The Rio Dell Community Resource Center is hosting a kids' bike rodeo at the Rio Dell Fireman's Park parking lot.  Kids will receive a free bike check, participate in a bicycle obstacle course to learn important safety tips, and receive free helmets.  Families can also come out for the free community bbq.  The event is still in need of volunteers - if you are interested email emily@green-wheels.org

Come out to the Arcata Plaza before Arts Arcata for a fun, family-friendly bike ride starting at 5:30pm!  We'll take an easy, safe ride through Arcata neighborhoods and the Bottoms.  Bring a bike, helmet, and friends.

Bike to Work Day in Arcata is on Thursday, May 20^th starting with the Morning Energizer Station at the Arcata Co-op from 6:30-9am (811 I Street). Ride to the Arcata Plaza at noon to rally with fellow cyclists for free drawings for prizes, contests, and snacks.

May is Bike Month!  On Thursday, May 13^th, Bike to Work Day will kick off in Eureka at the Eureka Co-op’s “Morning Energizer Station,” (4^th and B Street ) where bicyclists wearing helmets can roll in from 6

Here's your chance to gear up for spring!  The 2nd Annual Bike Gear Swap and Maintenance Workshop will be held at the D Street Neighborhood Center in Arcata on Saturday, May 1st from 1-4pm.  Swap/sell/purchase gently used bike gear and bicycles.  Reserving a table to swap your old gear is free - just email osmith@cityofarcata.org.

Rally and ride your bicycle for Future Sea Level Rise Awareness Day on Saturday, April 10th at 3:30pm on the Arcata Plaza. The event, co-sponsored by Green Wheels and the City of Arcata's Energy Committee and Transportation Safety Committee, will begin with a climate change awareness rally and culminate with a family-friendly bike tour of sections of Arcata expected to be impacted by rising sea level.

Ring in the New Year on a community bike ride with Green Wheels this Friday at 5:30pm starting from the Arcata Plaza. Join fellow community members for a family-friendly ride around town before Arts Arcata. Bring friends, lights, helmet, and a bike!

Green Wheels will host a holiday community bike ride before Arts Arcata on Friday December 11 at 5:30pm starting from the Arcata Plaza. All ages welcome! Bring a helmet, lights, festivity, and friends.

Head to the Arcata Plaza for the next community bike ride Friday, November 13th at 5:30pm. Come mingle with your fellow community members for a family-friendly ride through town. Meet fellow cyclists and get some exercise before Arts Arcata. Bring a bike, helmet, lights, and friends! Rain or shine.

I have found out that PSU's Center for Transportation Studies up here in Portland has a seminar series.

Here's a  link to a presentation by Copenhagen bicycle planner Niels Jensen.

Their goal is 50% mode share by bike, and to get there, their main carrot is infrastructure including cycle tracks, but their bicycle plan includes sticks of parking pricing.