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Join Your Local Team!
MCBC Local Teams are grassroots groups of community advocates working together to improve biking and walking safety, accessibility, and mobility in their towns.
Making Marin a safer place for people who walk and bike will only happen with the support of people like you, our community, pitching in to amplify our collective voice. If you’d like to play a larger role as a community advocate in your community, please consider joining one of MCBC’s Local Teams.
In these Local Teams, community advocates learn how to speak up for better biking, meet like-minded neighbors, and show city leaders that people will show up to say “yes” to safer streets and improved mobility.
Below is a list of the current MCBC Local Teams you can join. If you don’t see one for your city/town, fill out this survey, and we will contact you when a local team kicks off in your area. If you are interested in starting your own local team, click here to contact MCBC’s Local Teams Coordinator.
Walk/Bike San Rafael
Walk/Bike San Rafael is made up of people from all parts of the city who want to be able to safely walk and bike around for fun and transportation. The current campaigns of the group are (1) traffic calming in downtown and (2) bicycle parking at the Sunday Marin Farmers Market. The group also hosts regular social rides for people of all ages.
Open Alto Tunnel
Alto Tunnel is a former railroad tunnel that passes through the ridge between Mill Valley and Corte Madera. Re-opening the tunnel for bike/pedestrian travel would connect the Mill Valley-Sausalito Pathway past Edna McGuire Elementary to Menke Park and Downtown Corte Madera. Here is a short video that describes the tunnel and its many benefits. Open Alto Tunnel is a group of advocates who have been working for years to make this happen.
Ross Valley Bikes
The Ross Valley Local Team is a group of community members working to improve bike and pedestrian safety throughout Ross Valley, including Fairfax, San Anselmo, Ross, and Kentfield.
Safe Streets Novato
Safe Streets Novato is a group of community members working to improve bike and pedestrian safety throughout Novato. Our current goals include creating safer infrastructure in Novato to allow kids to ride/walk to school independently, traffic calming measures, increasing bike parking, bike valet at annual Novato events, and most importantly, social rides such as our monthly “Kidical Mass” to increase cycling visibility in Novato.
Reimagine Mt. Tam
We have an opportunity to advance a more inclusive trail system on the Mount Tamalpais Watershed while stewarding the land for future generations. We are staying engaged with the Watershed Committee to pursue singletrack access as Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) updates its Watershed Recreation Management Plan. Sign up below to stay updated.
Resource Center
Bike Advocacy 101/102
MCBC has run several Zoom trainings for people interested in learning more about bicycle advocacy. You can find these videos in the link below.
Acronym Cheat Sheet
Local government can often be a real alphabet soup of confusing terms. We have created this handy cheat sheet to translate some of the acronyms and initialisms that you will come across in bike advocacy.
Public Meeting Calendar
There are numerous public entities with the authority to improve bike access in Marin County. The list linked below provides the regular meeting schedule of every city/town council in Marin. As well, you’ll find other important public authorities’ meetings, along with a link to their agenda page.
Members make it happen!
Thank you for helping us create a Marin where everyone can bike safely every day, in every neighborhood. We’re fighting for a more bike-friendly future in Marin.
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