In the Lane : Bike Santa Cruz County Newsletter

April 2025

In This Newsletter:

Capitola Town Hall - Rail Trail & Bay Ave
Social Meetup at Woodhouse
Volunteer for Spring Events
2025 Bike Santa Cruz Survey
Watsonville Community Rides
Soquel Dr. Improvements
Chanticleer Overcrossing Opening Announced

Happy Spring! Riding weather is coming back, and things are getting rolling...

Our 2025 Survey is now live, and we have Volunteers opportunities and other events coming up...read on to find out more!

Capitola Town Hall - Wednesday 4/2

If you live in Capitola or bike through regularly and are itching for some civic involvement and urban design, you won't want to miss this town hall.

Learn about the plans for Segment 10 and 11 of the Rail Trail project, the use of the Capitola Trestle, the Park Avenue Trail Realignment, available funding, future maintenance, and the timeline for upcoming project milestones.

We encourage our Capitola Members to attend!

Town Hall Details

Spring Social! Wednesday 4/2

If you're looking for a more relaxed social atmosphere Wednesday, join us at our sponsor Woodhouse Brewing for a beer and conversation with bike minded folks.

5:30-7pm

Woodhouse Blending & Brewing

119 Madrone St. Santa Cruz

Volunteer for Spring Events

We're looking for Volunteers to help during upcoming at exciting events such as Santa Cruz Bicycles Bike Night & Watsonville Community Rides!

Volunteer for Bike Night Event 4/8 on the Wharf

Volunteer for Watsonville Rides 4/13 & 4/25

BSCC 2025 Biking Survey!

Share your insights on local routes, biking habits, and infrastructure needs to help Bike Santa Cruz to prioritize advocacy campaigns and continue to make riding more enjoyable, safe and accessible.

We plan on using and publishing anonymous findings from this survey to help bike advocacy efforts. email us director@bikesantacruzcounty.org for questions.

AND you can win one of ten $25 gift cards to local businesses for filling out the survey!

Complete the Survey Now!

Soquel Drive Improvements Coming Soon!

A safer Soquel Drive is coming soon, with 10 miles of buffered bike lanes (5 miles fully separated) and 27 new bike boxes, as well as pedestrian and ADA improvements.

Find out More

Save the Date: Chanticleer Overcrossing Opens May 14

Join the RTC's ribbon cutting ceremony for the wonderful new Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing over Hwy 1 at Chanticleer Ave. We will share more info soon!