORGANIZED A RECORD-BREAKING WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY ON OCTOBER 4, WITH 2,135 LOCAL STUDENTS WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING TO SCHOOL. STUDENTS AT THE 25 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WERE GREETED AT WELCOME TABLES BY ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERS HANDING OUT HEALTHY SNACKS AND FUN SWAG. BETWEEN BIKEFEST RIDES LIKE KIDICAL MASS AND MONTHLY TGIF RIDES, WE WERE JOINED BY 149 YOUTH AND ADULT RIDERS FOR 11 COMMUNITY BIKE RIDES, WHICH PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RIDERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO RIDE IN A POSITIVE, GROUP ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO PROVIDED BIKE VALET AT 9 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARKED 1,535 BIKES IN TOTAL, HELPING TO MAKE LOCAL EVENTS MORE BIKE-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE.

POLICY & ADVOCACY - OUR ADVOCACY WITH PUBLIC AGENCY OFFICIALS, AGENCY STAFF, AND OTHER DECISION MAKERS THROUGHOUT NAPA COUNTY CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL ADVANCES FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, SUCH AS LAUNCHING REGULAR BROOM-SWEEPING OF NAPA BIKE LANES, PILOT TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS IN ST. HELENA AND CALISTOGA, THE FIRST SEPARATED BIKE LANE PLANS BY THE CITY OF NAPA, ENGAGING LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SECURE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS ON HOWELL MOUNTAIN, AND THE INCLUSION OF CLASS II BIKE LANES ON ONE OF NAPA'S KEY COLLECTOR ROADS.