Cycling Links

Recreational Bike Clubs

• Sacramento Bike Hikers
• Sacramento Wheelmen
• Folsom-Auburn Trail Riders Action Coalition
• Davis Bike Club
• Recumbent Riders of Sacramento

Recreational Cycling

Adventure Cycling Association (touring)

Bicycling & Transportation Organizations & Resources

     Local

• Folsom Area Bicycle Advocates (FABA)
• Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails
• Bicycle Kitchen
• WalkSacramento

     State

• The California Bicycle Coalition (CBC) - Promotes bicycling to create safe, healthy, and livable communities. The CBC is your voice in state government. Our effectiveness depends on your support. Join today.
• California Association of Bicycling Organizations (CABO)
• Smart Traveler - California transportation options.

     National & International

• Active Living by Design - A program to establish and evaluate innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies.
• Active Transportation.org - shows how to make active transportation safe, convenient and desirable
• America Bikes - A coalition of eight major national bicycling organizations focused on the reauthorization of TEA-21. Offers a legislative database for contact with elected representatives on bicycle-centric transportation issues.
• American Discovery Trail - To create, manage and promote the American Discovery Trail, a 6800+ mile from coast to coast across the U.S. as a national resource for the enjoyment and benefit of its users.
• Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals - APBP promotes excellence in the emerging professional discipline of pedestrian and bicycle transportation.
• Bikemap.com - An extensive listing of transit systems that accommodate bikes.
• Bikestation Coalition - Bikestation Coalition is a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in urban communities through development of bike-transit centers and related infrastructures
• Complete the Streets - Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users.
• European Cyclists' Federation
• Institute for Transportation Policy - promoting utilitarian bicycling in developing countries
• International Human Powered Vehicle Association
• League of American Bicyclists
• National Center for Biking and Walking
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
• Rails-to-Trails Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse
• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• Surface Transportation Policy Project - The STPP works to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity and protect the environment.
• Sustrans - sustainable transport charity in Great Britain.
• The Thunderhead Alliance - National coalition of state and local bicycle advocacy organizations
• Velo Mondial - The central instrument Vélo Mondial is developing for wider use is Cycling Master Planning, a planning strategy that uses integration of cycling planning in other planning procedures.
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Government Organizations & Resources

     Local

• Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
• Sacramento Transportation Authority
• New Measure A Ordinance  for Sacramento County.  Requires that "Routine accommodation of bicycles and pedestrians shall be accomodated in all transportation projects."
• Caltrans Bicycle Program
• Caltrans Deputy Directive 64 (DD-64)--Caltrans policy requiring full consideration of the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians in transportation projects

• The City of Berkeley (CA) Bicycle Boulevard Page

     National

• EPA on Smart Growth
• Design Guidance, Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel:  A Recommended Approach,  U.S. Department of Transportation policy
• Federal Highway Administration - Information on Millennium trails, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCO) and TEA-21.
• Federal Highway Administration - FHWA Course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
• National Transportation Library - Bicycle and pedestrian specific materials.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• National Parks Service Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program
• National Transportation Library
• U.S. Dept of Transportation on Traffic Calming

Advocacy Links

• Safe Routes to School
• Bicycle Facts Sheets (including environmental and health benefits) from MassBike
• Packing pavement: Congestion of cars vs. Bikes
• CalTrans Highway Design Manual - Chapter 1000, Bikeway Planning and Design
• California Streets and Highways Code   Chapter 8 deals with nonmotorized transportation.  Section 892 says rights-of-way shall not be abandoned unless they are not useful as a nonmotorized transportation facility.
• California Vehicle Code  Sections relating to bicycles are 21200 through 21212, et.al. and sections 39001 through 30012, et.al.
• California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Part 9 Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities
• SACOG Class I Trail Policy Report