BikeAlameda’s mission is to encourage everyday use of the bicycle in and around Alameda.

Description:
We believe in safe streets, convenient access, thriving business districts, clean air and active, healthy citizens.  We work to increase the city's bicycle network and facilities, to educate the  community about the benefits of safe bicycling, and to provide a community to which Alameda  bicyclists can belong. 

History:
BikeAlameda was founded in 1999 by Alameda residents Lucy Gigli and Dan Wood, after the City of Alameda conducted public workshops to implement its Bicycle Master Plan. The co-founders realized that there were many active bicyclists in Alameda, but no real sense of community among them. While other cities have organized bicycling groups (clubs such as the Oakland Yellowjackets, and coalitions such as the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition), Alameda's bicyclists were (and in many ways still are) individuals who happen to bicycle, not in touch with other cyclists except for perhaps a passing "hello."

BikeAlameda's initial goal was to provide a community that Alameda bicyclists could belong to. We started with an e-mail discussion list, spreading the word about the group through personal contacts and flyers left on bicycles around town. We built our first web site to help people join the discussion list.

But then, as its most active members noticed that the city was not acting at all to implement any Bicycle Master Plan's short-term or long-term improvements to the bicycling infrastructure, the group started working toward pressuring the city to implementing the plan and taking bicycling seriously.

Eventually, this hard work started to pay off. The city hired staffers in the Public Works department whose job it is to get the Bicycle Master Plan implemented. BikeAlameda, together with Pedestrian-Friendly Alameda and Alameda Transit Advocates, formed the Alameda Transportation Coalition to serve as a unified voice advocating for better alternatives to the automobile. In 2002, the City adopted the Transportation Commission, a governing body to deal with transportation issues beyond just automobile needs.
Our most successful year, so far, was 2006, when we won $210,000 in grant monies for the City of Alameda to study the most feasible routes between west Alameda and Oakland.

Contact people:

Lucy Gigli, President, (phone), (email) Joyce Mercado, Secretary, (phone), (email)

Main office number: (510) 595-4690
Office fax number: (510) 595-4690

Address:

PO Box 2732 Alameda, CA 94501

Web Site: http://www.bikealameda.org

Directions:

Man post office in Alameda (We have no office)

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	No others
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	15
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	No
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	No