What’s On Your Wish List to Improve Bicycling in California?

Civic leaders, tourism and economic director, business owners from Interregional Partnership

The California Bicycle Coalition and local leaders are planning big improvements in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Alpine Counties to make bicycling safer, more fun, and to attract visitors for economic development.

It's part of our exciting Bike Valley to Sierras Bike Tourism project.

https://www.bikevalleytosierra.com/

But we need your help. We want to learn as much as we can so that our proposals reflect the needs of the community and will lead to real change.

Showcase Bike Riding Destinations

San Joaquin County: Woodbridge/Lodi Area

Proposed Bike Trail: EBMUD Aqueduct

Stanislaus County: Oakdale/Knights Ferry

Proposed Bike Trail: River Trail

Calaveras County: SR-4 Murphys - Angels Camp Corridor

Proposed Bike Trail: Angels Camp to New Melones Reservoir

Tuolumne County: Jamestown-Columbia-Sonora Loop

Alpine County: Safety on State Routes

Come to the public workshop. Learn about our draft proposals and tell us what you think so we can make them better.

Interregional Stakeholders Meeting and Workshop

Time: May 25, 2021 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 837 1043 6573

This is your opportunity to tell us about your cycling experiences in the targeted areas. You'll be able to present your ideas and identify needed road improvements based on your observations.

You can’t come, but have ideas? That’s OK. Send your ideas about priority improvements, attractions to highlight, or anything else, to rob@calbike.org.

A project of the Tuolumne County Transportation Council in collaboration with the California Bicycle Coalition Education Fund, the San Joaquin Council of Governments, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, the Calaveras Council of Governments, and Alpine County.

Help Shape the Future of Cycling Tourism

Interregional Bicycle Tourism Planning

Interregional Stakeholders Meeting and Workshop May 25, 2021 Zoom Meeting ID Below, 5:30pm

What’s your wish list for the future of bicycling in California? Share your ideas, via Zoom, at our final Interregional Cycling Tourism Community Outreach Workshop and Stakeholder Meeting. We will discuss proposed Showcase Cycling Destinations and potential bike trails.

The Interregional Bicycle Tourism Study, a project of Caltrans has identified five showcase areas and three bike trails in the Central Valley, the Motherlode and the Sierra on which to focus plans to make cycling safer, more comfortable, and more fun.

FOCUS AREAS/Rail Trails

San Joaquin County: Woodbridge/Lodi Area

The Lodi wine region has a high degree of existing infrastructure to support tourism from the Lodi Wine & Visitor’s Bureau and previous efforts undertaken by local community organization Bike Lodi, including efforts to map routes for visitors arriving to the community on bicycle. Potential Bike Trail: East Bay Municiple District Bikeway from Stockton to Lake Camanche

Stanislaus County: Oakdale/Knights Ferry

The roadways traveling from and around Oakdale offer incredible scenery en route to the historic destinations around Knights Ferry.

Potential Bike Trail: River Bike Trail

Calaveras County: SR-4 Murphys - Angels Camp

The segment of State Route (SR) 4 stretching from Murphys to Angels Camp offers access to multiple tourism destinations ranging from caverns to wine tasting rooms.

Proposed Bike Trail: Angels Camp to New Melones

Tuolumne County: Jamestown-Columbia-Sonora Loop

Tuolumne County offers several top contenders for bicycle tourism – perhaps the most of any County within the study area.

Alpine County: Safety on State Routes

Alpine County is unique among the five counties of this study. It has the smallest population – less than 1,200 people per Census data – which more than triples each summer when the Death Ride takes place and brings its riders and associated spectators along. While certainly a popular event, improvements along the many mountainous routes and passes the route covers can improve safety for those seeking to cycle the roadways outside of the organized event, or create opportunities for additional road cycling events

We need your help to learn as much as we can about these Showcase and Trails. We’re relying on you, an actual cyclist who has ridden the roads, know the proposed bike trails, and to tell us what needs to change and what that change should look like. We want our proposals to reflect the experience and needs of bicyclists and lead to real progress in making Northern California a premier cycling destination.

You will join other stakeholders—recreational cyclists, business owners, tourism, civic leaders, and government officials—who all want to encourage cycling for a better local economy, and a healthy resource for residents and visitors alike. We strongly encourage you to participate in this exciting and ground-breaking opportunity to shape the future of cycling recreation in Northern California.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to others you feel may be interested. If you know someone we ought to invite, please send me their contact information.

Agenda items for the upcoming Cycling Tourism Workshop and Stakeholders Meetings

• Identify Priority Routes/Trails: Share the proposed routes/trails and seek suggestions

• Identify Priority Improvements: Seek input on which potential improvements are highest priorities.

• Identify Bicycle Tourism Regional Assets: Gather input from the community and other stakeholders about recreational, historical, culinary, and other attractions that would be useful in promoting the region to bicyclists.

Make your voice heard! We look forward to your input.

Interregional Stakeholders Meeting and Workshop

Time: May 25, 2021 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83710436573

Meeting ID: 837 1043 6573

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Rob Williams

CalBike Outreach Manager

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Community Outreach Workshops and Stakeholder Meetings

When: March 15-April 2, 5:30pm-6:30pm

Where: Online by Zoom invitation from CalBike

Photo Credit Ray Prevost

The Interregional Bicycle Tourism Study has identified five showcase areas in the Central Valley, the Motherlode, and the Sierra on which to focus.

You can read about the proposed Showcase Areas at:

https://www.bikevalleytosierra.com/post/interregional-bicycle-tourism-study-update

We want to learn as much as we can about these five showcase bike areas so that our proposals reflect the needs of bicyclists and lead to real change.

Better bicycling conditions will improve our local economy and provide a healthy resource for residents and visitors alike. We need your help to make that happen.

We are looking for community stakeholders to invite to our Cycling Tourism Workshop and Stakeholder Meetings. The stakeholders are recreational cyclists, business owners who want to encourage cycling tourism, civic leaders, or government officials. If you know someone we ought to invite to our workshops, please send me their contact information. And please, forward this email to others. And by all means, let me know if you are interested in participating in a workshop!

Five county specific workshops are planned March 15- April 2, 5:30pm-6:30pm by CalBike Zoom Invitation.

Agenda items for the upcoming Cycling Tourism Workshop and Stakeholders Meetings are to:

• Identify Priority Routes: Share the proposed routes and seek suggestions

• Identify Priority Improvements: Seek input on which potential improvements are highest priorities.

• Identify Bicycle Tourism Regional Assets: Gather input from the community and other stakeholders about recreational, historical, culinary, and other attractions that would be useful in promoting the region to bicyclists.

In advance, thank you for your help,

Rob Williams

CalBike Outreach Manager

rob@calbike.org