Orange County California is a great place to bicycle - beautiful beaches, rolling coastal hills, mild temperatures and nearly year-round sunshine.
Cycling Orange County's network of roads and hundreds of miles of bike routes provides great exercise and clean affordable transportation.  But cycling the County using bike routes can be a challange due to missing links, occasional dead-ends, poorly marked alternate routes and infrequent maintenance.  Further, rapid growth and development is crowding our roads, threatening existing bike routes, and consuming land needed to connect and expand existing routes.  

Help us assure that we and future generations will find our community a safe, friendly and convenient place to enjoy bicycling. Join Us Today!

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

  • MEETING DATES: The Association's Advocacy Group generally meets on the first Monday of each month (except in July and August) at 6:00 PM.  Everyone is welcome!  The Association's General Membership Meetings are generally heald 3 times a year.  Meeting locations vary.  To get email notification of meetings, become a member and/or send your ideas or offers of support, contact: info@BikeOC.org. 
  • PROPOSED CYCLING ROUTE THROUGH LAGUNA BEACH:  The Association has proposed a new Class III cycling route through Laguna Beach designed to help bicyclists find good side-street alternatives to Coast Highway in central Laguna.  The City's PTC Committee approved the proposal in Dec, 2005 and, after some discussion at its Jan 10, 2006 meeting, the City Council asked for a legal review of potential liability issues associated with designating city side streets a Class III bike route.  Please let the City Council know you support this proposal!   A copy of the proposed route map is posted below. 
  • MAKING THE GREAT PARK A BICYCLE FRIENDLY PLACE:  On Feb 23, 2006, the Association presented our vision to the Orange County Great Park Corporation Board of Directors.  Our proposed "Six Steps to Making The Great Park a Pedestrian & Bicycle Friendly Place" included the creation of bikeways, routes and trails linking the park to the County's network of bikeways and providing for safe routes and good bicycle facilities throughout the development.  The Board was very supportive of our proposal and requested the Association work to bring other bicycling groups into a common planning process.   
  • OTHER NEWS:  (1) The Athens Group has included the extension of Aliso Creek Bikeway to PCH in their plans for the Aliso Creek Golf Course.  This extension has the Association's strong support and is consistent with the Orange County Commuter Bikeways Plan approved by the City Council of Laguna Beach with our support.  (2) Caltrans and the City of Irvine report they plan to install a traffic signal at the intersection at Laguna Canyon/133 and Old Laguna Canyon Road as part of the Laguna Canyon Road widening project, but it probably won't happen until after the road widening and the new Class II route is complete in later 2006.  The Association is working to improve safety on this intersection as well as maintenance on Laguna Canyon' Road's existing Class III route. (3) Salt Creek Bikeway between PCH and Niguel Road remains damaged and dangerous, despite the fact that Dana Point reportedly resolved the long-standing litigation regarding the landslide in this area.  The Association is advocating for repairs to be made ASAP!  
  • HELP KEEP OUR NEWS UP TO DATE:  Send suggestions to info@BikeOC.org.
Protect Your Cycling Rights!

Do You Know? Many cities and county agencies are making important decisions that will impact bicycling for generations to come, often without cyclists' input!   We need your help in tracking and  influencing this process.

Join Us Now!  Advoacy is like a "pace line;" the more we work together, the faster we reach our goal.  Click the tab "What Can You Do?" and scroll down for information on how to join.
Promote Safe Bikeways!

PROPOSED CLASS III BIKE ROUTE THROUGH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LAGUNA BEACH

(NOTE: Click on images of ROUTE MAPS to right to enlarge Northern and Southern Sections of Route)

  • Modeled after popular bike route alternative to Coast Hwy in San Clemente, CA
  • Uses routes favored by local bicycling commuters and recreational riders
  • Avoids high speed, large volume roads with truck or RV traffic
  • Avoids steep uphill grades and favors streets with controlled cross traffic
  • Turns at safer corners that lend themselves to easy signage
  • Considers quality of ride and destinations desired by cyclists
  • For left turns at busy intersections, favors corners controlled by traffic lights
  • Recognizes large cycling groups and many individual cyclists will still use Coast Hwy - as is their right by state law