Napa County Bicycle Coalition

Making bicycling safe, convenient and pleasant...

Links:

2nd Annual Go Car Free Day NCBC 2008 Annual Report Safe Routes to Transit program Safe Routes to School program Napa Valley Vine Trail Bay Area Bicycle Coalition Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition Eagle Cycling Club JOIN NCBC!

  1. Increase in local property values
  2. Correlation with Overall Wealth.
  3. Less Public Money Is Needed To Create a High Quality Transportation System.
  4. High-Tech Business Is Attracted by a Perceived Better Quality of Life
  5. Improved Personal Finances
  6. Better Physical Health
  7. Better Mental and Emotional Health
  8. Fewer Overweight and Obese Citizens
  9. More Free Time
  10. More Beauty
  11. Greater Mobility
  12. Inclusion of Senior Citizens
  13. More Equitable Living for Low Income Earners
  14. Increased Sense of Community
  15. Individual Opportunities for Safer Travel
  16. Less Congested Roads
  17. Safer, Quieter Neighborhoods
  18. More Resources for Public Use
  19. Enhanced and More Credible Metropolitan Image
  20. Better Air Quality
  21. Visually More Appealing Metropolitan Area
  22. Cleaner Surface and Ground Water
  23. Quieter City
  24. Slowed Pace of Global Warming
  25. More Sustainable Lifestyle
  26. Recognition for Leadership in Sound Environmental Policy
  27. Readiness for Other Environmental Initiatives
  28. Enhanced Quality of Life for Women Correlation with Overall Wealth

Click here for the full list.

OurBusiness Members!

Napa Valley Wine Train Bicycle Works Lou Penning Landscape Napa Valley Adventures Terry Tracy Architect Inglis Cycles

Lifecycle Adventures logo Napa River Velo logo

Terra Firma Surveys, Inc.

Bardesso Logo

Welcome to the NCBC!

The NCBC has 4 main functions which include bicycle education, bicycle advocacy, promoting events and programs, and fundraising to support the coalition.

Bicycle Education

We teach programs for the public on safe bicycle riding. We outline the health advantages of bicycle riding over other forms of transportation. We talk to public officials and government staff to make them aware of potential problems for bicyclists and what can be done to make bicycling safer.

Bicycle Advocacy

We promote infrastructure improvements in Napa County that will make bicycle riding safer, more convenient, and pleasant. We work to promote bicycle lanes, multiuse paths, bicycle boulevrds, etc. Our work includes identifying issues, making city and county staff and public officials aware of the bicyclists viewpoint, notifying bicyclists of important public meetings, and providing bicyclists input into the public forum.

Promoting Events and Programs

We promote Bike to Work/School month. This event is sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. However, the NCBC coordinates with the MTC, organizes the local event, and provides volunteers to staff energizer stations. We have promoted a Safe Routes to School program in Napa by finding a grant for the school district to fund the program and coordinating with the school district on its implementation.

Fundraising

We will be involved in fundraising to support paid staff for our organization. The fundraising will involve annual membership dues, soliciting sponsors, and possible fundraising events.

Recent News

The City of Napa announced that it has received a $970,000 grant from the California Bicycle Transportation Account, and that it will build the remaining sections of the commuter bicycle path along the Wine Train. This will complete the trail from Redwood/Solano to Vallejo St. near Soscol with a signalized crossing at Lincoln Ave. They anticipate completion of the trail in 2009. It's been a long time coming, and has required a great deal of effort on the part of bicycle advocates and the city of Napa Public Works. A big thank-you to the Napa Wine Train for allowing the path to be built!!

The City also announced it has received funding from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air to design and construct class 2 bike lanes on Trancas from Big Ranch to Silverado Trail. They will bring the design plans to the city Bicycle Advisory Commission for review next year. There will also be improvements made on the bike lanes crossing the Wine Train tracks on Soscol.

As part of the Flood Control project, a very small portion of the $65 million being spent on realignment of the Wine Train will be used to install concrete panels along the tracks crossing Soscol. The city is studying ways to make the bike crossing safer by reducing the angle of the bike lanes crossing the tracks. This took a lot of vocal advocates to convince Flood Control to take these steps. Thank-you all for helping to advocate for these significant improvements!