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People Power publishes a quarterly newsletter, People Power! UPDATE, with information of interest to the Santa Cruz biking community.
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People Power! UPDATE
- Fall 2008 Special Election Edition
- Summer/Fall, 2008
- Spring/Summer, 2008
- Winter/Spring, 2008
- Summer/Fall, 2007
- Spring/Summer, 2007
- Winter/Spring, 2007
- Fall/Winter, 2006
- Summer/Fall, 2006
- Spring/Summer, 2006
- Winter/Spring, 2006
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2008
- People Power Director, Micah Posner, receives United Way's Community Hero Award
- Outrageous! Local Politicians Ignore Voters, Push Destruction of Environment
- Cool Cycles Revolution
- Rail Trail Purchase Appears to Be Back on Track
- Update on Broadway-Brommer
- Two of Three Hurdles Cleared on the Holy Path
- Sharrows and the Power of a Bike Ride
- Cyclists Allowed (Use of Full Lane)
- People Power Endorses John Leopold, Bill Monning and Mark Stone for June 3, 2008 Elections
- Bicyclist Killed at Intersection of Bay and Mission
- People Power Endorses Bill Monning for Assembly
- Global Warming Solutions Act Heads to Committee
- Mission Corridor Safety Campaign
- Arana Gulch Petition Denied!
- Emily's Bakery Becomes Latest People Power Business Member
- Brown Berets Join Sensible Transportation Campaign
- Imagine Ecotopia: Reclaiming the Streets for Common People
- Bike Traffic Safety School Begins
- John Leopold: Candidate for Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
- Business Council Backs Out of Sales Tax Measure
- San Lorenzo River Bike Bridge Solution
- The Myths of Biofuels with David Fridley
- Santa Cruz Designated as a League of American Bicyclists Silver Level Bicycle-Friendly Community
2007
- Widening the Highway Leaves No Room for Sensible Transportation
- What Is a Bicycle Boulevard?
- Bikes ARE Transportation
- Bicycle Traffic School Coming Fall 2007
- Car-Free to Los Angeles
- PedX Becomes Business Sponsor of People Power
- Jimmy/Joan
- Reaching Out for a Safer Mission Street Corridor
- Death By Car: The Normalization of Atrocity
- Defending the Sacred Path at Holy Cross
- Will Plan C Get Traction?
- Bridging the Highway at Mar Vista Drive
- Restore State Funding for Sustainable Transportation
- Congregations Getting Cool
- Bike Lanes on Soquel! Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Celebration
- Kennan Street Pathway Access Threatened Again
- Bicycle Shop Class at Starting at Harbor High School
- Interview with Beckmann's Bakery Owner Peter Beckmann
- Update on Highway One Widening
- "Measure of Safety" Legislation
- Do You Know the Way to Monterey—and Salinas?
- Cars Stop, Bikes Yield
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2006
- Aptos Bike Trail Helps Sponsor the Iraqi Junior Cycling Team
- Interview with Paul Cheatham of No Enemy Organic Clothing
- Highway Widening: Phase 1?
- Soquel Avenue Bicycle Lanes Coming Soon
- Global Warming and the Automobiles Outside Your Window
- Transportation Funding Task Force Finds Common Ground in Small Scale Projects
- Local Solutions to Global Problems
- People Power Makes Two-Wheeled Endorsements
- Summer Classes at the Bike Church
- The Case for a Broadway-Brommer Path
- Interview with Bicycle Trip Owner Michel Berri
- People Power Dual-Endorses Coonerty and Krohn for County Supervisor
- Alley Cat Rides Brings out Beautiful Bikers
- Bicycle Traffic School Approved
- Help Get Improvements to Ocean View Bike/Pedestrian Path
- Support Broadway-Brommer Path
- Public Will Prioritize Transportation Spending at Workshops
- Join People Power, the Sierra Club and other members of the Campaign for Sensible Transportation on a trip to Sacramento to stop the "Sneak Lane" approach to widening Highway 1
2005
- California Coastal Conservancy Approves Funds for Rail Line Purchase
- Soquel Bike Lanes Project Update
- Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Beach Street Bike Lanes
- Santa Cruz Guerrilla Ride-In
- People Power Offers Valet Bike Parking
- The Hub is Moving!
- People Power Hands Out Free Bikes to Metro Riders
- Oceanview Path to Remain Open
- Speed Limits Increases Rejected
- John Laird Joins People Power
- People Power Launches New Web Site
In the Media
- Cyclists ask for a sign on Mission Street - April 23, 2008
- Probe into fatal bike crash in Santa Cruz continues, cyclist remembered as "high-spirited" - April 11, 2008
- Friends mourn cyclist as safety questioned - April 10, 2008
- Cyclist struck, killed on Mission Street in Santa Cruz - April 9, 2008
- Purchase of 32-mile rail line slated for fall - April 1, 2008
- Traffic school for errant cyclists rolls into Santa Cruz - March 24, 2008
- County leaders press on with "pothole" tax - March 19, 2008
- Prospects dim for even a modest transportation tax in Santa Cruz County - March 17, 2008
- Cabrillo's new hub: Bike cooperative coming to community college - March 10, 2008
- Family of slain cyclist suing city, People Power wins temporary restraining order in Mission Hill alleyway dispute - March 5, 2008
- Sacred path stays open to the public - February 28, 2008
- Fred Keeley joins People Power - February 27, 2008
- County leaders consider new and improved transportation tax - February 23, 2008
- Santa Cruz rail walkers hit the tracks, protest Union Pacific trespassing fines - January 28, 2008
- Op-Ed: David Wright: Sentinel off track on walking the rails - January 27, 2008
- Biofuels debunked, Santa Cruz gets bike-friendliness award, and Arana Gulch bike path may head to court again - January 23, 2008
- Bike-friendly Santa Cruz? City receives honor for its biking environment - January 22, 2008
- Op-Ed: Michael Levy: Biofuels are no key to a green future - January 20, 2008
- Walk the line, pay $2,000 fine: Union Pacific warns of trespassing enforcement - January 17, 2008
- Santa Cruz cyclists memorialize fallen rider - January 13, 2008
- Highway widening effort goes on, despite setbacks - January 11, 2008
- Main backer of transportation measure pulls out - January 10, 2008