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San Joaquin Council of Governments funded 21 projects throughout the county to improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including adding bicycle lanes to Yosemite Avenue in Manteca. Photo of Yosemite Avenue Alternative 2 courtesy of City of Manteca.

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San Joaquin County Bike, Ped Projects Get Money from Local Sales Tax Measure

By Minerva Perez | Mar 26, 2018 | 1 Comment

SJCOG awarded funds for 21 projects in San Joaquin County, including off-street bike paths, on-street bike lanes, signaled bike routes, cycletracks, sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian crossing beacons, and several studies.

Merced Bicycle Coalition vice-chair Justin Hicks chauffeurs residents of the Hampshire during the bike club’s inaugural pedicab project ride. Photos by Minerva Perez/Streetsblog

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Merced Bicycle Coalition Launches Pedicab Rides for Seniors

By Minerva Perez | Feb 28, 2018 | 4 Comments

The Merced Bicycle Coalition, in partnership with two senior residential facilities, has launched a fun program that gets seniors out and about via pedicabs.

Madera added a new bus route to the local community college

Madera Adds Bus Route for Community College Students

By Minerva Perez | Jan 19, 2018 | No Comments

Madera and Oakhurst Community College is located about five miles out of town in any direction. Some students were being dropped off as early as 6 a.m., or using dial-a-ride services to get to class.

The tactile maps have a key that can be read in braille or by pressing an audio "smart pen" to the paper to receive audio instructions. Photo courtesy Joni Bauer

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San Joaquin Regional Transit District Debuts Tactile, “Talking” Maps for Visually Impaired Riders

By Minerva Perez | Dec 18, 2017 | No Comments

San Joaquin Regional Transit District launched a new service that will make it easier for people who are visually impaired and blind to navigate its system using audio and tactile maps of the RTD’s boarding stations.

This map from Gary Enn's petition to the Bakersfield City Council shows the few existing crosswalks across 24th St.

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Bakersfield Is Hoping Pedestrians Will Just Go Away

By Minerva Perez | Oct 26, 2017 | 9 Comments

Bakersfield has one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the nation, and its engineers want to keep making their streets wider and faster. Their safety solution: remove crosswalks.

Merced's The Bus. Photo by Minerva Perez

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Fare-free Transit Boosts Ridership in Merced

By Minerva Perez | Aug 22, 2017 | No Comments

Merced County was one of several local agencies experimenting with discounted or free fares on its transit system to boost ridership. For the month of August, all rides on The Bus were free. Now to extend that bump in ridership.

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