MCBC Annual ReportAug 29.indd - Marin County Bicycle Coalition
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<strong>Annual</strong> Report<br />
July 03–June 04<br />
www.marinbike.org<br />
PRO M OT I N G SAFE B I C YC L I N G F O R E V ERY DAY T R A N S P O RTAT I O N A N D R ECREAT I O N<br />
A Letter from the Executive Director<br />
The <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> (<strong>MCBC</strong>) is<br />
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded<br />
in 1998 to promote safe bicycling for everyday transportation<br />
and recreation. The 2004 fiscal year was<br />
our most successful yet. Below are details regarding<br />
gains made with our five main programs: Building the<br />
<strong>Bicycle</strong> Network, Safe Routes to Schools, Share the<br />
Road, Public Outreach, and Advancing the <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
Movement. In addition, during the year we added an<br />
Associate Director to staff, moved the office to 733<br />
Center Boulevard, and grew the membership by 10%<br />
to over 1000 dues-paying members. Volunteering<br />
reached an all-time high, with more than 350 individuals<br />
participating, and more than 100 companies<br />
donating product or services. Our accomplishments<br />
would not have been possible without the nearly<br />
$400,000 in financial contributions from <strong>MCBC</strong> members,<br />
foundations and corporations, and from public<br />
agencies that contracted with <strong>MCBC</strong> to provide services.<br />
Gains for safe bicycling also would have been<br />
impossible without the cooperation and hard work<br />
of public works directors, city councils, the Board of<br />
Supervisors, and elected representatives at the state<br />
and federal levels. Finally, the operation of our organization<br />
depends upon the commitment and contributions<br />
of our Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and<br />
staff. Please read on to learn more about our strides<br />
over the past year toward making <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> a<br />
model bicycle community for the nation.<br />
It is with great pleasure that the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
<strong>Coalition</strong> (<strong>MCBC</strong>) presents our fiscal year 2004<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Report in an expanded version that captures<br />
the past year’s tremendous success and progress.<br />
Our thanks go out to everyone who has supported<br />
our work, including our members and volunteers, our<br />
funders, and the elected officials and public works<br />
directors who are diligently working to create policies<br />
and build facilities that are making it safer and<br />
easier for everyone to choose to walk and bike.<br />
I have been the executive director of the <strong>MCBC</strong><br />
since the organization was founded in 1998, and it<br />
has been my good fortune to see a continual increase<br />
in community and government support for our goals<br />
and projects. More and more people in <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
and nationwide are waking up to the realization<br />
that kids should be able to walk and bicycle safely<br />
to schools, and that people of all ages and abilities<br />
should be able to safely bicycle for transportation or<br />
recreation—whether that means a quick utilitarian<br />
bike trip to the store to buy groceries, or an extended<br />
recreational ride through West <strong>Marin</strong>. Bicycling<br />
should be safe and convenient.<br />
In a global sense, the simple act of bicycling is a<br />
key step towards improving personal and community<br />
health and being a responsible world citizen. Consider<br />
the warnings we’ve seen over the past year: the<br />
price of gasoline is rising to an all-time high; traffic<br />
on local roads and Highway 101 grinds to a halt on<br />
a regular basis; headlines tell us that global warming<br />
could be even more severe than expected; annual<br />
traffic fatalities are in the excess of 42,000 lives lost;<br />
and obesity is skyrocketing to the point where the<br />
health care cost of Americans’ lack of physical activity<br />
is about to rival that of cigarette smoking—it’s<br />
becoming our nation’s leading cause of preventable<br />
early death.<br />
Bicycling and walking are common sense, low-cost<br />
solutions to some of society’s greatest problems, and<br />
it is exciting for me to see an increasing number of<br />
people embracing these facts and taking responsibility<br />
for our collective future.<br />
Together, the changes we effect locally through<br />
the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> can continue to<br />
inform national and global policy makers, while also<br />
making our local community a more healthy, safe<br />
and vibrant place to live. Thank you again for your<br />
participation.<br />
— Deb Hubsmith, Executive Director<br />
Deb Hubsmith.<br />
Photo by Mark McLane.<br />
Inside<br />
Building the <strong>Bicycle</strong> Network. . . . 2<br />
Safe Routes to Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Share the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Public Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Advancing the <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Thank You Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Financial Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Become a Member! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Building the <strong>Bicycle</strong> & Pedestrian Network<br />
The goal of <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s adopted <strong>Bicycle</strong> and Pedestrian Master Plan is to build a system<br />
that shifts the transportation load so that bicycle and pedestrian transportation comprise<br />
20% of all trips. The <strong>County</strong> is striving to meet this goal by the year 2020.<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
Mailing Address:<br />
P.O. Box 35, San Anselmo, CA 94979<br />
Office:<br />
733 Center Boulevard, Fairfax, CA 94930<br />
Phone: 415-456-3469<br />
Fax: 415-456-9344<br />
www.marinbike.org<br />
STAFF<br />
Deb Hubsmith, Executive Director<br />
Kim Baenisch, Associate Director<br />
Eric Anderson, Director of Planning<br />
Frances Barbour Hayden, Outreach<br />
Coordinator<br />
Bob Trigg, Administrator<br />
Wendi Kallins, Safe Routes to Schools<br />
Program Director<br />
Chris Davis, Safe Routes to Schools<br />
Instructor<br />
Melanie Grubman, Safe Routes to Schools<br />
Outreach Coordinator<br />
BOARD MEMBERS<br />
Vince O’Brien, President<br />
Nancy Weninger, Vice President<br />
Brian Foster, Secretary<br />
Richard Chinlund, Treasurer<br />
John Doidge<br />
Jerry Edelbrock<br />
Stephen Hesson<br />
Blair Peterson<br />
Julia Violich<br />
ADVISORY BOARD<br />
Mark Birnbaum<br />
Joe Breeze<br />
Tom Hale<br />
Jim Jacobsen<br />
Patrick Seidler<br />
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATES<br />
Bay Area <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong><br />
<strong>Bicycle</strong> Trails Council of <strong>Marin</strong><br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Cyclists<br />
Single Cyclists<br />
Tam Valley Bike Club<br />
Transportation Alternatives for <strong>Marin</strong><br />
Trips for Kids<br />
Velo Club Fairfax<br />
ANNUAL REPORT<br />
Deb Hubsmith, Author<br />
Connie Thorpe Breeze, Copy Editor<br />
Nancy Weninger, Content Editor<br />
Jeremy Thornton, Design<br />
Mill Valley Services, Printing<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s <strong>Bicycle</strong> and Pedestrian Network will<br />
include a North-South Greenway separated from cars<br />
and located primarily along the Northwestern Pacific<br />
railroad right-of-way, parallel to Highway 101. The<br />
planned East-West Greenway will roughly parallel Sir<br />
Francis Drake Boulevard and be built along pathways<br />
and surface streets through the Ross Valley, and along<br />
much of the railroad right-of-way in West <strong>Marin</strong>. The<br />
planned system also includes bicycle lanes, bike routes,<br />
signage, additional pathways and sidewalks that will<br />
connect non-motorized travelers to homes, schools, shopping,<br />
transit, workplaces, and all major destinations.<br />
During the 2004 fiscal year, <strong>MCBC</strong> worked in partnership<br />
with local government agencies and public works<br />
directors to implement, plan and prioritize bicycle and<br />
pedestrian projects in adopted <strong>Bicycle</strong> and Pedestrian<br />
Master Plans. What follows are major accomplishments<br />
from July 2003 through June 2004 by jurisdiction. Our<br />
special thanks go out to the policy makers who supported<br />
these projects, and the engineers who are planning and<br />
building the facilities.<br />
<strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong> and<br />
Unincorporated Areas<br />
In a major victory for multi-modal transportation, voters<br />
approved Regional Measure 2 in March of 2004. Regional<br />
Measure 2 will fund transportation projects that relieve<br />
traffic congestion in the nexus of state-owned toll bridges<br />
in the Bay Area through a $1 toll increase on these bridges.<br />
According to an Initial Project Report (IPR) submitted by<br />
the Transportation Authority of <strong>Marin</strong> to the Metropolitan<br />
Transportation Commission, the Cal Park Hill Tunnel will be<br />
fully funded and the Central <strong>Marin</strong> Ferry Connection Project<br />
will be partially funded through Regional Measure 2.<br />
The <strong>County</strong> continued its Policy Advisory Committee meetings<br />
for planning the opening of the Cal Park Hill Tunnel<br />
with participation by Larkspur, San Rafael, SMART, Caltrans,<br />
the Golden Gate Bridge District, and the <strong>MCBC</strong>.<br />
According to the IPR, the Cal Park Hill Tunnel should be<br />
constructed by 2007.<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> also continued to work together with <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s<br />
Department of Public Works, and engineers in the cities<br />
and town of <strong>Marin</strong>, on a directional signage program. This<br />
project is being funded by the Caltrans <strong>Bicycle</strong> Transportation<br />
Account, and will result in much needed “way-finding”<br />
signs that will include route numbers and a logo of Mount<br />
Tamalpais. The <strong>County</strong> is planning to install these signs by<br />
the spring of 2005.<br />
Throughout the year, the Transportation Authority of<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> held many public meetings to finalize the transportation<br />
sales tax expenditure plan for Measure A, a half-cent<br />
sales tax to benefit transportation; its fate will be decided<br />
on November 2, 2004. Measure A includes substantial funding<br />
for Safe Routes to Schools and bicycle and pedestrian<br />
projects. The <strong>MCBC</strong> is fully endorsing Measure A, which<br />
was five years in the making through a true public process.<br />
The <strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong> began the long-awaited construction<br />
of the Inkwells Bridge (west of Lagunitas), scheduled<br />
for completion in January, 2005. The Inkwells Bridge will<br />
connect with eight miles of rail-trail that passes through<br />
Samuel P. Taylor State Park and is part of the East-West<br />
Greenway.<br />
The draft <strong>County</strong>wide Plan update was released in the<br />
spring and included key bicycle transportation infrastructure<br />
projects and policies. <strong>MCBC</strong> members served on the<br />
Built Environment Committee for the <strong>County</strong>wide Plan<br />
update, which will be officially adopted by the Board of<br />
Supervisors in 2005.<br />
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Corte Madera<br />
The Town of Corte Madera recently completed and adopted<br />
the Corte Madera Bay Trail Feasibility Study, which recommends<br />
substantial improvements to the on- and off-street<br />
bikeways in Corte Madera on the east side of town from<br />
the Tiburon border north along the bay to the border with<br />
Larkspur. The Town also submitted a grant for funding the<br />
project’s implementation. In addition, the Town is preparing<br />
to construct bicycle lanes along the length of San Clemente<br />
Drive as part of planned roadway work. The section of<br />
pathway just east of the High Canal Bridge was also paved<br />
this year. Special thanks go out to Dave Bracken, Corte<br />
Madera’s Public Works Director, for his vigilance regarding<br />
these projects.<br />
Fairfax<br />
The Town of Fairfax officially accepted a bid for construction<br />
of bicycle parking downtown, with construction to<br />
begin soon. The town started planning for a new, funded,<br />
pedestrian/bicycle bridge at Manor Circle, and town staff<br />
and consultants began to gather input from the community<br />
regarding the redesign of Center Boulevard. Current<br />
proposals include wider sidewalks, bike lanes and bicycle<br />
parking. The Town Council is considering a project to<br />
plan for a sidewalk along Cascade Drive, completing<br />
gaps between downtown Fairfax and Meadow Way. Fairfax<br />
Public Works Director Bill Whitney and the Town<br />
Council deserve thanks for their efforts in heading up<br />
these projects.<br />
Larkspur<br />
During the year, the City of Larkspur completed its role as<br />
lead agency for the planning and 30% design of the Central<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Ferry Connection Project (CMFCP), a key segment<br />
of the North-South Greenway. The CMFCP will provide<br />
an elevated pedestrian and bicycle crossing across Corte<br />
Madera Creek and East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard along<br />
the railroad right-of-way. The Technical Advisory Committee<br />
for the CMFCP selected as the preferred alternative<br />
a new high-level bridge, which will include an “off-ramp”<br />
for access to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Larkspur officials<br />
also served on the Cal Park Hill Tunnel Policy Advisory<br />
Committee (detailed in the <strong>County</strong> section). A draft<br />
of Larkspur’s <strong>Bicycle</strong> and Pedestrian Master Plan was<br />
reviewed by <strong>MCBC</strong> and the City Council, and it will soon<br />
be presented to the City Council for final approval. Larkspur<br />
residents and visitors are still celebrating the recent<br />
paving of the Sandra Marker Trail, which is part of the<br />
North-South Greenway. Special thanks go to Public Works<br />
Director Hamid Shamsapour for his diligent efforts, and to<br />
Councilmember Joan Lundstrom for her leadership of the<br />
Safe Routes Work Group.<br />
Mill Valley<br />
In response to Safe Routes to Schools recommendations,<br />
council members, police and public works staff began meeting<br />
to discuss safer crossings and better signage for students<br />
to get to Park School by crossing East Blithedale. A Safe<br />
Routes to Schools capital project was completed, resulting<br />
in a new pathway parallel to Miller Avenue for students<br />
to get to Mill Valley Middle School, and a new wheelchairaccessible<br />
ramp running from the North-South Greenway to<br />
Edna Maguire Elementary School. Safer pedestrian crossings<br />
were also striped in front of Tamalpais High School.<br />
Novato<br />
With the assistance of the <strong>Bicycle</strong> and Pedestrian Advisory<br />
Committee, the City has undertaken an update to its<br />
<strong>Bicycle</strong> Master Plan, originally drafted in 1995. In the last<br />
year, Novato continued to support regional projects such as<br />
ensuring a multi-use path alongside the proposed SMART<br />
railway alignment.<br />
Ross<br />
In response to Safe Routes to Schools recommendations,<br />
the Ross Town Council approved a plan and allocated financing<br />
to narrow the travel lanes on Laurel Grove to provide<br />
a shoulder for bicyclists and pedestrians. The Council also<br />
approved a plan to create a sidewalk bikeway for school-age<br />
children along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The Council is<br />
currently seeking funds for that project.<br />
San Anselmo<br />
Working closely with <strong>MCBC</strong> staff and the Local Chapter, the<br />
town installed new bicycle racks throughout downtown and<br />
at town parks. Public Works renewed their commitment to<br />
the Bike Route Stencil Project by repainting stencils during<br />
regular crosswalk- and pavement-marking maintenance.<br />
The Town continued discussions with <strong>MCBC</strong> regarding<br />
planned future projects such as improvements to crossings<br />
of Sir Frances Drake Boulevard and expanding the existing<br />
bike-route-stencil test project to include school bike-route<br />
stencils. The town did its part to support the <strong>County</strong>wide<br />
directional signage project by meeting with <strong>MCBC</strong> representatives<br />
from the Local Chapter to finalize the <strong>County</strong><br />
bicycle route through the complex Hub area. A bicycle loop<br />
detector was installed at the corner of Bank Street and Sir<br />
Francis Drake Boulevard, and the City worked with the<br />
<strong>County</strong> to secure a Safe Routes to Schools capital grant<br />
from Caltrans to improve bicycle and pedestrian access to<br />
the Brookside Schools. <strong>MCBC</strong> thanks Director of Public<br />
Works Rabi Elias for his dedication to the improvement of<br />
cycling in San Anselmo.<br />
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Since 1998, the<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> has worked<br />
with the <strong>County</strong> of<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> and local cities<br />
to secure over<br />
$31 million in<br />
government grants<br />
to build improved<br />
bicycle and<br />
pedestrian projects,<br />
such as the planned<br />
Cal Park Hill Tunnel.<br />
(Not a penny of<br />
these funds goes to<br />
the <strong>MCBC</strong>.)<br />
San Rafael<br />
Progress on several major projects of countywide significance<br />
in the San Rafael area—including the Cal Park Hill<br />
Tunnel—moved forward in the last year. At the urging of<br />
local advocates and <strong>MCBC</strong>, the City is considering safer<br />
north-south cycling facilities in San Rafael. The City and<br />
advocates are discussing designation of Lincoln as a shortterm<br />
north-south route and construction of a multi-use<br />
path alongside the proposed SMART railway alignment<br />
as a long-term solution. The City installed a solar-powered<br />
in-pavement lighting system to light a crosswalk near the<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Civic Center.<br />
Sausalito<br />
New bicycle lanes on Bridgeway were opened with a celebratory<br />
ribbon cutting and bike ride in September 2003.<br />
Sausalito City Council members Paul Albritton and Amy<br />
Belser, and Public Works Director Gordon Sweeney,<br />
attended the celebration. <strong>MCBC</strong> scored several victories<br />
with our participation in the Waldo Point Harbor project.<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> suggested safety improvements to the proposed<br />
Bay Trail alignment through Waldo Point, supported the<br />
construction of a pathway along the Northwestern Pacific<br />
railroad right-of-way, and secured the property owners’ support<br />
for eventual improvements to the dangerous adjacent<br />
intersection of Bridgeway and Gate 6 Road. This project<br />
received preliminary approval from the Bay Conservation<br />
and Development Commission (BCDC) and is pending the<br />
final approval of the BCDC’s Design Review Board.<br />
Tiburon<br />
Officials from Tiburon examined safer crossings for Tiburon<br />
Boulevard and continued to seek funding for implementation<br />
of the Trestle Glen project.<br />
Caltrans<br />
Work on the Highway 101 HOV Gap Closure Project began,<br />
with associated north-south bicycle improvements for making<br />
the Corte Madera Creek crossing easier and safer. The<br />
Metropolitan Transportation Commission funded a study to<br />
determine alternatives and a design for bicycle and pedestrian<br />
access on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, which is<br />
in Caltrans’ jurisdiction. This study is to result in a Project<br />
Initiation Document (PID), a necessary component for<br />
securing funding and implementation.<br />
Golden Gate Bridge Highway and<br />
Transportation District (GGBHTD):<br />
The GGBHTD is currently designing and planning to install<br />
a secure, weather-protected bicycle parking area within<br />
the paid area at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Taking the<br />
idea of secure bike parking one step further, <strong>MCBC</strong> staff<br />
won GGBHTD approval for the concept of an attended<br />
“Bikestation” valet bike-parking facility at the terminal. In<br />
December 2003, the Bridge District and bicycle advocates<br />
celebrated the opening of the bridge safety railing along<br />
the Golden Gate Bridge bicycle path. This year the Bridge<br />
District also formed a route-review committee to assess the<br />
safety of installing bus bicycle racks on specific routes that<br />
use 45-foot “commuter” buses.<br />
National Parks Service<br />
In southern <strong>Marin</strong>, <strong>MCBC</strong> worked with our affiliate organization<br />
Transportation Alternatives for <strong>Marin</strong> to represent<br />
the needs of bicyclists in the Comprehensive Transportation<br />
Management Plan process. In West <strong>Marin</strong>, in response to<br />
public requests and ongoing advocacy on the part of <strong>MCBC</strong>,<br />
the National Parks Service agreed to formally study bicycle<br />
access through the Giacomini property as a part of the Giacomini<br />
Wetlands Restoration Project. <strong>Bicycle</strong> access in this<br />
area would link the communities of Point Reyes Station<br />
and Inverness Park and provide an alternative to narrow,<br />
dangerous sections of Sir Frances Drake (also part of the<br />
East-West Greenway). Thanks to Don Neubacher, Superintendent<br />
of Point Reyes National Seashore, for his vision<br />
regarding the need for safer bicycle and pedestrian access<br />
in West <strong>Marin</strong>.<br />
Sonoma <strong>Marin</strong> Area Rail Transit (SMART)<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> members served on a Technical Advisory Committee<br />
for SMART, working with SMART’s engineers to develop an<br />
alignment and implementation plan for a multi-use pathway<br />
that would run parallel to the rail for 68 miles, from San<br />
Rafael to Cloverdale. The Phase I alignment for the “railwith-trail”<br />
and the implementation plan were adopted by<br />
the SMART District in March, 2004. The TAC also submitted<br />
unanimous recommendations for bicycle and pedestrian<br />
access through SMART’s Station Planning process.<br />
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Safe Routes To Schools<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s Safe Routes to Schools program is a national model that integrates health,<br />
fitness, traffic relief, environmental awareness and safety.<br />
During the 2004 fiscal year, the <strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong> contracted<br />
with Nelson/Nygaard Consulting, Parisi Associates<br />
and the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> to implement<br />
the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Safe Routes to Schools Program, which<br />
was funded through grants from the <strong>Marin</strong> Community<br />
Foundation and the Bay Area Air Quality Management<br />
District. The <strong>MCBC</strong> ran the day-to-day operations of the<br />
program, including communication with parent team<br />
leaders, teaching bicycle and pedestrian safety education<br />
classes at schools, running contests and special events,<br />
and producing promotional materials.<br />
This year <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Safe Routes to Schools served<br />
a record number of schools and students. A total of 33<br />
schools, representing more than 13,000 students, participated<br />
in the program. The results are impressive:<br />
• “Chauffeured trips” or single-student trips<br />
dropped by 13% among schools participating in<br />
the Safe Routes program. This translates to over<br />
3500 one-way trips saved each day through the<br />
Safe Routes program.<br />
• For the fourth year in a row, biking and walking<br />
modes continued to grow, with walking trips<br />
increasing from 16% to 23% of the total, and biking<br />
trips increasing from 7% to 10% of the total, over<br />
the course of the year. An interesting finding<br />
is that walking and biking started the year at<br />
their highest levels for any fall survey since Safe<br />
Routes began, showing that the program is having<br />
an increasingly lasting impact across school<br />
years.<br />
• The reduction in trips made translates to nearly<br />
2 million vehicle miles reduced by the program.<br />
This is a substantial reduction in pollutants,<br />
which affect air quality and public health.<br />
During the 2003-2004 school year, Safe Routes initiated a new SchoolPool program in<br />
conjunction with Rides for Bay Area Commuters. This program provides for easy carpool<br />
matching, as well as finding “buddies” for walking, biking and taking transit to schools. The<br />
Frequent Rider Miles Contest, sponsored by Trek <strong>Bicycle</strong>s, was implemented in 22 schools.<br />
Several schools played the Golden Sneaker Award contest, and many schools held weekly or<br />
monthly Walk and Roll to School Days.<br />
Walk-abouts were held at 10 schools to involve parents and town officials in the process of<br />
identifying needed infrastructure improvements. Safe Routes engineer David Parisi will be<br />
providing infrastructure recommendations for these communities in the fall of 2004. New<br />
capital grants totaling over $800,000 were secured by the <strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong> for projects near<br />
the Brookside Schools in San Anselmo, Bacich School on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, and<br />
Kent Middle School, off College Avenue.<br />
During the year, Safe Routes also broke new ground by effectively engaging students at<br />
middle schools and initiating its first high school program, at Drake High School in San<br />
Anselmo. Safe Routes to Schools embraces the philosophy of encouraging youth leadership<br />
in implementing our goals.<br />
Kudos to Wendi Kallins, Program Director, Chris Davis,<br />
Safe Routes Instructor, and Melanie Grubman, Safe Routes Outreach<br />
Coordinator, for developing and implementing <strong>Marin</strong>’s<br />
innovative Safe Routes to Schools<br />
Program. The addition of<br />
Melanie to the team<br />
gave a big boost to the<br />
program.<br />
Safe Routes to Schools is funded through<br />
a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality<br />
Management District and administered<br />
by the <strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong> on behalf of the<br />
Transportation Authority of <strong>Marin</strong> and<br />
the <strong>County</strong>, Cities and Towns of <strong>Marin</strong>.<br />
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Share the Road<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> continued its very active work to make <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> a safer haven for transportation<br />
and recreational bicyclists. We aspire for cyclists to be able to complete their rides without<br />
fear, and for more residents to feel comfortable choosing bicycles for everyday trips. At the<br />
same time, we are striving to get both bicyclists and motorists to obey the rules of the road.<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> has a very strong bicycling culture. Unfortunately,<br />
many roadways were built many decades ago and<br />
are quite narrow. For road users to co-exist, there needs<br />
to be improved infrastructure, a greater understanding of<br />
responsibilities, and community cooperation around public<br />
safety and what it means to “Share the Road.” To help<br />
with this effort, <strong>MCBC</strong> worked on the following projects<br />
over the past year.<br />
• <strong>MCBC</strong> developed a Share the Road “Code of Conduct”<br />
for bicyclists and motorists and began compiling a list of<br />
individuals and groups that we will solicit to sign on to<br />
the “Code of Conduct.” We plan to use this piece as peer<br />
pressure to help create safer usage of our public roadways<br />
by both motorists and bicyclists.<br />
• We participated in and helped to publicize a “Share<br />
the Road Day,” which included checkpoints where law<br />
enforcement officers from Fairfax, San Anselmo, the CHP<br />
and the Sheriff’s office handed out copies of <strong>MCBC</strong>’s Share<br />
the Road “Code of Conduct” to over 750 motorists and<br />
bicyclists.<br />
• <strong>MCBC</strong> partnered with <strong>Marin</strong> General Hospital’s Trauma<br />
Program to offer three free Street Skills classes for <strong>Marin</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> residents. Our Street Skills program was a fourhour<br />
class that taught bicycle safety and vehicular cycling<br />
through the use of a Powerpoint presentation specific to<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
• We expanded our partnership with <strong>Marin</strong> General<br />
Hospital’s Trauma Program to include <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Law<br />
Enforcement and the Traffic Courts, in preparation for a<br />
2004–2005 fiscal-year activity in which bicyclists who<br />
receive traffic tickets can work off part of their fine by<br />
taking a two-hour Basic Street Skills class.<br />
• <strong>MCBC</strong> responded to letters to the editor in various newspapers<br />
to clarify that bicyclists have legal rights to our<br />
public roadways.<br />
Sadly, there was a bicycle fatality in <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> on<br />
July 4, 2003. Michael Goldstein was killed in a crash while<br />
riding his bicycle across East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard<br />
(near the site of the planned Central <strong>Marin</strong> Ferry Connection<br />
Project). On Sunday, August 16, 2003, Michael<br />
Goldstein’s birthday, <strong>MCBC</strong> held a memorial ride for him<br />
in conjunction with his family. His memory will live on in<br />
our hearts, and through our advocacy efforts to improve<br />
infrastructure in the vicinity of the crash site.<br />
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Public Outreach Projects<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> conducts many outreach activities and programs to inform the general public and policy makers about<br />
the potential for bicycle transportation to help solve some of society’s biggest problems. These activities<br />
recruit new bicycle riders and generate more public support for the <strong>MCBC</strong>’s programs and goals.<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> continued<br />
to respond to<br />
hundreds of<br />
information requests<br />
each month from<br />
local residents,<br />
visitors,<br />
public agencies and<br />
elected officials.<br />
Attendance at Meetings<br />
and Conferences<br />
Throughout the year, <strong>MCBC</strong> representatives continued to<br />
attend important public meetings related to transportation<br />
planning and funding. In this way, our staff, board members<br />
and volunteers served as the “voice of bicyclists” to elected<br />
officials who make decisions about the use of public funds.<br />
We are always present to comment on funding decisions, the<br />
impacts of roadway projects on bicyclists, and on potential<br />
projects that could improve bicycle conditions. During the year,<br />
we attended all meetings of the Transportation Authority of<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> (formerly the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Congestion Management<br />
Agency), and necessary meetings with the Metropolitan<br />
Transportation Commission (MTC), the Golden Gate Bridge<br />
Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD), Sonoma-<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Area Rail Transit (SMART), the College of <strong>Marin</strong><br />
(COM), the Comprehensive Transportation Management<br />
Plan (CTMP), the National Parks Service (NPS), and key<br />
City Council and Board of Supervisors meetings. <strong>MCBC</strong><br />
representatives also served on the <strong>County</strong>wide Plan Built<br />
Environment Committee, the Spare the Air forum, and<br />
MTC’s Regional <strong>Bicycle</strong> Working Group and Bike to Work Day<br />
Committee. Staff from <strong>MCBC</strong> attended important local, state,<br />
national and international conferences including: Walk/Bike<br />
California, the National <strong>Bicycle</strong> Summit, the Thunderhead<br />
Alliance Retreat, the America Walks Conference, the New<br />
Partners for Smart Growth Conference, Lifesavers, Interbike,<br />
the Children’s Injury Prevention Conference, a National Safe<br />
Routes to Schools Working Group meeting, and international<br />
Safe Routes to Schools Youth Conference. Safe Routes to<br />
Schools Program Director Wendi Kallins was trained as one<br />
of eight Walkabout Community Workshop leaders for the<br />
State of California.<br />
Big Bike Bash<br />
The <strong>MCBC</strong> hosted our 6th <strong>Annual</strong> Big Bike Bash membership<br />
appreciation party at the Mill Valley Community Center<br />
on November 22, 2003. About 500 people attended this event,<br />
which included live music, a silent auction, a raffle, and a<br />
buffet dinner. Speakers included Supervisor Susan Adams,<br />
Patrick Seidler (Transportation Alternatives for <strong>Marin</strong>), Joe<br />
Breeze, and <strong>MCBC</strong> staff members. Special recognition goes<br />
out to Kim Baenisch, <strong>MCBC</strong>’s Associate Director, who did a<br />
fantastic job of organizing this event.<br />
<strong>Bicycle</strong> Parking<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong>’s valet bicycle parking system was used at many<br />
events, taking thousands of cars off the road. We provided<br />
free valet bicycle parking at the following events: the <strong>Marin</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Fair, the Sausalito Art Festival, the Italian Street<br />
Painting Festival, the Biketober Festival, the San Rafael<br />
Cycling Classic, the Big Bike Bash, the Fairfax Brewfest, the<br />
Human Race, <strong>Marin</strong> Country Day School’s Tour of <strong>Marin</strong>,<br />
Sausalito’s Caledonia Street Festival, the Fairfax Festival,<br />
the Trips for Kids Bike Swap, and the San Anselmo Art and<br />
Design Festival. We received our first corporate sponsors for<br />
the 2004 Valet <strong>Bicycle</strong> Parking Events Series: Tamalpais<br />
Bank, Kit Cole Investment Advisory Services, and Choulos,<br />
Choulos and Wyle, attorneys representing Northern California<br />
bicyclists. Special thanks to <strong>Bicycle</strong> Parking coordinator and<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> Board member Stephen Hesson for his heroic efforts.<br />
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Bike to Work Day<br />
This year’s Bike to Work Day continued to grow, with an estimated 2200 cyclists participating in<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> alone. Several dozen volunteers staffed nearly 20 Energizer Stations throughout <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
on Bike to Work Day, raising awareness about the ease of bicycling for everyday transportation.<br />
Member Meetings<br />
In October 2003, we held a member meeting to gather input for <strong>MCBC</strong>’s Share the Road Program.<br />
Christy Frecceri of <strong>Marin</strong> General Hospital’s Trauma Program was the featured speaker. At<br />
our April 2004 meeting, <strong>MCBC</strong> members elected new and returning members to our Board of<br />
Directors. This meeting also included a workshop and presentations on identifying needed<br />
bicycle infrastructure improvements in local cities and towns throughout <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
Parades<br />
The <strong>MCBC</strong> and Safe Routes to Schools were featured in the Fairfax Festival parade, the Twin Cities<br />
4th of July parade, and the Mill Valley Memorial Day parade. The events this year sported a new and<br />
improved “tunnel,” designed and built by Joe Breeze, that rolls on bicycle wheels! The parades gave<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> the opportunity to publicize our efforts to open the Cal Park Hill Tunnel and the Alto Tunnel,<br />
as well as highlight the Share the Road and Safe Routes to Schools programs. Special recognition<br />
goes to Outreach Coordinator Frances Barbour Hayden for organizing <strong>MCBC</strong>’s participation in these<br />
parades and other community activities.<br />
Publications<br />
Emily Howland, Jerry Edelbrock, and Jeri Howland (left to right) on Bike to Work Day.<br />
The <strong>MCBC</strong> published six issues of our print newsletter the Pedal Press, and distributed weekly<br />
e-mail bulletins that kept the public informed about meetings, rides, events, and related<br />
bicycle and pedestrian news. <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Safe Routes to Schools published two print newsletters<br />
and provided monthly email updates. The <strong>MCBC</strong> and Safe Routes to Schools also continued<br />
to update our websites: www.marinbike.org and www.saferoutestoschools.org. Bob<br />
Trigg, <strong>MCBC</strong> Administrator, deserves recognition for keeping the websites full of important<br />
information.<br />
Bike Rides<br />
In the past year the <strong>MCBC</strong> organized several free bicycle rides<br />
to raise awareness of ongoing bicycle infrastructure projects<br />
and to draw attention to the need for safety improvements. A<br />
North-South Bikeway Tour was held on September 21, 2003.<br />
Led by local cycling legend and alternative transportation<br />
activist Joe Breeze, the ride traveled from Sausalito to San<br />
Rafael along the North-South Greenway, the route proposed<br />
to connect the southern and central parts of the <strong>County</strong> along<br />
the railroad right-of-way. The ride stopped at major project<br />
areas such as the Central <strong>Marin</strong> Ferry Connection Project<br />
and the Cal Park Hill Tunnel, and it traversed existing treasures<br />
such as the Mill Valley-Sausalito Bike Path. Along<br />
the way numerous elected officials, city staff and transportation<br />
professionals met the group to share their expertise<br />
and answer questions about the projects. Local Chapters in<br />
Larkspur, San Rafael and San Anselmo each hosted educational<br />
cycling tours of existing and proposed bicycle facilities.<br />
Each ride began with a brief talk by city council members<br />
or county supervisors about the importance of safe bicycle<br />
facilities. On the rides, participants discovered new routes<br />
and shortcuts, rediscovered familiar paths, and learned of<br />
plans for new bikeway connections.<br />
Chapters<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> Local Chapters continued to work closely with cities<br />
and towns to make cycling safer and more convenient across<br />
the <strong>County</strong>. Since July of 2003, new Chapters have formed in<br />
Corte Madera, West <strong>Marin</strong>, Fairfax, San Rafael, Larkspur<br />
and Novato. <strong>MCBC</strong> continued its advocacy successes with<br />
the existing chapters in San Anselmo and Mill Valley. In<br />
addition to organizing the bike rides described above, local<br />
Chapter members in several towns met with their Public<br />
Works Directors to discuss implementation of local bike<br />
plans. Local Chapter members attended public meetings and<br />
city council meetings to speak on the community’s support<br />
for bicycle improvements. Eric Anderson, <strong>MCBC</strong>’s Director of<br />
Planning, has done an excellent job of leading and supporting<br />
the Local Chapter efforts.<br />
Information Requests and<br />
Speaking Engagements<br />
The <strong>MCBC</strong> continued to respond to hundreds of information<br />
requests each month from local residents, visitors, public<br />
agencies, and elected officials. We also made presentations<br />
to several community groups and spoke at state, national and<br />
international conferences. Due to the success of our national<br />
model Safe Routes to Schools program, we fielded requests<br />
from many other communities throughout the United States<br />
that are interested in starting their own programs and learning<br />
from our successes.<br />
Tabling at Events<br />
Throughout the year, <strong>MCBC</strong> provided information tables at several environmental, social, and transportation<br />
events, including all bicycle parking events and the Human Race.<br />
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Advancing the <strong>Bicycle</strong> Movement<br />
The <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> is continually recognized as one of the most effective bicycle advocacy<br />
organizations in the nation. Our success has stemmed from our ability to launch pilot programs,<br />
work cooperatively with local government, communicate with the media, and interact on a variety of decisionmaking<br />
levels in order to build consensus. Following are some examples of our efforts to advance the<br />
bicycle movement at the regional, state, national and international levels.<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> has been<br />
working diligently<br />
to advocate for key<br />
programs that will<br />
increase funding<br />
for, and the use of,<br />
bicycles for<br />
transportation in the<br />
United States.<br />
Regional Advocacy<br />
In July of 2003, <strong>MCBC</strong>’s Executive Director Deb Hubsmith<br />
joined the Board of Directors for the Bay Area <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
<strong>Coalition</strong> (BABC). This was a critical year for the BABC,<br />
as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)<br />
was in the process of updating its Regional Transportation<br />
Plan (RTP), which provides a blueprint for transportation<br />
funding and policy until the year 2030. Hubsmith, the<br />
BABC, and the Transportation and Land Use <strong>Coalition</strong><br />
(TALC) worked with MTC Chairman Steve Kinsey (a<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Supervisor) to secure a commitment for<br />
$200 million in the RTP for building the Regional <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
Network. Hubsmith also serves on the Board of Directors<br />
for the Transportation and Land Use <strong>Coalition</strong> (TALC),<br />
representing the BABC and providing a voice for bicyclists<br />
in regional transportation reform platforms. During the<br />
year MTC also finalized the paperwork for a new policy<br />
that requires local jurisdictions to indicate how all transportation<br />
projects funded through MTC consider the<br />
needs of bicyclists and pedestrians. As it did last year,<br />
the <strong>MCBC</strong> took the lead for publicizing the Bay Area’s<br />
annual Bike to Work Day. Special thanks go to Shimano<br />
American Corporation, Alice Radio, the Metropolitan<br />
Transportation Commission, and other sponsors for their<br />
support of Bike to Work Day.<br />
State Advocacy<br />
In September 2003, former Governor Gray Davis signed<br />
into law a bill that permits transit agencies to install frontmounted<br />
bicycle racks on 45-foot buses. <strong>MCBC</strong> had worked<br />
with the MTC to find a sponsor for the bill, as state law had<br />
prohibited the installation of bike racks on 45-foot buses—<br />
which represent nearly 20% of the Golden Gate Bridge<br />
District’s fleet. <strong>MCBC</strong> supported efforts to re-authorize<br />
the state’s Safe Routes to Schools capital funding program<br />
(this bill is still pending), and we supported Assemblyman<br />
Joe Nation’s double-fine-zone bill for school zones (which<br />
was unfortunately defeated in the Senate). Deb Hubsmith<br />
also served as the final plenary speaker at the first ever<br />
Walk/Bike California Conference.<br />
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Bicycling is an<br />
important way<br />
to improve the<br />
environment,<br />
decrease traffic<br />
congestion, improve<br />
health, and increase<br />
the livability of our<br />
communities.<br />
pedestrian trips; those successes have influenced national<br />
transportation policies abroad. During the year, Wendi<br />
Kallins and Deb Hubsmith served on committees for developing<br />
a new Safe Routes to Schools National Partnership,<br />
and attended a meeting hosted by the League of American<br />
Bicyclists in Washington DC to further these important<br />
plans. Representatives from Arizona, Georgia and Hawaii<br />
also traveled to <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> to view our Safe Routes to<br />
Schools program in action.<br />
International Advocacy<br />
In September 2003, <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Safe Routes to<br />
Schools was part of a US delegation to an international<br />
Safe Routes to Schools conference in England. Program<br />
Director Wendi Kallins, Team Leader Cynthia Witwicki,<br />
Cynthia’s daughter Kelly Witwicki and Kelly’s friend<br />
Colleen Zak attended the conference. Kelly and Colleen,<br />
who are students at Mill Valley Middle School, gave a<br />
presentation on the Mill Valley Safe Routes to Schools<br />
program, which has a tremendous amount of enthusiastic<br />
youth participation.<br />
National Advocacy<br />
Joe Breeze in Washington D.C.<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> remained active on the national level and helped<br />
to spearhead advocacy efforts to promote the inclusion<br />
of Safe Routes to Schools and the Non-Motorized<br />
Transportation Program in the TEA-21 re-authorization<br />
bill. Congressman James Oberstar, ranking member on the<br />
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, wrote<br />
these two programs into the House of Representatives’<br />
version of the bill, and was supported by Congresswoman<br />
Lynn Woolsey. We also worked with Senator Boxer’s office,<br />
and the Senator helped to secure a place for Safe Routes<br />
to Schools in the Senate’s version of the re-authorization<br />
bill. As this <strong>Annual</strong> Report goes to press, it is uncertain<br />
whether Congress will adopt a final re-authorization bill<br />
during 2004 or wait until 2005. The transportation reauthorization<br />
bill is adopted every six years and is slated<br />
to provide about $300 billion for transportation programs<br />
nationwide. <strong>MCBC</strong> has been working diligently to advocate<br />
for key programs that will increase funding for, and the use<br />
of, bicycles for transportation in the United States. <strong>MCBC</strong><br />
partnered with our affiliate Transportation Alternatives<br />
for <strong>Marin</strong> to promote the Non-Motorized Transportation<br />
Pilot Program to other bicycle and pedestrian organizations<br />
as well as to Congress. This program would afford the<br />
opportunity for the United States to select three communities<br />
that would serve as testing grounds for the results of<br />
building a complete bicycle and pedestrian network. Such<br />
a program would make it possible for the United States<br />
to measure mode shift, safety, and changes in community<br />
health. Pilot programs of this nature have been extremely<br />
successful in Europe for shifting auto trips to bicycle and<br />
Media<br />
Throughout the year, <strong>MCBC</strong>, Safe Routes to Schools and<br />
our staff were featured in the media on numerous occasions.<br />
Our reach went beyond <strong>Marin</strong> to include national<br />
publications, radio and television coverage.<br />
Conclusion<br />
The <strong>MCBC</strong> is excited to be an influential part of the<br />
growing international bicycle movement. Bicycling is an<br />
important way to improve the environment, decrease traffic<br />
congestion, improve health, and increase the livability<br />
of our communities. <strong>MCBC</strong> looks forward to continuing to<br />
work with other leaders to help make <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong>—and<br />
our nation—safer and more convenient for bicyclists and<br />
pedestrians of all ages and abilities.<br />
Congressman Jim Oberstar with <strong>MCBC</strong> staffers (from left to right),<br />
Deb Hubsmith, Frances Barbour Hayden, and Wendi Kallins.<br />
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Thank You Volunteers!<br />
More than 350 people volunteered with the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> over the last year.<br />
Volunteers are the life breath of our organization and its success. Thank you!<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong><br />
Sue Aeberli<br />
Jeff Allen<br />
Eric Anderson<br />
Gwynne Axelrod<br />
Kim Baenisch<br />
Frances Barbour Hayden<br />
Judy Barnett<br />
Art Barton<br />
Hobart Bartshire<br />
Linda Becchetti<br />
Duane Berger<br />
Ben Berto<br />
Frank Berto<br />
Rocky Birdsey<br />
Mark Birnbaum<br />
Bev Birnbaum<br />
Athena Bohm<br />
Tom Boss<br />
Adrian Borys<br />
Ben Boussina<br />
Sean Braniff<br />
Burke Braun<br />
Connie Thorpe Breeze<br />
Joe Breeze<br />
Tommy Breeze<br />
John Brentlinger<br />
Alberto Briones<br />
Sid Brodie<br />
Ann Brown<br />
Karie Brown<br />
Jeff Brown<br />
Raja Bubar<br />
Evelyn Buchwitz<br />
Geoff Butterfield<br />
Maya Butterfield<br />
Bob Byrne<br />
Scott Cahill<br />
Paul Carroll<br />
Michael Childress<br />
Richard Chinlund<br />
Becky Choi<br />
Paul Chourre<br />
Larry Chu<br />
Tracy Clay<br />
Cynthia Collings<br />
Syndee Collison<br />
Chris Cosgrove<br />
Elizabeth Crawford<br />
Greg Crockcroft<br />
Cindi Darling<br />
Chris Davis<br />
Keith Denebeim<br />
Bob Densmore<br />
Rachael Dewitt<br />
John Doidge<br />
Lara Roman Domingues<br />
Adrienne Duff<br />
Jerry Edelbrock<br />
Ryan Easton-Brown<br />
Bill Ellis<br />
Andrew Elsonbaty<br />
Jonathan English<br />
Jenny Eubank<br />
Kent Farney<br />
Jo Ann Fawcett-Richards<br />
Michael Feliciano<br />
Tom Finch<br />
Gary Fisher<br />
Jai Flicker<br />
Sedi Forsati<br />
Brian Foster<br />
Phil Frank<br />
Sonny Freeman<br />
Jocelyn Freid<br />
Michael Gaspers<br />
Dave Getz<br />
David Giampietro<br />
Marty Giblas<br />
Travis Gilbert<br />
David Glazer<br />
Steve Gravenites<br />
Gary Gross<br />
Melanie Grubman<br />
Duane Grundy<br />
Todd Hamilton<br />
Craig Harlow<br />
Hal Harvey<br />
Bud Hauso<br />
Ted Hayden<br />
John Hefler<br />
Karen Hemmeter<br />
Don Herzog<br />
Mark Hesse<br />
Stephen Hesson<br />
Peter Hoch<br />
Victoria Holman<br />
Thomas Horn<br />
Jeri Howland<br />
Deb Hubsmith<br />
Jan Huptych<br />
Yama Husseinknil<br />
Jim Jacobsen<br />
Elmer Jan<br />
Sarah Janko<br />
Amanda Jones<br />
Michael Jones<br />
John Johnson<br />
Nick Karavalos<br />
Harvey Katz<br />
Jean Kinsey<br />
Jim Kirsner<br />
Joan Kirsner<br />
Ken Kramarz<br />
Rick Kuckler<br />
Ohwhan Kwan<br />
Chris Lang<br />
Vicki Leed<br />
Catherine Le Fervre<br />
Ralph Leighton<br />
Trever Lentz<br />
Steven Lewczyk<br />
Cheryl Longinnoti<br />
Morgan Lorenz<br />
Riley Lorenz<br />
Jay Lustgarten<br />
Lisa Luzzi<br />
Steven Lyons<br />
Tyrone MacDonald<br />
Valerie “Fae” Maldovan<br />
Jason Manning<br />
Barry Marchessault<br />
Tammy Sue Marden<br />
Gabriel Maria<br />
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John Maria<br />
Wil Matthews<br />
Will McBride<br />
Olivia McCoy<br />
Preston McCoy<br />
Saci McDonald<br />
Sean McDonald<br />
Charles McGlashen<br />
Peter McKenna<br />
Mark McLane<br />
Sean McWhirr<br />
Peter Mendoza<br />
Donna Mennard<br />
Luana Michaels<br />
Jane Middleton<br />
Mike Milton<br />
Diane Moolman<br />
Lafras Moolman<br />
Chris Morfas<br />
Bob Moseley<br />
Sarah Mullen<br />
Scott Mullen<br />
Craig Murphy<br />
Doug Nelson<br />
Arnie Neustaetter<br />
Chris O’Brian<br />
Stephanie O’Dell<br />
Conrad Oho<br />
Leon Olsovi<br />
Vince O’Brien<br />
Terry O’Neil<br />
Tom O’Neil<br />
Anny Parducci-Owen<br />
David Parisi<br />
Tom Peacock<br />
Luca Pedrinazzi<br />
Scott Penzarella<br />
Catano Perez<br />
Blair Peterson<br />
Jacquie Phelan<br />
Richard Philips<br />
Rachel Philips<br />
Marlene Philley<br />
Lee Piche<br />
Steven Plunkett<br />
Jerry Pompili<br />
Jean Pouteaux<br />
Debra Preitkis<br />
John Prewitt<br />
Alexander Price<br />
Dwayne Price<br />
Bryan Reilly<br />
Udson Rodrigues<br />
Deirdre Rogers<br />
Curtis Ross<br />
Leslie Ross<br />
John Ruth<br />
Mike Samuels<br />
John Schlag<br />
Indie Schlag<br />
Alyssa Schiffmann<br />
Doug Schmidt<br />
Mika Scott<br />
Patrick Seidler<br />
Heather Sewing<br />
Mark Shohat<br />
Clarissa Simon-Siquiera<br />
Cynthia Skinner<br />
Diane Snellins<br />
Mina Sohaei<br />
John Sowden<br />
Ann Sparkman<br />
Nick Springer<br />
Jack Storace<br />
Wencil Storick<br />
Brian Stubblefield<br />
John Swoffer<br />
Rick Sykes<br />
A.J. Tarantino<br />
Simon Tarlen<br />
Paul Teheny<br />
Joyce Thomson<br />
Andy Thornley<br />
Tracy Thurston Davis<br />
Ross Tibbits<br />
Bob Trigg<br />
Terry Uhl<br />
Valerie Van Cleave<br />
Christina Van der Plas<br />
Rob Van der Plas<br />
Dalis Van der Yacht<br />
Wayne VanDeWalker<br />
Amber Van Heel<br />
Julia Violich<br />
Ed Wall<br />
Nancy Weninger<br />
Gary Whitten<br />
Judd Williams<br />
Pat Williams<br />
Cindy Winter<br />
Cynthia Witwicki<br />
Kelly Witwicki<br />
Kristin Wolcott<br />
John Wright<br />
Peter Wright<br />
Ruth Wright<br />
Thomas Wright<br />
Peter Wronsky<br />
Lester Yagoda<br />
Russell Young<br />
Quinn Yowell<br />
Safe Routes<br />
to Schools<br />
Jason Agar<br />
Beth Bailey-Gates<br />
Jacob Beale<br />
Brennan Bertram<br />
Mark Birnbaum<br />
Theresa Blackwell<br />
Connie Thorpe Breeze<br />
Joe Breeze<br />
Tommy Breeze<br />
Kelly Brisbois<br />
Lauren Brown<br />
Maya Butterfield<br />
Anschel Burk<br />
Bob Byrne<br />
Edra Caldeshiu<br />
Jozettee Castings<br />
Crista Cheap<br />
Larry Chu<br />
Susan Cluff<br />
Keren Cochrane<br />
Maria Codoni<br />
Damon Connolly<br />
Dawn Connolly<br />
Colleen Cornell<br />
Chloe Cook<br />
Jaylon Dany<br />
Chris Davis<br />
Doug Degnan<br />
Bob Densmore<br />
Erin Denison<br />
Rachael Dewitt<br />
Barry Dobbins<br />
Tina Dobbins<br />
Dru Dominguez<br />
Anne Engert<br />
Gina Feiner<br />
Thana Fineman<br />
Sonny Freeman<br />
Laura Garcia<br />
Paymon Ghazanfarpous<br />
Kim Graves<br />
Julia Grebenstein<br />
Melanie Grubman<br />
Tom Hale<br />
Sandra Hamilton<br />
Kelly Hanley<br />
Kim Hanley<br />
Roz Hamar<br />
Brent Harris<br />
Becky Hendricks<br />
Victoria Holman<br />
Deb Hubsmith<br />
Craig Jansen<br />
Caryn Johnson<br />
Charles Johnson<br />
Sara Johnson<br />
Eric Joseph<br />
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Wendi Kallins<br />
Claudio Marcelo-Katz<br />
Jackson Karlenzig<br />
Warren Karlenzig<br />
Tanya Kaufman<br />
Sue Kessner<br />
Janet Kjelmyr<br />
Perry King<br />
Rebecca Korss<br />
Misha Lebell<br />
Patricia Leeds<br />
Ralph Leighton<br />
Amy Lester<br />
Donna Lewendowsky<br />
Lauren Lowe<br />
Lyzy Lusterman<br />
Katie Marshall<br />
Jan Matthews<br />
Jeannett Malatesta<br />
Kelly Marshall<br />
Janine Marr<br />
Wil Matthews<br />
Erik Mattos<br />
Sarah McClure<br />
Preston McCoy<br />
Sara McEvoy<br />
Gayle Mills<br />
George Mills<br />
Michael Milton<br />
Stephanie Miller<br />
Amal Monsour<br />
Katie Moyle<br />
Jannicka Murphy<br />
Art Nelson<br />
Arnie Neustaetter<br />
Stephanie Odell<br />
Anny Parducci-Owen<br />
Natalie Pellolio<br />
Peter Oppenheimer<br />
Tasmin Pesso<br />
John Reed<br />
Marissa Rodruiguez<br />
Deirdre Rogers<br />
Cat Souza<br />
Marty Sawyers<br />
Linda Siegel<br />
Susan Stone<br />
Amy Skewes-Cox<br />
Mary Skade<br />
Joe Stewart<br />
Indy Schlag<br />
John Schlag<br />
Cyndi Sparker<br />
Kayla Sponza<br />
Patrick Seidler<br />
Jeff Stevenson<br />
Charmaine Stevenson<br />
Trace Tang<br />
Pat Tobin<br />
Sharon Trentino<br />
Judd Williams<br />
Pat Williams<br />
Rachel Williams<br />
Cynthia Witwicki<br />
Kelly Witwicki<br />
Abby Woodard<br />
Amy Worth<br />
Peter Wright<br />
Russ Young<br />
Jeff Young<br />
Quinn Yowell<br />
Doug Zesiger<br />
Colleen Zak<br />
Matt Zoll<br />
Thank You Companies<br />
and Organizations!<br />
Special thanks to these<br />
companies, businesses and<br />
organizations which donated<br />
product and/or services to<br />
the <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong><br />
<strong>Coalition</strong> during our 2004<br />
fiscal year. Please see the<br />
Financial Report for a list of<br />
companies that also donated<br />
funds to the <strong>MCBC</strong>.<br />
Abalone Inn Bed & Breakfast<br />
Abrosia<br />
Albertson’s<br />
Alice Radio (97.3 FM)<br />
Alta Planning + Design<br />
Anne Walker Catering<br />
Applebees’<br />
Bell Market<br />
Bike-RX<br />
Bookbeat<br />
Breezer Transportation <strong>Bicycle</strong>s<br />
Broken Drum Brewery<br />
Caesar’s Cyclery<br />
Chrome Bags<br />
Class 5 Climbing & Fitness<br />
Class Cycle<br />
Classcycle Bike Shop<br />
Clif Bar<br />
Coconut Moon<br />
Comforts Restaurant<br />
Costco<br />
Crabtree & Evelyn<br />
Cycle Publishing<br />
Danalco<br />
DemoSport<br />
Deuter Sport<br />
DOL Active Wear<br />
Donna’s Tamales<br />
Dragon Optical<br />
Eat My Kookies<br />
Fairfax Bakery<br />
Full Belly Farm<br />
Galaxy Granola<br />
Gentle Fox Foods<br />
Gioia Boutique<br />
Globe Pequot Press<br />
Golds Gym<br />
Good Earth<br />
GravyWheels<br />
Grilly’s<br />
Hamlow Ranches<br />
Hop Kiln Winery<br />
HVC Brands<br />
Inside Line Communications<br />
Irwin Holmes<br />
Kryptonite<br />
Lucinda’s Mexican Food<br />
Lydia’s Organics<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Bikes<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Brewing Company<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Coffee Roasters<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> Farmer’s Market<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> General Hospital<br />
Mark McLane Photography<br />
McCall Events Management<br />
Mellow Motors<br />
Mike’s Bikes<br />
Mill Valley Cycleworks<br />
Mill Valley Services<br />
Mini Foot Pump<br />
NiteRider<br />
Noah’s Bagels<br />
Parisi Associates<br />
Park Tool USA<br />
ProNet, Inc.<br />
R.E.I.<br />
Ross Goldsmith<br />
Ross Valley Brewing Company<br />
Rumi’s Café<br />
Ruth Wright<br />
San Rafael Community Center<br />
Saris/CycleOps<br />
Sausalito Cyclery<br />
Shebeest Cyclewear<br />
Silberman’s Ice Cream<br />
Smith Sport Optics<br />
SRAM Corporation<br />
Summit Bikes<br />
Sunshine Bikes<br />
Tallac Cycling Accessories<br />
Tam Valley Bike Club<br />
The Big Dipper<br />
The Bike Hut<br />
Transportation Alternatives for<br />
<strong>Marin</strong><br />
Trek <strong>Bicycle</strong>s<br />
Triple “T” Ranch Farms<br />
Trips for Kids<br />
Tully’s Coffee<br />
Twin Girls Farms<br />
Upper Crust Pie Company<br />
Van Dessel Sports, LLC<br />
Village Peddler<br />
Vista Point Productions<br />
Whole Foods Market - Mill<br />
Valley<br />
Whole Foods Market - San<br />
Rafael<br />
Wilson <strong>Bicycle</strong> Sales<br />
WTB<br />
Zeal<br />
Zocalo Catering<br />
We apologize to anyone whose<br />
name was accidentally left off these<br />
lists. Please let us know.<br />
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Financial Statement: July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004<br />
Revenue<br />
Membership Dues and Donations ..................$72,657<br />
Program Service Fees .................................... 33,330<br />
Event Income ..................................................14,113<br />
Map Sales ..................................................... 12,694<br />
Foundation and Corporate Grants ....................71,686<br />
Government Contracts ................................. 184,896<br />
Interest .............................................................. 402<br />
Total Revenue: .......................................... $389,778<br />
Revenue<br />
Expenses<br />
Salaries ....................................................................................$253,384<br />
Payroll Taxes ................................................................................22,593<br />
Medical and Liability Insurance ......................................26,295<br />
Independent Contractors .................................................... 27,502<br />
Bank Fees/Advertising/Permits ........................................2,026<br />
Conferences, Travel ...................................................................8,490<br />
Dues/Memberships ........................................................................748<br />
Events/Volunteer Expenses ..................................................9,743<br />
Postage ...............................................................................................5,539<br />
Printing ............................................................................................. 19,419<br />
Supplies and Equipment .....................................................14,861<br />
Utilities/Rent/Phone ..............................................................20,910<br />
Total Expenses: .................................................................$411,510<br />
Excess of revenue over<br />
expenses for current year ..........................................-$21,732<br />
Prior years’ accumulated surplus ............................... $74,582<br />
Total Accumulated Surplus: ........................................$52,850<br />
Expenses<br />
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The <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong> gratefully acknowledges the following<br />
agencies, foundations, corporations and members who have generously donated<br />
to our organization or hired the <strong>MCBC</strong> as a contractor for services rendered.<br />
$104,764.90<br />
Bay Area Air Quality Management<br />
District grant through the<br />
<strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong><br />
(for Safe Routes to Schools)<br />
$70,130.69<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Community Foundation<br />
(for Safe Routes to Schools)<br />
$25,000<br />
Anonymous<br />
$20,000<br />
Anonymous<br />
$13,285<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> General Hospital Trauma<br />
Program<br />
$10,750<br />
<strong>County</strong> of <strong>Marin</strong><br />
$10,000<br />
Anonymous<br />
Anonymous<br />
$7,000<br />
Springcreek Corporation<br />
$5000<br />
Anonymous<br />
Shimano American Corporation<br />
$2,500<br />
Tamalpais Bank<br />
Kit Cole Investment<br />
Advisory Services<br />
Choulos, Choulos, & Wyle<br />
Attorneys at Law<br />
Pacific Cycle<br />
$1,000 - $2,000<br />
Noble “Rocky” Birdsey<br />
Fleishman-Hilliard, Inc.<br />
Headlands Ventures, LLC<br />
(Mike’s Bikes and<br />
Sausalito Cyclery)<br />
Marjorie and Anthony Heflet<br />
Jon Hoffman and Melodi Zaret<br />
Jim and Joan Kirsner<br />
Lucasfilm Ltd.<br />
Vince O’Brien<br />
Parisi Associates<br />
Blair and Hillary Peterson<br />
Simplicity Cycle Company, LLC<br />
(Breezer Transportation <strong>Bicycle</strong>s)<br />
Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation<br />
University of California<br />
at San Francisco<br />
Julia Violich<br />
Nancy Weninger and<br />
Dwayne Price<br />
Cindy Winter<br />
Working Assets Long Distance<br />
WTB, Patrick Seidler and<br />
Mark Slate<br />
$500 - $999<br />
Anonymous<br />
Jeffrey and Maggie Allen<br />
Alta Planning + Design<br />
Bob Byrne<br />
Bank of <strong>Marin</strong><br />
John Boeschen<br />
Jerry Edelbrock and Jeri Howland<br />
Albert and Alma Finestone<br />
Gary Fisher<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Family Lifestyle Program<br />
Merv and Gail Giacomini<br />
John and Lisa Geisse<br />
GravyWheels<br />
Melanie Grubman<br />
Tom and Liz Hale<br />
Jan Hobbel<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Cyclists, Inc.<br />
Linda and Sheldon Siegel<br />
Spare the Air Program<br />
Summit <strong>Bicycle</strong>s<br />
Sunshine <strong>Bicycle</strong> Center<br />
Andrew Thompson<br />
TAUPO Community Fund<br />
Fred and Susan Whinery<br />
Woodlands Market<br />
$250 - $499<br />
Robert Anderson<br />
Bay Area Discovery<br />
Museum<br />
Robert Berry<br />
Marlene and Ronald Buono<br />
John Brentlinger<br />
Richard Chinlund<br />
City of Larkspur<br />
Bob and Nancy Farese<br />
William S. Fisher<br />
Family Trust<br />
Regan Fulton<br />
Grizzly Peak Cyclists, Inc.<br />
Don and Gloria Herzog<br />
Deb Hubsmith<br />
Kimberly Hughes<br />
Human Race<br />
Christine and Jerry Kay<br />
Diane M. Kelley<br />
Laura Kandell and<br />
Darren Overby<br />
Frank and Julie Pizzo<br />
Bruce and Theresa Raabe<br />
Realty House<br />
Brian Roberts<br />
Robin and Geoffrey<br />
Strawbridge<br />
Tamalpais Community<br />
Services District<br />
Paul Tuttle<br />
Peter Wronsky<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> Thanks You<br />
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RESOURCES<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong><br />
www.marinbike.org<br />
Safe Routes to Schools<br />
www.saferoutestoschools.org<br />
Red Cross Cycle Corps<br />
shesson@earthlink.net<br />
Bay Area <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong><br />
www.bayareabikes.org<br />
<strong>Bicycle</strong> Trails Council<br />
www.btcmarin.org<br />
Access for Bikes<br />
www.access4bikes.org<br />
<strong>Marin</strong> Cyclists<br />
www.marincyclists.com<br />
WOMBATS<br />
www.wombats.org<br />
Single Cyclists<br />
www.singlecyclists.org<br />
Trips for Kids<br />
www.tripsforkids.org<br />
Tam Valley Bike Club<br />
www.tamvalleybikeclub.com<br />
Velo Club Fairfax<br />
415-457-8687<br />
NON PROFIT ORG.<br />
U.S. POSTAGE PAID<br />
FAIRFAX, CA<br />
PERMIT NO 6<br />
Membership<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> depends on the financial support of the community and encourages all bicyclists to join our organization.<br />
Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Refer a friend, learn more about membership benefits<br />
and/or join on-line at www.marinbike.org. Thank you for being a part of the solution!<br />
<strong>MCBC</strong> Membership Form<br />
Name (first)<br />
Street / PO Box<br />
City<br />
Phone (day)<br />
e-mail<br />
(evening)<br />
(last)<br />
Zip<br />
How you heard about us<br />
$25 Low Income $100 Century $1,000 Gold Spoke<br />
$40 Regular $250 Tour de France $2,500 Titanium Spoke<br />
$60 Family $500 Silver Spoke $5,000 Platinum Spoke<br />
Do not share my name with other organizations<br />
Make checks payable to: <strong>Marin</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bicycle</strong> <strong>Coalition</strong>, P.O. Box 35, San Anselmo, CA 94979<br />
I want to volunteer!<br />
Attending public meetings<br />
Advocacy in your town<br />
Data entry<br />
Events<br />
Newsletter distribution/mailing<br />
Phone tree calling<br />
Safe Routes to Schools<br />
Share the Road<br />
Staffing an information table<br />
Valet bicycle parking<br />
Other<br />
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