Arcata bike rodeo promotes safe cycling

Arcata bike rodeo promotes safe cycling

The Fuente Nueva Charter School in Arcata hosted a bike rodeo for children on Saturday, offering a cycle of bike activities while promoting safe cycling habits on the roadways. It’s not the first local bike rodeo, with it being previously held in the Arcata Plaza and at Halvorsen Park in Eureka but after it wasn’t held in 2024, the bike rodeo was back in town and it saw a good turnout as well. “We have 10 different stations and kids go through e…

Bike Riders’ Right to Safe Streets Tested in Court

The question of whether municipalities have a responsibility to maintain safe streets without hazards that could injure people riding bikes has been raised in California recently. CalBike joined an amicus brief in a court case that could have let cities off the hook if injured bike riders had signed a third-party waiver. Thankfully, the California Supreme Court struck that down. However, the Los Angeles City Attorney is lobbying for a state law …