Bicycle Safety Information

FREE Bicycle Safety Classes are back this Spring 2009!

Learn to Drive a Bike- FREE Urban Bike Safety Classes
Spring is here and it's time to GET ROLLING safely.

Look for our advertisements in the East Bay Express on Wednesday, April 8 and the Globe Newspapers the following week, and online in the Bay Area Newsgroup's websites.

Day One: Street Skills Class
3.5-hour classroom course teaches the basics of safe cycling, riding in traffic, equipment, crash avoidance, rights and responsibilities. Adults 14 and over. No bike needed.

Dublin, Tuesday, March 24, 2009:
6-9:30pm, Dublin Civic Center, 100 Civic Plaza
Register for Dublin Class

Oakland, Thursday, March 26, 2009
6-9:30pm, Kaiser Oakland Medical Center, Conference Room G65A, Fabiola Building, (3801 Howe Street, Oakland)
Register for this Oakland Class

Alameda, Saturday, March 28, 2009
2-5:00pm, Crosstown Coffee & Community Center, 1303 High St.
Register for this Alameda Class

Alameda, Saturday, April 18, 2009
2-5:00pm, Crosstown Coffee & Community Center, 1303 High St.
Register for this Alameda Class

Berkeley, Tuesday, April 21, 2009
6-9:30pm, Berkeley City College, Conference Room 415
Register for this Berkeley Class

Richmond, Thursday, April 30, 2009:
6-9:30pm, Kaiser Richmond Medical Center, 901 Nevin Avenue, Conference Room C1 and C2, Building C, 3rd floor
Register for Richmond Class

Oakland, Tuesday, May 5, 2009
6-9:30pm, Kaiser Oakland Medical Center, Conference Room G65B, Fabiola Building, (3801 Howe Street, Oakland)
Register for this Oakland Class

Union City, Thursday, May 7, 2009
6-9:30pm, Charles Kennedy Community Center, 1333 Decoto Road, across from Union City BART
Register for this Union City Class

Walnut Creek, Thursday, May 21, 2009
5:30-9:00pm, Sports Basement Walnut Creek, 1881 Ygnacio Valley Rd, close to Pleasant Hill BART
Register for this Walnut Creek Class

and our first class en español
Fruitvale, Saturday, June 13, 2009
10:00am-1:30pm, Carmen Flores Recreation Center, 1637 Fruitvale Ave, at E. 16th. in East Oakland
Register for this Fruitvale Day One Class

Day Two: On-Road Instruction
6-hour Road I course provides an opportunity to put into practice what was learned in the Day 1 Street Skills class, including emergency maneuvers and riding in various traffic conditions, to test your knowledge of vehicular cycling skills. Bicycle required for Day Two.

Hayward, Saturday, April 25
10:00am-4:30pm, Hayward Main Library, 835 C Street
Register for this Hayward Road I Class

Alameda, Saturday, May 16
10:00am-4:30pm, Alameda Point Collaborative, at the former Naval Air Station
Register for this Alameda Road I Class

Pleasanton, Saturday, June 27
10:00am-4:00pm, Cultural Arts Building at the Amador Recreation Center
Register for this Pleasanton Road I Class

Download our PDF Flyer or our Word Flyer and post around town for us–thanks!

Download our Web Graphic and put up onto your website with a link to this page.

Testimonials

"I better understand "the rules" and my confidence is increased, which raises the level of both my comfort and safety. I appreciated the mix of lecture, demonstration, diagram explanations, video examples, and resources provided on paper to take with me. It felt empowering and supportive to participate with other bicyclists, enforcing my connection to the whole local biking community."
Donna Khanvali, Alameda resident

"I feel much more confident and relaxed on the road, now that I know how to position myself and how to communicate with drivers. I've noticed very experienced cyclists doing very risky maneuvers and now I know a bad example when I see it!"
Ellen Gould, Oakland resident

Funded through grants and support from the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, Kaiser Permanente and the East Bay Community Foundation.

EBBC has worked to ensure and promote the safety of bicyclists and their bikes throughout the East Bay for over thirty years. EBBC-sponsored, League of American Bicyclists-led Street Skills cycling courses provide cyclists with tips and strategies for surviving on busy streets. Know your rights and responsibilities and ride safely! To test your knowledge of the CA Vehicle Code as it applies to bicyclists please take EBBC's Bicycle Safety Quiz (note interactive version is temporarily down). Also, check out the variety of resources on the web (such as BicycleSafe.com.)

Improve local conditions for cyclists by reporting hazardous conditions, through convenient online form provided by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition. See Report Hazards.

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