Stolen Felt Bicycle Recovered

There is a bicycle theft ring that the police are trying to catch -- so, keep your bike locked any time you must leave it unattended.

An upscale Felt road bike that they recovered and would like to return it to its owner. His name is Detective Adam Geremia with the Phoenix police. His number is 602-262-6676. Call him if you can provide any information.

Tour de Arizona Coming in 2011

In 2011, the State of Arizona will host its first Professional Cycling Tour Race that will bring hundreds of International professional and qualified amateur racers to the Valley of the Sun ...more

Phoenix area Bike Shop list

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Google launches map directions for bicyclists

Google Announces Google Biking Directions at League 2010 National Bike Summit. Visit maps.google.com/biking to try out this new feature. Biking directions for Google Maps is currently in Beta. Anyone given it a try, tell us what you think?

Past CAzBike Membership Meetings

Previous meetings:

March 15th, 2010

February 16th, 2010. 6:30PM -- note that this is a TUESDAY,

Monday January 19th, 2010, 6:30PM

Monday DECEMBER 21, 2009 -- NO meeting this month, happy holidays!

Monday NOVEMBER 16th, 2009, 7PM -- demo of google collaboration tools.

Monday OCTOBER 19th, 2009, 7PM -- discuss goals

CAzBike on Chandler channel 11

Coalition President Bob Beane, and Ken St. John of the PMBC joined Chandler city councilman Rick Heumann to discuss the Bicycle Friendly Cities, and other cycling topics. The program can be viewed from the chandleraz.gov ; scroll down to: Regular Programming / Bicycle Friendly Community.
Direct streaming link.

Former Phoenix Metro Bicycle Club VP Running Chandler City Council

Former Phoenix Metro Bicycle Club vice president and Chandler cyclist, Kevin Hartke, is running for City Council in Chandler this year. In a recent communication to Bob Beane, CAzB president, Kevin commented, "I continue to love and encourage cycling (and give away police donated bicycles). With the increases projected for gasoline and mass transportation, cycling is more than ever a healthy, efficient and viable mode of transportation." Chandler residents and others who would like to find out more about Kevin's campaign may visit: www.KevinHartke.com

ACT Act Introduced

Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced the Active Community Transportation Act, H.R.4722, on 3/2/10. This groundbreaking bill creates a competitive grant program with $2 Billion to help communities build bicycling and walking networks. Read more & TAKE ACTION...
The accompanying chart shows the underfunded position of bike/pedestrian travel relative to the trips and percentage of fatalities. $2 billion sounds like a lot of money, but with these statistics in mind and the obesity problem in this country, it might be some of the best "economic stimulus" and "healthcare reform" spending we could do.

Benchmarking Report Making Its Mark

If you haven't yet checked out Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2010 Benchmarking Report, released January 28, 2010, what are you waiting for? The nearly 200-page report filled with data on bicycling and walking from 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities has been labeled a "Bike-Ped State of the Union." Over 2,000 e-copies have already been downloaded and 500 hard copies distributed. The hefty book is full of useful data to support your efforts to improve bicycling and walking in your state and community, and includes data on how the State of Arizona and our largest metropolitan areas rank in a number areas as compared to other states and cities.