[ebbc-talk] Rogue Message

Hello All,

You may have received a spam message on the EBBC list (I did) regarding investment in South Africa. My
apologies, though I'm not sure why this happened. I have made sure that no further messages will come from
that address, but the person was not a member of our list. Normally, these messages are filtered. 

Please delete the message. 

Mike Jones
List Admin.
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[ebbc-talk] FW: Urban Ecology's Annual Meeting - May 10th

An exciting collaboration is brewing with Urban Ecology. Please join
them at their annual meeting to learn about their Oakland-Fremont East
Bay Greenway proposal.

 -Robert Raburn, Executive Director
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 East Bay Bicycle Coalition   www.ebbc.org
 PO Box 1736             tel:(510)530-3444
 Oakland, CA  94604      fax:(510)336-1604
       info msg:(510)433-RIDE (7433)
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"To promote bicycling as an everyday means
of transportation and recreation"

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Urban Ecology's Annual Meeting & Party - May 10th

Thursday, May 11th
6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m.
Varnish (www.varnishfineart.com <http://www.varnishfineart.com/> ) 77
Natoma Street San Francisco, CA

Please join Urban Ecology at our Annual Meeting for a casual night of
drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Election of officers and brief program
updates will be held from 7:00 - 7:15.

Please RSVP to events@...
<mailto:events@...> 

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Marcy <imgreen03@...>

[ebbc-talk] Bicycles tariff free in future as environmental "goods" by WTO

Haven't had time to read entire article myself, but it seemed worth passing on:

 http://www.bike-eu.com/news/article.asp?id=1973

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[ebbc-talk] Good Cartoon

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20060503/cx_po_uc/po20
060503

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[ebbc-talk] Bike to Work Day at Macarthur BART -- Volunteers Needed

Hey Bikies....

May 18 is BTWD. LOTS of folks bicycle through the Macarthur BART station
every day. BTWD is our opportunity to acknowledge those bicycle commuters.

Two EBBC members have already volunteered to run the energizer station at
Macarthur BART, but it would be great to get a couple of more folks to help
them connect with bike commuters. I've done it for several years and I can
tell you that it's fun and rewarding to hand out musette bags to those bike
commuters as they pass through the station.

CAN YOU HELP??

The station is set up from around 6:30 AM until about 8:30. Can you help,
even if only for a half hour? If you can help, please respond to me at this
email address or call me at 510-482-5968.

Thanks,

Rick Rickard

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[ebbc-talk] Fruitvale Transit Village lessons learned from TALC

EBBC:

The Transportation and Land Use Coalition is holding a special  
regional meeting on the topic of lessons learned from the Fruitvale  
Transit Village. It's coming up May 17, the day before you-know-what  
day.

Anyway, one lesson learned is how not to design a Bikestation. The  
Fruitvale Bikestation needs much better visibility and signage, among  
other things, and there needs to be improved bike access of Fruitvale  
and International, both of which Oakland and Caltrans have  
"struggled" to improve for bikes.

Please come to the meeting if you can and provide your input on  
improving one of the East Bay finer neighborhoods for bikes.

See message below---

Thanks,

Dave Campbell
Vice-chair
East Bay Bicycle Coalition
510-701-5971

EBBC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit bicycle advocacy organization  
promoting bicycling as an everyday means of transportation in Alameda  
and Contra Costa Counties, CA. Your membership and support make us  
stronger and more effective. To join, go to our website at  
www.ebbc.org or stop by the Bikestation at downtown Berkeley BART to  

[ebbc-talk] I-80 Transit Summit

EBBC and BFBC:

The West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee is holding a  
Transit Summit to look at improving mobility along the I-80 corridor  
in West CoCoCo. They'll be looking to improve bike access as well.  
It's coming up May 11. See message below.

Dave Campbell
President
Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition
510-701-5971

BFBC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit bicycle advocacy organization working  
to make Berkeley a more bikeable and more livable city. Your  
membership and support make us stronger and more effective. To join,  
go to our website at www.bfbc.org or stop by the Bikestation at  
downtown Berkeley BART to sign up. Thanks for your support!

************************************************************************ 
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See you at the Summit!

WCCTAC Presents

Go I-80 Transit Summit 2006

Join us and let your voice be heard!

     * What is your biggest obstacle to mobility? Financial, Transit  

[ebbc-talk] Fwd: Alameda Thursday Night Farmers' Market Opens

Dear Cyclists and Bus Riders,

Those of you who commute to work on bikes or public transit will now  
have another shopping option:
The Alameda Farmer's Market opens up on Thursday evenings next week.  
(See announcement below.)

The market will operate from May 11th through September 28th, each  
Thursday, from 4:00 pm to 8:00pm, in the parking lot at the corner of  
Taylor and Webster St. Cyclists will want to bring their
lights and night-time reflective clothing if they plan to stay until  
the market closes, at least for a couple of weeks. Bring your bike  
lock and use the bike racks right next to Webster.

The Farmer's markets are both well served by transit: the O and W  
Transbay buses run close by, as do the 51 and 63 local runs. Stop by  
on your way back from San Francisco(with or without your bike) for  
some food and refreshments every Thursday night this summer...

Jon Spangler
Writer/Editor
Linda Hudson Writing
TEL 510-864-0370
FAX 510-864-2144
1037 San Antonio Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501-3963

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From: "Pacific Coast Farmers Markets"  

Re: [ebbc-talk] Good Cartoon

According to Rick Rickard,
> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20060503/cx_po_uc/po20
> 060503

Funny.  

Here's a version of the link for those who were excluded by poor
wordwrapping...

  http://tinyurl.com/p7wdt

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[ebbc-talk] Fw: Ashby BART Task Force members and meetings

For those of you interested in the ptoential for development of transit-oriented development, transit
villages and such, and Ashby BART west parking lot, in particular.  Pass the info along to anyone you think
might be (or should be) interested in this project.

Marcy Greenhut

Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Ashby BART Task Force members and meetings

Dear Task Force Member -
Thank you for being patient while we concluded the process of confirming membership in the Task Force to
help frame and guide potential development at the Ashby BART west parking lot.  The full membership in the
Task Force is as follows, listed alphabetically:

Dmitri Belser, Dan Cloak, Andy DeGiovanni, Jiane Du, Frankie Lee Fraser, Mike Friedrich, Marcy Greenhut,
Toya Groves, Mansour Id-Deen, Jeffrey Jensen, Maryann Sargent, John Selawsky

You are the first to know the names of the Task Force members.  We will also notify and thank those who were
nominated, but not selected.  We will then share the information with the City Council, neighborhood
associations and the press.

You are invited to attend a community meeting Monday evening, May 15, at 7:00 PM at the South Berkeley Senior
Center, at which we will make a formal announcement of the Task Force members and explain the outlines of
the Task Force process to the public.  Our intent will be to set the basic parameters and operational
procedures for the Task Force, while encouraging significant creativity and latitude in the process.  We
will let you know more about that in the coming days.

The first meeting of the Task Force is set for Monday, May 22 at 7:00 PM, also at the South Berkeley Senior
Center.  At that meeting, Project Director Ed Church will make a presentation about the context and
background of the Task Force's work, and Jeffrey Ordway from BART will make a presentation about BART's