YOUR MEMBERSHIP HELPS ALL OF MARIN

Membership Benefits Include:

• Our beautiful, highly-detailed Marin Bicycle Map
• 5-20% Discounts at Bike Stores and Other Businesses
• MCBC t-shirt for Century and above members
• Pedal Press newsletter annual subscription
• Weekly E-mail Bulletins with News and Events
• Free Admission to Member Parties
• Advocacy Activities - $Priceless!!
• Having your interests represented
• Riding on new bike lanes and resurfaced roads

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• Spoke Society
• Gift Memberships
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Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Accomplishments

Formed in 1998 by local cyclists, the MCBC has accomplished a lot, thanks to the financial support of our membership, including:

• Designation of Marin County as a federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program with $25 million in funding.
• Recipient of the 2009 Marin Economic Commission's award for Community Leadership & Service
• MCBC has helped move many projects to completion such as:
  • Cal Park Hill Tunnel linking Larkspur with San Rafael
  • Lincoln Hill multiuse path and tunnel at Puerto Suello Hill in San Rafael
  • Sharrows (shared lane stencils) installed on bike routes in San Rafael and San Anselmo
  • Countywide bicycle route guide signs
  • Bike lanes on Los Ranchitos and Lucas Valley Roads (San Rafael), Center Blvd. (Fairfax), Butterfield Road (San Anselmo), College Ave (Kentfield), and Bridgeway in Sausalito
  • New pavement and wider shoulders on Whites Hill and around Nicasio Reservoir
  • Sandra Marker Trail paving in Larkspur and Corte Madera
  • Inkwells Bridge construction in West Marin for bike/ped access to the Cross Marin Trail
  • 650 new bike parking spaces in cities and towns in 2009
  • For a full list, see the PDF file for the $40 million in projects
• Assisted with passing federal legislation to secure $612 million nationwide for Safe Routes to Schools
• Helped pass Measure A, the Marin Traffic Relief and Better Transportation Act which includes a Complete Streets policy
• Helped pass the SMART ballot measure for a 70-mile Rail-with-Trail project in Marin and Sonoma, projected to start running in 2014
• Spurred Marin County into conducting annual bike/ped counts, showing that Marin’s weekday cyclists increased 118% from 1999 to 2009
• Designation of Marin as a national model for Safe Routes to Schools
• Share the Road program
  • Developed Toolkit for NHTSA as a national Share the Road resource
  • Offer ongoing free Basic Street Skills classes
  • Offer community-focused Riding With Youth workshops
  • Conducted Checkpoints with law enforcement for motorists and cyclists
  • Initiated installation of 70 Share the Road signs throughout Marin County
• The Marin Bicycle Map – the best resource for on and off-road riding
• Bike racks on Golden Gate Transit buses
• Approved Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans
• Bike/Ped Advisory Committees in Cities and Towns
• A plan for a Rail-with-Trail from San Rafael to Cloverdale
• A study to open the Alto Tunnel
• A new Bicycle Coordinator position for the County of Marin
• Positive media coverage for bicycle transportation
• Respect and cooperation from government agencies for a 21st century non-motorized transportation system.
• Formation of Marin Cycle Corps