Women’s History Month
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Women have a long history of using bicycles for protests as well as basic transportation and enjoyment.
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she were independent. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can’t get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.” – Susan B. Anthony.
Even today, organizations like Black Girls Do Bike promote the joy of cycling, particularly among women and girls of color, by providing a supportive and inclusive platform where female cyclists can come together to offer guidance, organize group rides, and promote skill-sharing.
Read more: Women’s Bikes: An Intersectional Look at the History of Women and their Bicycles, by Jennifer Marks and PhD Sarah Brown, Kittelson & Associates
This is SABA:
We’re helping make the Sacramento region a cleaner, healthier, happier place to live and work because we:
- Improve bike infrastructure and make our streets safer through Advocacy.
- Turn community events into bikeable destinations through our Bike Valet program.
- Provide free maintenance checks and simple repairs through Ride Ready Repair to keep bikes rolling safely.
- Work to get more people to choose an e-bike for short trips around town with our E-bike Education and Experience Project.
- Connect bike donors with people needing bikes through BikeMatchSac.
- Provide lights for bicycle safety at night through Lights On.
- Provide skills training to teach the basics of bicycling safely and confidently.
- Help businesses be more bike-friendly by providing Support for Businesses.
Electric Cars Don’t Solve the Problem of Carbon Emissions
We know that’s a bold statement to make, but it’s gonna take more than EV’s to turn the climate crisis around. We’re not saying don’t purchase an EV if you have the means to do it, but there are other things that you can do, and since we are bicycle advocates, we focus on those. Read more about electric cars & emissions.
In-Depth Look
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