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April – Earth Day Events

Join SABA at events in April celebrating Earth Day.

They include West Sacramento Earth Day on April 19, and event at Sacramento State University on April 22, a trails in bloom event on April 26, and Sacramento Earth Day at Southside Park on April 27. You can attend or volunteer at any of these events.

And be sure to join us for our April social ride along the rivers past the new Robert Matsui Hanami Line Cherry Blossom grove.

A booth set up outside with a banner that says, "Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates." A woman holds on to an e-bike while two men look at it.
(Credit Fayzah Mughal)
El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba: May is Bike Month

May is Bike Month is a campaign where we celebrate our local bike culture and encourage new and experienced riders to replace their car trips with bike trips. The average car trip to run errands is 1-3 miles. Help us help you, your city, and the environment. Register now at mayisbikemonth.com and log your rides in May to win bikes, t-shirts, gift cards, park passes and more!

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.

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