Bicycle Friendly Community

Folsom, CA | Silver Level

Community Highlights: Folsom is spending $8 million toward bike facilities on the Folsom Dam Bridge/Road Project. This includes adding full width bike lanes on the bridge and providing bikeway along the length and the approaches to the bridge. Folsom’s annual Bike to Work Day continues to be the community’s biggest bicycle encouragement event and attendance has increased every year. This year the Folsom Area Bicycle Advocates and the City of Folsom are putting together the first annual Folsom Bike Film Festival to kick off the Amgen Tour of California. Folsom also holds quarterly bike rides with city staff and the Folsom Area Bicycle Advocates. The ride helps city staff understand firsthand the issues and concerns facing cyclists.

Most Compelling Community Statistic: The Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary in Folsom held their International Walk and Bike to School event one day early and their results were pretty fabulous – 92 percent of their students walked, biked or rode the bus to school.