Resources
Resources on the BFBC Web Site
- Recent meeting minutes of the City's Bicycle Subcommittee (last updated 2006-11-11).
- How to report road problems and bicycle hazards.
- The BFBC bike safety pages.
- Interviews with 2004 candidates for city office.
- Article: the San Francisco Bay Trail.
- Article: Bike Facilities in Boulder, Colorado.
Off-site resources. The remainder of this resources page contains links to other web sites of interest. Suggestions and (especially) contributions are welcome. Note: off-site links may change without our knowledge. If you discover any broken links on this page, please notify webmaster (at) bfbc (dot) org.
Bike Commuting
- The
Berkeley Bikestation
provides secure valet bike parking in downtown Berkeley.
- The Fruitvale Bikestation (open as of November 2004) does the same, at Fruitvale Bart.
- Electronic bike lockers are now available at El Cerrito Bart.
- LAB Better Bicycling Fact Sheets, under Beginning Cycling and Commuting. Especially:
- Paul Dorn's Bike Commuting Pages
- BART: Bike overview (including Bikestation info) | Bike rules | Home page
- City of Berkeley: Bike tips & resources (see also below)
- Cal Trans District 4: Bicycle page | Home page
- Rides, Inc: Bike Resource Guide | Home page
- SF Bay Area Transit Info (511.org): Bike page | Bikes on transit | Home page
- Will it rain today? Tomorrow? In the next hour?
- National Weather Service forecast for SF Bay Shoreline Area | NWS Bay Area forecast zone map.
- NWS Bay Area short-range radar image | How to understand it
Bike Ownership & Repair
- Missing Link Bike Cooperative:
- Sheldon Brown's wealth of articles, mainly on bicycle repair and maintenance. Same, but titles only.
- Park Tools repair and maintenance pages. It is in this company's best interest to teach you how to do your own bike work!
- Tinker's Workshop, 1336 Channing Way, Berkeley, (510)644-2577, holds bicycle repair clinics.
- Cycles of Change holds bicycle repair clinics. See below for more contact info.
- Shop-In-Berkeley list of bike shops in Berkeley
- See also our list of bike shops with discounts to BFBC members.
Vehicular Bicycling Skills
- LAB Better Bicycling Fact Sheets. Especially under Riding on the Road.
- John S. Allen's Street Smarts. See the full text on-line.
- John Forester essays (very pithy): Bicycle Transportation Institute | Effective Cycling Training.
- LAB Road 1 class (9 hours of instruction).
- Road 1 class schedule for the Bay Area.
- Michael Bluejay's Bicycle Safe website - a somewhat different perspective.
- Urban Cycling's index of resources on urban cycling.
General Resource Sites
- Bicycling Life. Dozens of useful articles. How-to's, practical cycling, safety skills, much more.
- Bikelane.com. Dozens of links to other bicycle sites.
- Ken Kifer's Bike Pages. Dozens of useful articles.
- ProBicycle. Advocacy with an attitude (devil's advocacy too). Dozens of useful articles.
- Rec.bicycles FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions from the Usenet group.
City of Berkeley
- City main page | City Council (includes agendas and minutes)
- Office of Transportation (OOT) | Traffic calming | Traffic engineering | TDM study
- OOT bike pages: Main bike page | Bike Blvds | Bike Plan | Bike resources, tips, etc | Bike route map (PDF, 1.7MB)
- General Plan | Transportation Element
- Health Dept: Bicycle education
- Planning Dept: Map room
- Public Works Dept: Street maintenance and repair | Current construction schedule
- Transportation Commission: includes agendas, minutes, and old Bicycle Subcommittee matters. (Current Bicycle Subcommittee minutes are posted here on the BFBC web site.)
Nearby Local Jurisdictions
- Alameda County | Congestion Management Agency
- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) | Bay Trail
- Cities of: Albany | El Cerrito | Emeryville | Kensington (not incorporated)
- City of Oakland | Bicycle page
- East Bay Regional Parks District | Maps | Parks
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) | MTC transportation headlines
- UC Berkeley | Bicycle page
Laws and Ordinances
- Berkeley Municipal Code (searchable by keyword)
- California State Law (searchable by keyword)
- Oakland Municipal Code (searchable by keyword)
Bay Area Bicycle Advocacy
- Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, BABC (formerly REBAC)
- Bicycle Civil Liberties Union (BCLU)
- BikeAlameda
- Bike the Bridge! Coalition
- East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC)
- LBNL Bicycle Coalition (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
- Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC)
- Peninsula Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition (San Mateo County)
- San Fransisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC)
- Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC)
State and National Bike Advocacy
- California Bicycle Coalition (CBC). State-wide advocacy.
- California Association of Bicycling Organizations (CABO). State-wide advocacy.
- League of American Bicyclists. LAB is the premier national bike organization. Its content-rich website includes excellent advice and a nationwide directory of advocacy groups and bike clubs.
- America Bikes. An umbrella lobbying group.
- Bikes Belong. Bicycle industry plus advocates.
- National Bicycle Greenway. Somewhat narrow focus.
- National Center for Bicycling & Walking
- Thunderhead Alliance. National coalition of state and local bicycle advocacy groups.
International Advocacy
- International Bicycle Fund. Promotes bicycle transportation worldwide.
- World Carfree Network.
Berkeley-Area Bike Clubs
- Berkeley Bicycle Club (BBC). Racing club.
- Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team.
- Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (BTCEB). Off-road and mountain biking.
- Cal Cycling, the UC Berkeley bicycle racing team.
- Grizzly Peak Cyclists (GPC). Recreational and touring bike club.
- Oakland Yellow Jackets (OYJ). Recreational and touring bike club.
- Team Luna Chix (Bay Area). Women's recreational bike club; many rides start in Berkeley or the East Bay.
Social Change via the Bicycle (and, where to DONATE old bikes and parts)
- Tinker's Workshop Bicycle Program, 1336 Channing Way, Berkeley, (510)644-2577.
- BAATT Cave Bicycle Library (Oakland?) (510)595-1803.
- Cycles of Change. Phone (510)595-4625. Main location is at Roosevelt Middle School, Oakland. Mailing address, for correspondence: Cycles of Change, c/o East Bay Asian Youth Center, 2025 E 12th St, Oakland, CA 94606.
- Youth Bike Adventures (East Bay).
- The Bike Hut (SF).
- Pedal Power (SF). (better contact info needed)
Other Berkeley Organizations That Might Interest You
- Alliance for AC Transit, a.k.a the Bus Riders Union.
- Berkeley Critical Mass (ok, so it's not an organization).
- Berkeley Ecological and Safe Transportation Coalition (BEST).
- Berkeley Partners for Parks (BPFP).
- Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (BPWA).
- Friends of the Berkeley Ferry. See also Paul Kamen's Berkeley Ferry page.
- KyotoUSA is a Berkeley-based advocacy effort to get US cities and citizens to honor the Kyoto Protocol and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Livable Berkeley advocates smart growth and sustainable development in Berkeley.
- Pedal Express zero-pollution delivery service.
- Shop In Berkeley directory of Berkeley businesses.
Et Cetera
- Blue bike lanes? Pro: Portland | Con: Allen | Retort: Blue bikers
- Cars-Suck.org: Well-expressed critiques of guess what.
- Grist Overdrive: Online environmental magazine. "Gloom and doom with a sense of humor."
- Safety in numbers: (P. L. Jacobsen) More walkers and bikers yields safer walking and biking.
- More on safety in numbers: Article in the UC Traffic Safety Center online newsletter, Spring 2004.
- Bicycle-friendly planning helps reduce obesity (CNN.com).