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LCI Instructor class Jan 25-27: Phoenix

There will be an LCI Instructor Class held January 25-27, 2013. This is the class to take to become a certified LCI (League Cycling Instructor). Event info and registration via LAB website.

General information about LCI and other educational programs from the LAB.

Note the TS101 is a prerequiste. For those in the Phoenix area who need the class –
I am looking at the calendar to schedule a class at Global Bikes in Gilbert or another location. If you are interested, which of these dates will work? Sat. Jan. 5th / Sun. Jan. 6th / Sat. Jan. 12th
There is an online portion at bikeed.org run by the City of Houston that students can start any time.

Contact Kathy Mills at kathym@cazbike.org

FREE Ready to Ride class — Tempe, Dec 8

Do you know a beginner bicyclist age 16 and up who is fearful of riding on the road? Or could use some basic bicycle safety instruction – from bicycle fit to riding in traffic?

Ready-to-Ride is a FREE class brought to you by the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists and the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).

The free classes for ages 16 and up will last for 3 hours. The classes will be overview on the basics of bicycling and riding on streets in traffic. The last 45 minutes of the class will be on your bike in the parking lot. Helmets are required.

Can’t make it this week? Are you in another part of the valley? Check back at the ready-to-ride home page cazbike.org/r2r , for additional class to be posted soon; and sign up for our email list to be notified of future classes.

December 8, 2012 1-4pm, downtown Tempe at the Tempe Transportation Center, 200 E 5th Street.
Please note: this activity is not sponsored by the City of Tempe or the Tempe Transportation Center.

Please visit free-ready-to-ride-classes to register.

CAzBike Membership ANNUAL Meeting: Wed Oct 24

When: October 24, 2012 at 6:30pm
Where: Aunt Chilada’s 2021 West Baseline Road, Tempe, AZ [map/directions]; (it’s part of the the Arizona Grand Resort)

All members are cordially invited and encouraged to attend. The meeting is open to the public.
For space planning purposes, please drop us a line if you can attend;
you can respond to the Event on Facebook www.facebook.com/events/516148175062813/

Meeting Agenda

This can be participatory, with a goal of having this meeting more discussion-oriented that prior years (direction, priorities, how to grow membership, etc.)

· Call to order

· Introductions

· Call for additional agenda items

· Treasurer’s Report

· President’s Comments: Current Priorities, Opportunities and Concerns (to include Federal Funding, ADOT Policies, Board/Volunteers Needed, MAG programs, Route 66, etc.)

· VP Education: MAG education programs

· Additional Agenda Items, including nominations of additional board members (if any).

· Adjournment

Road Hazard Hotline

If you are out riding and spot some dangerous road hazard conditions (Cattle guards, dangerous longitudinal cracks and rail road crossing pavement buckling, etc. Generally NOT simply debris.).

Generally, you’ll need to supply the following information:

Type of hazard (description).
Detailed location.
Date observed.
Your Contact information

It’s best to directly report the hazard to the responsible jurisdiction, Here’s a few (sorry these links go dead regularly) —

City of Phoenix – Streets Transportation contact list
State and US highways, contact the appropriate ADOT District office, you can also courtesy copy RISKMANAGEMENT@azdot.gov
City of Tempe – Tempe 311 or call 480-350-4311
City of Mesa – Streets Work Request form.
Town of Gilbert – Streets Contact.
City of Scottsdale – Service Request
City of Glendale – Public Works form
City of Peoria – Contact form.
City of Tucson – To report potholes, contact Tucson DOT at: TDOTConcerns@tucsonaz.gov or call 791-3154

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FREE Ready-to-Ride Class: Peoria Dec 1

Registration for the December 1, 2012 9-12 AM, located at Peoria – Lakeview Room of Rio Vista Recreation Center 8866 W. Thunderbird Road, Peoria is now open; (note: this class was originally scheduled for Oct 13, but was postponed).

Ready-to-Ride is a FREE class brought to you by the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists and the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).

Please visit free-ready-to-ride-classes for more info, and to register.

Bicyclist Education Scheduled in Flagstaff: July 13-14

Martin Ince of Flagstaff will be hosting a TS101 class July 13 and 14
The location will be the Joe Montoya Community & Senior Center, 245 N Thrope Rd , Flagstaff, 86001. For more info or to register contact:

Kara Kumon (kara.kumon@gmail.com) or
Martin Ince (mince@flagstaffaz.gov, 928-213-2685)

More info from City of Flag website (includes times; THE CLASS IF FREE!)
Listing on LAB website.

This is great for cyclists in Flag and in Arizona.

Traffic Skills 101 is our nation’s premiere street bicycling program taught by instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists. Learn the basics of bicycle and helmet fit. Learn state bicycle laws. Learn how to predict and prevent crashes, and how to bail out as a last resort! Learn how to operate your bicycle in a skillful and confident manner, in any traffic — any time!

Also, there will be an LCI instructor course (to become LAB certified to instruct) September 7, 8 and 9. (completion of TS101 is a pre-requisite). Registration is through LAB.

CAzBike Logo

Regular Logo

very small – 79×100, 2KBytes
normal – 317×400, 17KBytes
large – 951×1199, 50KBytes
medium large variation – 632×744, 30KBytes (no subtext)

Sidetext Logo

Hi-res – 1600×1200, 30KBytes

Lo-res – 750×90, 8KBytes

The .eps File

Here is the .eps file, CAzB_logo_Final.eps, useful for printing. This is a vector-type file; and can be scaled up to any resolution without looking pixellated. Upon opening the .eps file in Adobe Illustrator, it seems as though the main color is “Pantone 542 CVU” (CVU apparently means Computer, Video, Uncoated), though it appears as though the color looks “too blue” (e.g. RGB = 4, 140, 199 versus the above ones we use on the web that render as 93, 140, 186 and “look right”… in hex this is 5D8CBA, by the way).
I opened the .eps and the .jpg we use on the web in: AI, Photoshop CS4, Photoshop 2.0, Paint, and got all sorts of results; even the black varied. I just opened the .eps in Fireworks/CS2 and the blue renders as #5990BA; and looks just a little too blue, i.e. slightly less red, slightly more green, but same amount of blue.

Letterhead

Here is a .doc letterhead. It uses a version of the website header graphic in the header, and just some simple text in the footer. The text color is set to 70% grey, while the header is in color. This comes out best if printed in color — but also looks pretty good when printed on a b/w laser printer.

Website Header

Used on our website…

CazbikeHeader.gif : 17Kbytes. 780×190 .gif file; used on the “static” site, prior to 2015
CazbikeHeaderForStructure.gif: Used on wordpress site (2015 onward): 960×140 .gif
CazbikeHeaderHi.gif : 125Kbytes. upsampled CazbikeHeader.gif file (has pure white background)
CazbikeHeader.png : This is the SOURCE file in Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks png format; it is currently on a 960×140 canvas but can be resized using Fireworks (it was created in the version from CS2). It currently has a nearly white background (#f9f9f9 or something) to match the “structure” theme in wordpress.

Paypal

In order to get images/logo to display on paypal’s payment/checkout pages for example when you renew your dues, you need to load them onto an ssl server, e.g. sslpic.com offers this as a free service for small images, here is our image used for paypal checkout pages hosted on https: static.e-junkie.com.

Tri-fold / Brochure

one-page double-sided printable brochure, folds into thirds; print on glossy white magazine stock…

Front / cover page .pdf (1MB)
inside / back page .pdf (1MB)
Bundle zip-file (11MB) including adobe illustrator .ai printable file

Green Valley and Scottsdale: 10 Best Burbs for Biking

I don’t normally expect to find articles regarding bicycling in Sunset Magazine, let alone rankings of communities where bicycling is involved…but I did, in the June 2012 issue.
Green Valley and Scottsdale were both named “Gold” communities (their highest ranking), the only two Gold-level award recipients in the whole western US, in an article titled “Ten Best Burbs for Biking”.

The premise was to identify the Top Ten communities in the West that were other than “urban” (as in NYC urban, I guess) or “college-centric” communities with a readily expected bicycling population. I was thrilled to read this and to see your personal efforts, along with key allies, supporters and co-workers, get recognized in a “lifestyle” magazine that is not bicycling-focused. It is encouraging to see this type of publicity within what is a broader and hopefully growing audience.

Congratulations to all involved!
Bob Beane, President, Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists

Excerpt from the article (June edition of Sunset Magazine):
10 Best Burbs for Biking
We developed this list from the nonprofit League of American Bicyclists’ award program. It’s easy to sing the praises of the West’s bike-centric college towns (Boulder, Davis), so we chose instead to focus on communities without an obvious bikeready population that are making it easy for people to ride to shops, restaurants, work, and more. Each of these towns recently received a gold, silver, or bronze award from the League based on bike-friendly infrastructure, education, and progressive city planning…

» GREEN VALLEY, AZ 25 miles from Tucson. Part of bike haven Pima County, where the local police actively advocate motorist and cyclist equality, Green Valley is the latest community in the county to double its bike lane miles (from 30 to 60) in the last five years.
» SCOTTSDALE, AZ 12 miles from Phoenix. Talk about door-to-door service: A whopping 75 percent of homes here are within a halfmile of a bike path or lane.

The full article is currently here.