Bicycle Friendly Community

Santa Cruz , CA | Silver Level

Community Highlights: Santa Cruz has a bicycling mode share ten times the national average. The enthusiasm to promote bicycling is clear in the high percentage of streets with bike facilities, efforts to close the gaps in the cycling network and the use of innovative design solutions such as a unique signage, contra-flow bike lane and smart-card bicycle lockers. The city has numerous encouragement and education programs such as Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, the Zero Interest Bike Loan program offered by Ecology Action, and the Bike Smart! and Ride N’ Stride school education programs. All of these things combined, along with Santa Cruz’s impressive environment for on-road and off-road riding, make the community a model to follow.

Best Result of Designation: Being a Bicycle Friendly Community is one of the reasons why the 4th Amgen Tour of California Stage 2 finished in Santa Cruz on February 16, 2009