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We’re Working for You!

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April 25, 2019 Edition

Here’s an update on some recent OCBC activities:

  1. OCBC contacted the City of Laguna Hills requesting signage at the intersection of northbound Avenida de Carlota at Los Alisos Blvd to indicate where bicyclist should stop to trigger a stop light change. OCBC also requested that the light stay green long enough for bicyclist to safely cross busy Los Alisos Blvd. Map of This Intersection. The city responded with a plan to install a “bike button” to change the traffic signal for bicyclists when requested.
  2. Thanked the City of Tustin for their commitment to OCBC to replace five drainage grates along Irvine Blvd that could catch bicycle wheels.
  3. OCBC recommended to the City of Lake Forest changes to the area of Cook’s Corner that are dangerous for bicyclist. Map of This Area
  4. Thanked the City of Irvine for filling in a valve cover in the middle of a street. It was a hazard to bicyclists.
  5. Attended an OC Parks Commission meeting to discuss the long-promised Class 1 trail through Peter’s Canyon Regional Park. Unfortunately, although regional parks are supposed to serve all Orange County residents, OC Parks Commission decided to relegate Peter’s Canyon to be a publicly funded private reserve for the neighbors of the park. This leaves a gaping hole in the Class 1 trail that was has been planned for decades to run from the Orange County mountains to the sea. OCBC is considering all options to revise plans for Peter’s Canyon Regional Park so the plans will serve all Orange County residents.
  6. OCBC contacted Orange County Public Works, Orange County Parks and the City of Tustin with serious concerns and objections to bicycle infrastructure plans meant to bypass the Peter’s Canyon Regional Park.

The Orange County Bicycle Coalition’s mission is “To promote bicycling as an everyday means of transportation and recreation”. Join the OCBC Today!

Fire Update – A list of areas burned & Map

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A list of areas burned  

East and West Horse Thief

Trabuco

Cold Water

Indian Truck Trail

Upper Section of Los Pinos

All of the Yeager Mesa Trail

The upper part of the Bell Ridge Trail

Upper Holy Jim

Most of the Main Divide from Ortega to Santiago Peak

Very close to 4 corners

Most of El Cariso

For a map of the area burned go to:

http://google.org/crisismap/google.com/2018-carr-fire?hl=en&llbox=33.8774%2C33.4682%2C-116.8033%2C-117.9651&t=ROADMAP&layers=11%2C6%2C3%2C15%2C1%2C2%2C5%2C10%2C7%2C4%2C13%2C16%2C17%2C18

Attend a FREE Bike Skills Class – Classes are offered every Saturday between August 4 and September 15

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RSVP to Attend a FREE Bike Skills Class

Take your bicycle skills to the next level by attending a FREE class. These OCTA-hosted classes offer a wide range of bicycle knowledge you won’t want to miss. You will learn about rules of the road and how to fix those pesky flat tires.

Additionally, participants will practice bike maneuvers to become more comfortable dodging that next pine cone or real-life challenges.

Classes are offered every Saturday between August 4 and September 15 throughout Orange County.

Learn more at octa.net/bike or RSVP below.

RSVP NOW

 

Camp Pendleton Update

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To cyclists who transit Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Beginning October 1, 2018, all cyclists who wish to access the cycling route at Camp Pendleton will be required to register with the new Department of Defense Biometric Identification System before they enter the base.

Camp Pendleton is currently transitioning from one base access system to another. The old system will be used through September to give base visitors time to register to DBIDS.  Cyclists who are currently accessing the base via the old system will be able to continue to do so until September 30th.

New cyclists, or cyclists whose old registration expires will be required to register for DBIDS.

To register for a DBIDS bicycle pass, individuals will need to go to the Main/Vandegrift Boulevard visitors center and are required to show an acceptable identity source document such as a valid government issued photo ID (I.E. Real ID ACT compliant driver’s license, state identification card, or passport) to establish their identity and submit to a criminal background check as well as having their photograph and fingerprint taken.

The visitor’s center hours are Monday to Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Bicycle passes will be valid for one year and will be restricted to bicycle access; any attempt to enter the base in a motor vehicle with a bike pass will be turned around.  Recreational cyclists may not sponsor another adult cyclist.  Adult cyclists may be accompanied by minors for whom they are directly responsible.

The cycling route through Camp Pendleton has not changed [North/South from the Las Pulgas gate to the Main gate (Stuart Mesa Rd to Vandergrift Blvd) and South/North from the Main gate to the Las Pulgas gate (Vandergrift Blvd to Stuart Mesa Rd)] and access via the DBIDS bicycle pass is limited to the Main and Las Pulgas gates.

MCB Camp Pendleton will continue to foster positive relationships with our neighbors by allowing access to cyclists and we appreciate that most cyclists have been good visitors during their time on the base.  We encourage cyclists who wish to enjoy uninterrupted access to the base to come in as soon as possible to obtain their DBIDS ID.  We anticipate that the volume of passes issued in late September and early October will require long waits, so don’t procrastinate.

The new system will increase installation security and communications by receiving frequent database updates on changes to personnel/credential status, law enforcement warrants, lost/stolen cards, and force protection conditions. The system provides a continuous vetting anytime the DBIDS card is scanned at an installation entry point.

On-line registration of recreational cyclists will end 22 July, 2018.  No matter when you registered under the old system, that form of access to the base will end on September 30.  After that date only a DBIDS bicycle pass holder will be allowed aboard the base.

For questions regarding base access, please call 760-763-8435.