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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!!
- Creating a safer cycling experience on the road
- Installing bike lanes, pavement sharrows, bike route signs, and bike parking
- Educating the public and cyclists about cyclists' rights
- Supporting cyclists with traffic ticket cost reduction
- Having your cycling issues represented at public meetings
- Building a future of safer cycling for all in Marin
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Accomplishments
Formed in 1998 by local cyclists, the MCBC has accomplished a lot, thanks to the generous gifts of our community supporters, including:
- Since 1998, $107 million in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements have been constructed or planned in Marin County
- Designation of Marin County as a federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program with $25 million in funding (2005)
- Spurred Marin County into conducting annual bike/ped counts, the results of which show weekday bicycling has increased 159% and weekend bicycling has increased 172% from 1999-2011.
- 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 Tunnel linking Larkspur with San Rafael
- Lincoln Hill multiuse path and tunnel at Puerto Suello Hill in San Rafael
- Enfrente multiuse path (a.k.a Novato Commuter Connection) linking northern and central/southern Novato communities
- 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 on the popular West Marin bike route, Sir Francis Drake Blvd. through Samuel P Taylor Park
- 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
- 1881 new bike parking spaces in cities, towns and unincorporated areas since 2009
- Sharrows (shared lane stencils) installed on bike routes in San Rafael and San Anselmo
- Countywide bicycle route guide signs
- View our list of $107 million in projects
- Helped pass Measure A (2004), the Marin Traffic Relief and Better Transportation Act, which included a Complete Streets policy
- Assisted with passing federal legislation to secure $612 million nationwide for Safe Routes to School (2005)
- Helped pass Measure Q (2008), the SMART ballot measure for a 70-mile Rail-with-Trail project in Marin and Sonoma, projected to start running in 2015-16
- Helped pass Measure A (2012), the Parks, Open Space, and Farmland Preservation Act, which includes funds for existing trail maintenance, new trails and property acquisitions
- Designation of Marin as a national model for Safe Routes to Schools program
- Share the Road program
- Ongoing Women on Wheels and Basic Street Skills classes
- Community-focused Riding With Youth workshops
- Conducted Checkpoints with law enforcement for motorists and cyclists
- Developed Toolkit for NHTSA as a national Share the Road resource
- 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
- 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