The Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) is a nonprofit bicycle advocacy organization serving the

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, California area. SABA was formed in 1991, and was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2003. SABA has more than 1,400 members in the counties served by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, the local

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. Membership is concentrated in

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. Eighty percent of SABA members are over 40 years of age. Ninety-five percent of SABA members have an associate or bachelor's degree and forty-five percent have an advanced degree. SABA has a chapter in the city of

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Accomplishments

SABA has a long record of accomplishment in getting bike facilities built and bicycling considered in policies and planning. Facilities include the Sunrise Corridor Bikeway, Highway 50 overcrossing at Aerojet, Hornet Crossing at

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, Lake Natoma Trail, Ueda Parkway Trail, Sacramento Northern Bikeway, the Dry Creek Trail, and road diets/reversions of streets back to two-way traffic in midtown Sacramento. SABA has been involved in the Sacramento City/County 2010 Bikeway Master Plan, the City/County Bicycle Advisory Committee, bicycle access to Sacramento Regional Transit buses and light rail, a bicycle access study for the Los Rios Community College system, bicycle funding in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan and a host of other issues.

Awards

SABA, its staff and officers have received the following awards: Clean Air Award from American Lung Association Sacramento-Emigrant Trails (now Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails), Citizen of the Year from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, TRANNY Citizen Award from the 2002 the California Transportation Foundation, Civic Contribution Award from the

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, Environmental Recognition Award from the Sacramento Environmental Commission, and Club of the Year from the

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