The SFBC Bulletin had the following which you wil find important if you take your bicycle on Caltrain:

Don’t let Caltrain’s Bike Master Plan leave you behind — speak up now! This week Caltrain staff will be updating its board of directors on their Draft Bicycle Master Plan, which looks at beefing up bike parking at 10 of its most-popular stations, but doesn’t do anything to add (or even maintain) bike space on trains, now or in the future.

If you care about “bikes on board”, please attend the Caltrain Joint Powers Board meeting this Thursday (8/7/08, 10:00 am, 1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, a four-minute walk from the train station). We need a strong show of support to get bikes on board included in the Bike Master Plan, and we need to make sure the Caltrain board (the folks who make the big decisions) really understands this service and hears from the people who use it. We have a group of speakers lined up to make public comment, and we need you in the audience with your bicycle helmet in hand. Can’t make the meeting? Write to your mayor about this important transit service. For more information, and to download a template and mayors’ addresses, see our Bikes ONBoard page.

What is particularly interesting is the plan release has been pushed BACK to AFTER the meeting.  It is unclear if the board meeting will also be pushed back, but I have not seen anything yet to indicate as such.  I’ve emailed the SFBC about this as well in hopes they can get to the bottom of things.

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