ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Untitled document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body> <p align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/234403/6c201ad548/TEST/TEST/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">Click to view this email in a browser</span></a></font> </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" width="916" height="1432" align="center" style="border: #cccccc 1px solid"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <p align="left"> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img style="width: 196px; height: 62px" src="http://proxy.mi.vresp.com/31cbf2e87/www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/downloads/logo.jpg?__nocache__=1" border="0" alt="WOBO" width="196" height="62" /></font> </p> <p align="left"> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: maroon; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span class="tagline"><font size="2" color="#000000"><strong><em>WOBO&nbsp;works&nbsp;to improve neighborhood quality of life in <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oakland</span> by making walking and bicycling safe, accessible, easy&nbsp;and fun.</em></strong></font></span> </span></font> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center"> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img style="width: 622px; height: 130px" src="https://a8fc660e92-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1207619893/9c9f1f1f04/WOBOs%20Word%20on%20the%20Street.JPG" alt="WOBOs Word on the Street.JPG" width="500" height="100" align="left" /></font> </div> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#ff8715"> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6"></font></font></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center" align="left"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong><font color="#ff8715"><font size="6">The Word on the Street</font></font></strong> </p> </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: #ff9900"> <td bgcolor="#ff9900"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><strong>April 2008</strong></font></td> <td bgcolor="#ff9900"> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><em><font size="5">Bike&nbsp;To Work Day,&nbsp;Party at Mama Buzz &amp; lots more</font></em></strong>&nbsp; </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="border-left: #cccccc 1px solid; width: 30%; background-color: #eeeeee"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font size="+0"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #ff9900; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: #ff9900"><font size="4">Quick Links</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></span></strong> </font><font size="+0"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/blog/"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">Check out WOBO's Blog</font></a><font size="2"> </font></li> <li><span style="color: #ff9900"><a href="http://www.oaklandpw.com/page123.aspx" class="resourcelink"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">Oakland Bicycle Master Plan</font></a></span> </li> <li><span style="color: #ff9900"><a href="http://www.oaklandnet.com/oit/CDST/DistMain.cfm" class="resourcelink"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">Find Your Councilperson</font></a></span> </li> <li><span style="color: #ff9900"><font size="2" color="#000000">Visit our </font><a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/pages/resourcelinks.php" class="resourcelink"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">resources page</font></a><font color="#000000"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></font></span><span><font color="#000000"><font size="2">for all our quick links.</font></font></span></li> </ul> <span></span><font size="2"><font size="4"><a href="mailto:info@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org?" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="background-color: #ff9900"><strong>Email WOBO</strong></font></a><font style="background-color: #ff9900"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></font> <ul> <li> <div> <font size="2"><span style="color: #ff9900"><span style="color: #ff9900"></span></span><font color="#000000">Want to Volunteer?&nbsp;</font></font><font color="#000000"> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Want to get involved&nbsp;in your </font><font size="2">neighborhood?</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Is there a particular issue that you have in mind?</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Interested in joining the WOBO Board of Directors?</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font size="2" color="#000000">We're looking to expand the issues that we're working on and get more folks involved.&nbsp; </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Here are just a few things other things on our radar that we'd like to tackle:</font> </font> </div> <ul> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Urban Bike Safety Classes</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">Advocating for specific bike lane or pedestrian safety projects.</font> </font> </div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> <font size="2" color="#000000"><strong>We can't do it without you</strong></font> </div> </li> </ul> <p align="left"> <font size="+0"><span style="color: #ff9900"><span style="color: #ff9900"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=donations%40walkoaklandbikeoakland%2eorg&amp;no_shipping=2&amp;return=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewalkoaklandbikeoakland%2eorg&amp;cancel_return=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewalkoaklandbikeoakland%2eorg&amp;cn=Donation%20notes%20%28optional%29&amp;tax=0&curren;cy_code=USD&amp;lc=US&amp;bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&amp;charset=UTF%2d8" class="resourcelink"><font color="#0000ff" style="background-color: #ff9900"><strong>Donate to WOBO</strong></font></a><font style="background-color: #ff9900"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></font></span></span></font> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <ul> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">WOBO is run entirely on volunteer&nbsp;power.</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font color="#000000"><font size="2">We're efficient and effective and 100% of donations go into</font><font size="2">&nbsp; public outreach materials&nbsp;and programs to make Oakland more walkable and bikeable.</font> </font> </div> </li> <li> <div> <font size="2" color="#000000">You&nbsp;care about Oakland, right?&nbsp; WOBO does too!&nbsp; Let's make it even&nbsp;more fantastic.</font> </div> </li> </ul> <p> <span><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font size="4"><font size="+0"><strong><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><span style="color: #ff9900"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="color: #ff9900"></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font></font></strong></font></font></font></font></span> </p> </font></font></font></font></td> <td valign="top"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2">This issue of&nbsp;<strong><em>The Word on the Street</em></strong> hits&nbsp;all that WOBO is up to&nbsp;in 2008.</font> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="4"><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"> <ul> <li><font size="2">Join us at WOBO's monthly meeting on April 2nd.</font></li> <li>Bike to Work Day is May 15th - volunteer, party down with us at Mama Buzz, check out the video Public Service Annoucements.</li> <li>Want to get more involved in WOBO?&nbsp; There are plenty of opportunties... </li> <li><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2">Tired of not having a bike lane where you want one?&nbsp;The folks from Toronto's Other Urban Repair Squad just painted their own!</font></font></font></li> </ul> </font></font></font> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"></span> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><strong><em>Come to&nbsp;WOBO's Monthly Meeting on <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">April 2nd</span>&nbsp;</em></strong></font></font> </font></font><font size="3"><font size="3"> <p> <font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">The Walk <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oakland</span> Bike <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oakland</span> Steering Committee meets&nbsp;once/month at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WalkOaklandBikeOakla/6c201ad548/TEST/68030c517f" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">La Estrallita</span></a>&nbsp;Cafe and Bar on the first Wednesday of the month at <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">6:30 pm</span>.&nbsp; Next meeting is&nbsp;<span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">April 2nd</span>.&nbsp; New folks are always welcome to join us for food, drinks and discussion and planning on how we can improve Oakland's walk and bikeability.&nbsp; Need directions?&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WalkOaklandBikeOakla/6c201ad548/TEST/f0f580559e/ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;dq=la+Estrellita,+loc:+Oakland,+CA&amp;daddr=446+E+12th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94606&amp;geocode=1512603344107393437,37.795452,-122.255224&amp;ll=37.795452,-122.255224&amp;iwstate1=dir:to&amp;iwloc=A&amp;f=d" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">Click here.</span></a>&nbsp; La Estrallita is just 6 blocks from <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">the Lake</span> Merritt BART station.&nbsp; For more information, contact <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:roger@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">roger@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a>. </span></font></font> </p> <p> <font size="+0"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong><em><font size="3">Bike to Work Day</font></em></strong></span></font></font> </p> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"></span></font> <p> <font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/pages/page.php?pageid=4"><img src="https://a8fc660e92-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1207619893/c3ca3f9709/bike%20to%20work%20day%202008%20logo.jpg" alt="bike to work day 2008 logo.jpg" width="200" height="172" align="left" /></a><font size="+0"><strong>Bike to Work Day is May 15th, 2008.</strong> Join us at </font><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=12339930870141226614,37.804320,-122.271200&amp;saddr=Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94612+(City+Hall+Plaza)&amp;daddr=Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94612+(City+Hall+Plaza)&amp;sll=37.80469,-122.27211&amp;sspn=0.000924,0.002111&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=37.805105,-122.271245&amp;spn=0.007392,0.016887&amp;z=16">Frank Ogawa Plaza</a> in front of City Hall.</span></font></font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"></span></font></font><font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><font size="+0"><strong>Want to volunteer</strong> to table at WOBO's booth?&nbsp; Contact <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:roger@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">jen@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a><font size="+0">. </font><br /> <br /> <strong>Looking for the safest&nbsp;route</strong> to get to the Frank Ogawa Plaza Energizer Station? Check out our <a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/pages/page.php?pageid=6" target="new">Bike Routes</a>&nbsp;on the WOBO website. </font></span></font></font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><font size="+0"><font size="+0"><strong>WOBO party @ Mama Buzz May 16th&nbsp; </strong>WOBO will be hosting a shin dig Friday May 16th (not on Bike to Work Day) from 5 pm until the&nbsp;party stops&nbsp;at Mama Buzz </font></font><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=2318+Telegraph,+oakland&amp;sll=37.09024,-95.712891&amp;sspn=30.406222,69.169922&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=37.812344,-122.268562&amp;spn=0.007391,0.016887&amp;z=16">2318 Telegraph</a>. Music will be spinning, beverages will be consumed, and you can get up to speed on key bicycle and ped project in Oaktown that you want to see happen.&nbsp; More information on the <a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/pages/page.php?pageid=30">WOBO calendar</a>.</span></font></font><font size="2"> </font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="+0"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong>Want to get a friend to get out on a bike for Bike to Work Day (or any other day)?</strong> <br /> Send them a link to one of these great public service announcements about <a href="http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/pages/page.php?pageid=4">Bike to Work Day</a> created by Beyond Pix Studios and the <a href="http://www.bikeleague.org">League of American Bicyclists</a>. Check these out! <br /> </span></font></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><br /> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/video_01.php"><img style="width: 120px; height: 100px" src="https://a8fc660e92-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1207619893/db39393cb8/MaryAnnBlackwellBiketoWorkDay.jpg" alt="MaryAnnBlackwellBiketoWorkDay.jpg" width="120" height="100" align="left" /></a>MaryAnn Blackwell participated in last year&rsquo;s Bike to Work Day and now she bikes to work on a regular basis. Not only does MaryAnn save money and feels healthier, it&rsquo;s become a way of life. Join this year&rsquo;s Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 16 and be part of the revolution.&nbsp;</span></font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Check out the first video PSA by <a href="http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/video_01.php">clicking here.</a></span></font> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/video_02.php"><img src="https://a8fc660e92-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1207619893/0103b7fc71/ColePortocarreroBiketoWorkDay.jpg" alt="ColePortocarreroBiketoWorkDay.jpg" width="120" height="100" align="left" /></a>Cole Portocarrero is the Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.bayareabikes.org/">Bay Area Bicycle Coalition</a>. Her top priority everyday is to make bicycling a prominent and viable form of transportation for Bay Area residents. She&rsquo;s appealing to all who haven&rsquo;t pedaled in years to come out and rediscover a cool way to travel.&nbsp;</font> </span></font></font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Check out the second video PSA by <a href="http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/video_02.php">clicking here.</a></span></font></font> </p> <p> <strong><em>Want to get More Involved?&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">WOBO is always looking for more folks to get involved with our all&nbsp;volunteer crew! Here's a few ways&nbsp;how:</span> </p> <ul> <li> <div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong>Updating the WOBO website: </strong>Know Dreamweaver or even basic html (or want to learn)?&nbsp; We could use your time and energy on our budding website.&nbsp; Contact Roger at <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:roger@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">roger@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a>.</span> </div> </li> <li> <div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong>Launching&nbsp;WOBO social event at Mama Buzz: </strong>It's time to get local walkers and bikers together for some good (clean?) fun.&nbsp; We need your help planning it - contact Mike at <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mike@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">mike@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a>. </span> </div> </li> <li> <div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong>Helping plan a &quot;Car Free Day&quot; event in tandem with Bike to Work Day in May:</strong> Mike is working with the City to get this started.&nbsp; Contact him at <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mike@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">mike@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a>.</span> </div> </li> <li> <div> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><strong>Getting the word out to your neighborhood:</strong>&nbsp;Your neighborhood action council is a great place to let your neighbors know about WOBO and also get input from them about bicycle and pedestrian issues of concern where you live. We can connect you with your local neighborhood action council, prep you with some talking points about WOBO, and provide outreach materials. Contact Jen at <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed"><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jen@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">jen@walkoaklandbikeoakland.org</span></a></span> to learn more!</span> </div> </li> </ul> </font></font> </div> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="+0"><font size="2"><font size="3"> <p> <font size="3"><strong><em><span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">Need a Bike Lane?&nbsp; Get some paint and roll your own!</span></em></strong></font> </p> </font></font></font></font></font><font size="2"> <p> &ldquo;Putting in bike lanes is exactly what the Other Urban Repair Squad does.&rdquo; Last summer the, the Toronto based group of vigilante cyclists hit a stretch of Bloor between Ossington Ave. and Dufferin St.&rdquo;&nbsp; A group of bike activists took matters into their own hands and painted bike lanes on a few key Toronto streets. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/226454" target="_blank" title="Read the whole article"><font color="#b85b5a">Read the whole article.</font></a> </p> <p> WOBO&nbsp;naturally does not condone breaking local laws in the name of activism, but this is how to get noticed by the city if you want bike lanes.&nbsp; The message is clean, concise, and powerful. We want bike lanes, they are easy to build, and people will use them. An alternate approach would be the guerrilla application of <a href="http://www.oaklandpw.com/Page122.aspx#sharrow" target="_blank" title="Share the road."><font color="#0066cc">sharrows</font></a>, iconic indicators that bicycles are entitled to take the lane as needed.&nbsp; These are more powerful and effective than bike lanes, as they indicate that bicycles are traffic, not merely an annoyance cordoned off to limited thoroughfares.&nbsp; </p> </font> <p> &nbsp; </p> </font></font></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900"> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Like what you see?&nbsp;We'd like to grow the WOBO membership.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://oi.verticalresponse.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=6c201ad548&amp;lid=TEST&amp;ldh=TEST" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">Forward this message to a friend</span></a> </font> </p> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">&nbsp;Walk <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">Oakland</span> Bike Oakland&nbsp; |&nbsp; <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">(510) 269-4034</span>&nbsp; |&nbsp; PO Box 10945 <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: #0066cc 1px dashed">|&nbsp; Oakland, CA 94610</span>&nbsp;</font> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span></span></font> </p> </body> </html>