My heart goes out to the neglected bicycles of Humboldt County. Some are left unsheltered from winter storms.  Others, ridden through muddy puddles, aren’t cleaned or oiled, and their moving parts grind grit.  Lamenting audibly, their rusty stiff chains squeak in agony. 

An unlubricated chain causes poor shifting and wears itself, the chain ring, and rear sprockets quickly. And it saps power from your legs.

Show your bike a little love with two minutes of maintenance. Cleaned and oiled, it will run smoothly for thousands of miles.

The Humboldt County General Plan Update has just passed a milestone. The draft plan has been written. The Planning Commission has heard public comment on each chapter as they became available over the last 8 months, and now it’s decision time. This plan directs land use, transportation planning and most everything else the county does for the next twenty years. How will they tweak the plan to accommodate projected growth for the unincorporated areas of the County? They have three basic choices: Alternatives A, B, C and D.

Humboldt County Planning Commission and Staff:

We are a coalition of environmental groups who would like to see parking policies in Humboldt County reconsidered. We hope a final Circulation Element, Community Design element, and other General Plan elements will address our concerns regarding parking policy in Humboldt County.

There has been a lot of focus on the Eureka Arcata Humboldt Bay Trail as the main thing that is needed to improve bicycle infrastructure in Humboldt County. With all the wrangling over how this trail can finally get done, we don’t want to lose site of a larger vision, trails connecting all of our major communities and providing route options within our cities. Imagine a region where you can walk and ride to almost any neighborhood without battling motorized traffic. This is the vision we’d like to share with you.

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