Albany Traffic Safety Commission Meeting: Bike Lanes on San Pablo

By Robert Prinz
Jan 13, 2013

From EBBC:

The Albany Traffic & Safety Commission will review plans for a ‘complete streets’ project on San Pablo Avenue. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition and the Albany Strollers & Rollers are pushing for bike lanes on San Pablo Avenue. Please join us at this meeting or contact Dave Campbell, EBBC Program Director to find out how you can get involved and make San Pablo Avenue a much better streets for people bicycling, walking and taking transit.

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