Chico Safe Streets Coalition

05/26/2025

Sometimes, looking at things like safer streets and transportation issues, it's interesting to get away from home. I just had the good fortune to spend 2 weeks in Southwest France - some in the big city of Toulouse and more in smaller towns and country villages. I was not cycling, except one day when I rented a bike for a few hours to ride the towpath along the Canal du Midi.
Various takeaways:
1. Delivery, including pretty heavy delivery by bike in Toulouse is a huge thing. Nearly all food delivery and a lot of heavier stuff is done by bike or trike, mostly with electric assist.
2. They have done some pretty decent bike infrastructure, but it's unneeded on most streets because the speed limit in most of the city is 30KPH (less than 19MPH
3. The city-wide bike share program, all of it electric assist is VERY heavily used.
4. Quite a lot of the younger cyclists are terrifyingly reckless, going at full speed through dense crowds of pedestrians.
5. The biggest takeaway of all: In 2 whole weeks, much of it in farm country I did not see ONE SINGLE PICK-UP TRUCK!!

01/06/2025

Part of the bicycle parking at the train station at Ghent, Belgium.

01/03/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/oct/11/culdesac-car-free-neighborhood-tempe-arizona

A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it

01/03/2025

Understandable:

A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting

08/26/2024

Our hearts go out to the victim. We need safer streets, especially for our elders and people with mobility issues. Nobody should have to risk their life crossing the street to buy groceries.

The crash happened July 24.

07/29/2024

06/05/2024

Even though everyday is Environment Day at BEC, we're taking a moment to appreciate all our community does to improve the land, air, and water on World Environment Day. Here are some ways you can help:

🌳 LAND 🐾
Compost your food scraps. Our donation-based Drop in the Bucket compost pickup program can help you do this if you are low on space or time to compost at home. Find more information here: https://www.becnet.org/composting

🌬 AIR 🪶
Drive less. Ride a bike, walk, use public transit, or carpool as much as possible. This cuts down on harmful carbon emissions that pollute our air and even our waterways, thus harming endangered and threatened species of birds and fish that are crucial to our ecosystem. Check out the Chico Safe Streets Coalition to learn more about our community's efforts to create safer, more accessible, and ecofriendly transit in Chico. https://chicosafestreetscoalition.org/

🌊 WATER 💧
Consider a native habitat garden, which uses less water. No matter how much annual precipitation you get where you live, it's important to conserve our precious water. Consider planting native (to your area) plants in your garden or restricting the time you water your yard. Learn more about creating a native habitat garden with Altacal Audubon Society here: https://www.altacal.org/neighborhood-habitat-program
Find out which plants are native to your region (CA only) here: https://calscape.org/



Chico Safe Streets Coalition
Save Our Water
Altacal Audubon Society
Friends of Butte Creek
California Climate Action Corps

05/03/2024

Join us for a free bike repair clinic! Free to the community, with free raffle tickets for everyone and a delicious lunch served by Chico Red Meals 💜💉

04/26/2024

04/24/2024

📣 We will have a booth at this weeks Thursday Night Market, located around the Downtown Plaza from 6:00-9:00pm! 📣

Come chat with us if you’re needing help planning a safe commute route, looking into active transportation resources, want to get involved, or just wanting to say hello! Go check out our website if you haven’t already for additional resources and ways to contact us.

04/20/2024

Endangered Species Faire is today!

Come check it out, we will be here until 4:00, we have pamphlets, bike maps, candy, and we’re giving away stylish T-Shirts with a $10 donation!