Open Seat on Bicycle Advisory Committee

Do you want to help make Calistoga a safer place to get around by bike or on foot? Do you have some time to actually do stuff in addition to attending a monthly meeting? Do you play well with others? If this sounds like you, fill out the application and get involved. Here's the BAC at work just a week or so ago.

Tom, Dieter, Brad and Erik planning a brainstorming session to prioritize the Bike Plan

The BAC team agreed to meet April 3 at noon for a 3 hour session to set priorities for projects embedded in the Bike Plan. It is a public meeting, so it's a perfect way to get involved if you are thinking of joining the BAC. Maybe one of the things they will agree on is getting parklets in Calistoga with more bike parking. Here's one of the many parklets you can find in San Francisco.

Park your bike, get a coffee, relax and take in the scene.

Parklets encourage visitors and locals to linger downtown, and parklets are proven to improve business for adjacent shops. Here's a fledgling parklet in Calistoga . . . just need to add a few bike racks in the red zone and there we have it!

Just add bike parking!

Inevitably, the question will arise, 'Do we need really need more bike parking?' A picture is worth 1000 words, etc.

One well-utilized bike rack: 3 people parked in the space of 1/4 of a truck.

Another 1000 words . . .

No room at the rack . . . enough said!