We invite you to join us for the Opening Celebration of the Shasta Bike Depot and Redding Bikeshare on Friday, May 12th 2023!
10 AM – 4 PMOpen House Tour the facility, meet guests, and learn about our programs.
4 PM – 6 PMMedia Event & Celebration Ribbon cutting ceremony and keynote speaker, Tony Tavares, Director of the CA Department of Transportation. Musical entertainment: March Fourth.
6 PM – 10 PMParty! There will be food trucks, music, and beer & wine.
1322 California St, Redding, CA
We are excited to be moving from planning to doing! We will provide more details about the event and how you can support it in the coming months.
We are grateful to the many friends and collaborators who have advised and helped Shasta Living Streets programs and evolution in so many ways over the years.
We’re launching new programs and building our team & we want you to be a part of it!
Join Our Team
Shasta Living Streets is a great place to work offering a supportive environment and opportunities for learning and growth. You will work in a beautiful building in a vibrant Downtown, with best of class vendors, and partner organizations that believe in what we do. It’s a place where you can bring joy to people while also delivering innovative programs that make a real difference in your city and the world.
We are building a team to realize a ten-year vision to provide 21st Century amenities to empower and encourage cycling excellence and trail tourism to raise Redding and Shasta County into the ranks of top places for active, healthy living. We do this in partnership with State of California and City of Redding for the additional urgent need to achieve goals of greenhouse gas reductions in transportation.
This May we will launch the Shasta Bike Depot and Redding Bikeshare. We are creating a social and practical mobility hub for local residents and trail enthusiasts, and visitors from out of town.
Open Positions
Operations Manager, Bicycle Programs, Shasta Living Streets
Position Open: Review of applications March 24. Position open until filled.
Coming May 2023 the Bike Station at the Shasta Bike Depot!
This is a long-term bike parking facility that will offer a secure, covered, and locked room to park your bike. It is the first of its kind in our region.
Residents and visitors will be able to park their bikes safely and then head to work, shopping, or entertainment. It will also enable inter-city clean mobility options with transit connections at the nearby Redding Transit Center.
Easy to use, convenient & cost effective
On-demand secure bike-parking. Keeps your bike & helmet cool & dry.
Park for a few hours, overnight, or several days.
Multiple methods of security, keeps your bike safe.
Shasta Living Streets staff. Local service and maintenance.
24/7 telephone user support
BikeLink card works at 450+ locations in the U.S.
Only pennies per hour
Pay only for time used.
Card never expires.
5 cents per hour, no monthly or annual fee.
How it works
GET A BIKELINK CARD The BikeLink Card is sold at Shasta Bike Depot and online.
INSERT CARD Insert card and follow the on-screen instructions to park your bike.
PARK YOUR BIKE Enter the facility and make sure no one enters behind you. Always lock your bike inside the facility.
RETRIEVE YOUR BIKE Insert your card and follow the on-screen instructions to retrieve your bike. You will be charged 5 cents an hour.
Shasta Living Streets is excited to announce that BCycle has joined as our vendor-partner to provide electric bikes, docks, and technology for Downtown Redding’s Bikeshare to make moving around Downtown Redding as fun and convenient as possible for everyone. Built on more than a decade of experience, BCycle electric-assist bikes offer accessible, convenient, and safe biking for everyone.
In the past decade, community members, businesses, and local agencies have been planning and developing Downtown Redding to be a walkable and bikeable residential, commerce and entertainment district. Business and property owners, and the people who live, work and play in Downtown, are ready for a high-quality bikeshare system.
The launch date in spring of 2023, will provide a public biking system for people to access medical services, shopping; government agencies, parks, festivals, community events, and the Sacramento River Trail.
Bikeshare in Downtown is a clean mobility transportation. Identifying the mission, vision and purpose for the Shasta Bike Depot and Downtown Bikeshare is the work Anne Thomas and Shasta Living Streets.
Executive Director Thomas shares, “BCycle bikes and docking stations will deliver a safe, convenient, and easy to use bikeshare system for residents and business owners that we have hoped for in our community for years.”
BCycle was selected by Shasta Living Streets last spring through a competitive process. “We are thrilled that Shasta Living Streets, along with The McConnell Foundation and City of Redding, have selected BCycle to provide an e-bikeshare program in Redding,” said Brian Conger, of BCycle. “Redding is an ideal community for electric assist bike sharing. We’ve seen the positive impact of e-bikes in communities across the country and look forward to bringing the same benefits to Redding’s residents and visitors.”
Downtown Bikeshare is supported by a grant from the California Clean Mobility Options Program. “These statewide funds directly support disadvantaged communities, and communities of color, creating safe, clean, affordable transportation to get residents where they need to go,” California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Richard W. Corey said. “The Clean Mobility Options Program was designed to ensure that each project is developed to address a community’s own unique transportation issues – letting local community involvement identify sustainable transportation solutions.”
Downtown e-Bikeshare brings tremendous advantages to our community – it allows families to be healthy and save money on transportation, makes more vibrant and connected communities, and supports local businesses by helping them attract customers and retain staff.
BCycle offers product quality and expertise to maximize our customer experience by providing an attractive, high quality bicycle fleet, docks and technology in high traffic areas which will encourage ridership, will be easily findable and to check-out, and will result in community pride.
“We believe BCycle will be a vendor-partner that will help promote operational excellence and ensure that the Downtown Redding Bikeshare launch is successful,” added Thomas.
Biking must be easy, safe, and convenient for a majority of people to truly use a bike for transportation. What’s different with Electric Pedal-assist bikes? The pedal-assist makes a special difference in our spread-out and hilly region – by enabling people of all ages and abilities to ride comfortably and thus have a clean and active mobility option.
BCycle is the Best-Of-Class bicycle sharing company, a part of Trek Bicycles, headquartered in Wisconsin. bcycle.com
Redding joins 47 other major cities in the U.S. with BCycle bikeshare, including Santa Barbara, Houston, and Philadelphia.
All-electric pedal-assist bike fleet. Redding is one of a smaller set of cities that will have an all-electric pedal-assist bike fleet.
A docked bikeshare system. Downtown Redding Bikeshare will have a docked bikeshare system. The docks provide a designated space to park bikes securely.
Redding leads the way. Redding will have the first of this type of all-electric, docked bikeshare system between the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Oregon.
Ebikes can replace many car trips if we help people have an easy, safe, convenient ride. Ebikes are used for daily life and can replace car trips. The average length of an ebike trip is 9 miles. Shasta County’s Long Range Transit Plan shows most car trips in Shasta County are 5 miles or less.
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At Shasta Living Streets we imagine Downtown Redding as the center hub of a connected city. It’s a people-friendly, walkable, bikeable district with vibrant public places, and smart-city amenities.
We believe when we give a lot more people the resources, skills and confidence they need to get around safely and conveniently walking and biking, people discover the ease and joy of active living. When we add high-quality facilities and experiences, our community becomes healthier, happier, and more prosperous.
This is why we have designed a full-service set of features for active transportation commutes and tourism services, to provide amenities, create community, and empower people. Starting in Downtown, the services and amenities will help build our trail town and create a connected city.
To learn more contact
Anne Thomas, Shasta Living Streets, (530) 355-2230 Shannon Phillips, The McConnell Foundation, (530) 226-6231
LEARN MORE Redding eBikeshare, Shasta Bike Depot, the Bike Parking Station, eBike Tours, the REU eBike Voucher program, and more. Share your hopes and ideas. Ask your questions.
ENJOY Downtown Redding with friends.
TOGETHER Shasta Living Streets is helping our community change the paradigm for sustainable living. Learn how you can be involved.
4:30 PM DOORS OPEN
5:00 PM OPTIONAL SHASTA BIKE DEPOT TOUR (tickets required, attendance is limited) Bike Depot Tour Tickets available here.
6:00 PM BRIEF PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION. No ticket is needed for this part of the evening, everyone is welcome. We want to hear your thoughts and ideas!
SNACKS, CARNEGIE’S TOMATO SOUP, GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES. Donations will be accepted. Take-out food may be brought in as well.
DRINKS Available for purchase: Mama Shari Kombucha, Etna Old Fashioned Root Beer, San Pellegrino sodas.
PLEASE NO SMOKING/NO VAPE We are a no smoking & no vape venue.
ARRIVE BY BIKE. Bike to the event, park your bike on site. Bring a lock.
ARRIVE BY CAR. There is ample free parking in Downtown Redding. Try out the new parking garage. Large parking lots directly adjacent: to the north, west, and south.
MORE INFORMATION Questions about ticketing or this event, let us know: 530.355.2230 cwentworth@shastalivingstreets.org
What if a bike depot, a lively eatery, and an active courtyard space could become a downtown experience?
Shasta Bike Depot
“When we give people the resources, skills and confidence they need to get around safely and conveniently by bike, they discover the ease and joy of bicycling. People in Redding and Shasta County aren’t just ready for this – they are excited about it,” Thomas said.
“The depot will be a visitor’s center for transit. It’s a ‘Start Here’ spot for biking and using trails in and around Redding and the North State,” shared Anne Thomas, who will manage the Shasta Bike Depot.
Located next to Redding’s downtown Transit Center, the depot will include a public bike parking garage, classes, community events, an e-bike charging station, guided e-bike tours, and e-bikeshare.
The vision of the depot is to offer amenities that create “comfort, convenience, and enjoyment, for the increasing number of people who choose to walk and bike to get where they want to go,” Thomas said. “This will be a place to find answers to questions, such as ‘Where do I ride?’ ‘What do I wear?’ ‘Where do I find people to ride with?’ ‘How do I put my bike on the bus?’”
“Programming the bike depot to complement the bike network improvements that the City of Redding, Caltrans and SRTA are undertaking is exciting. Imagine a family hopping on bikes near the Sundial Bridge, and easily getting to a downtown destination. Or a person who lives downtown being able to easily access the world-class Sacramento River Trail by bike,” said Rachel Hatch, Senior Program Officer for Community Vitality. “Downtowns that thrive, are those that are bikeable and walkable.”
Bicycle tourism is an important economic driver for the future of Redding, contributing $83 billion to the US economy annually. In addition, it’s a vital option for Redding residents to get around town.
Shasta Living Streets will operate and provide smart-city amenities and services for clean and active transportation, including:
Secure Bike Parking Garage, card-key entry managed
Downtown E-Bikeshare system
E-bike charging services
Support to City of REU’s E-bike rebate program
Encouragement events and activities
Safety education classes and workshops
Public Engagement
E-bike 101 educational tours
Youth education classes, internships, and events
Bike Valet services at events
Pipeline Craft Taps
Kevin Flynn, founding partner of Pipeline Craft Taps and Kitchen, a gastropub-style restaurant located in Mount Shasta, is the operator of Pipeline Redding in Bell Plaza. Kevin is active in the community and has served as a board member of the Mt. Shasta Chamber of Commerce for a decade. Contributing to Kevin’s success is Mark Clure, his investor and Chief Acceleration Officer at Pipeline. Mark is a principal at Enso Wealth Management, and also serves on multiple regional community boards.
Recently married, Kevin and wife Myranda love food, wine, travel, spending time with family and everything outdoors. Mark and wife Robin value spending time with family and enjoying outdoor recreation.
“Mark and I both have family and friends in Redding. We saw the opportunity and potential for Bell Plaza immediately. Pipeline Mt. Shasta enjoys a loyal Shasta County customer base. We believe Siskiyou County residents will also be a loyal customer base in Redding,” shared Flynn. “If I closed my eyes and imagined being a part of Redding’s revitalization, Bell Plaza is the opportunity.”
What is Kevin’s hope for Pipeline Redding? “Happy customers. I am committed to success, and to collaborating with Redding’s partners in hospitality.”
Quality of Life and Place as Economic Development and Downtown Vitality
Key components of community vitality overlap in this project. Active lifestyles, local foods, adaptive reuse, surrounded by small businesses, housing, arts and culture.”
The Foundation made a 10-year funding commitment to Community Vitality in 2017. This property was the Foundation’s first downtown acquisition and is its first “ground-up” downtown development. The courtyard will be bicycle and pet-friendly. This project is a nod to a piece of Redding’s history at the former Bell Rooms site, while creating a new community amenity.
McConnell selected Trilogy Architecture as the project designer, with its long-term presence and focus downtown. Modern Building Company is the general contractor. The company has several projects under construction in Redding, and has historic restoration experience in Chico and North Carolina.
Join us to celebrate transitions & growth for better biking, clean mobility, and vibrant communities in Redding and Shasta County.
The 4th AnnualShasta Living Streets Wild and Scenic Film Festival Redding Tour
Saturday June 11, 2022
Stunning films Gorgeous cinematography Inspiring storytelling
On the huge screen Under the stars In the outdoor venue In Downtown Redding
Where activism gets inspired. This event is designed to support people who work together to make a difference in our community.
Films relate to the community-together work in our area: about biking and building a trail network to connect the community, and about addressing the climate crisis.
In-person again! at the California Street Labs with the huge screen and the opportunity to gather in the outdoor space. We do still have an online option, details below.
Note: This is the last big event at California Street Labs before our move into the new Shasta Bike Depot!
CRAFT BEER, HARD CIDER, N/A OPTIONS Available for purchase.
SNACKS & DINNER OPTIONS Attendees are invited to come early with camp chairs and a picnic dinner or take-out from one of our fabulous downtown eateries!. To enjoy live music and outdoor games as the sun sets.
PLEASE NO SMOKING/NO VAPE We are a no smoking & no vape venue.
ARRIVE BY BIKE. Bike to the show, park your bike on site. Bring a lock. ARRIVE BY CAR. There is ample free parking in Downtown Redding. Try out the new parking garage. Large parking lots directly adjacent: to the north, west, and south.
Our Raffle MAKE A DONATION & RECEIVE A CHANCE TO WIN A YUBA ELECTRIC CARGO BIKE
This year’s event includes a fabulous raffle prize to one lucky winner!
A fully loaded Spicy Curry E- Cargo Bike ($5,500 value). Made possible by Yuba Bicycles, Redding Parks & Trails Foundation, and previous winners Jenn & Ted.
Last years’ winners Ted & Jenn were so excited about their new bike, they wanted to pay it forward and donated $1,000 to help bring another e-cargo bike to town for a local family.
You may purchase raffle tickets or make an additional donation when you buy a ticket to the event. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased throughout the evening on Saturday June 11th and any time during the 5 days of on-line viewing. Raffle prize must be picked up in person at the California Street Labs.
The lucky winner of the Spicy Curry E-Cargo Bike will be announced Friday June 17th.
Also => We’re Hiring!
We’re launching new programs and building our team & we want you to be a part of it! Join Our Team.
Please share with your friends and colleagues. Details: at this link.
Donate for a chance to win a Yuba Spicy Curry electric cargo bike
It’s a long-tail bike Made for big loads and wiggly kids With electric-assist to make riding a joy
Please read details on this page. Ticket link below.
We’re excited to bring another Electric Cargo Bike to a Local Family
Your Donation Supports Community Programming at the Shasta Bike Depot
Thank you! We are grateful for your support. Donations support Community Programming at the Shasta Bike Depot – Opening Soon!
Contributions are welcome and appreciated at any amount. Yes, you can make multiple donations.
$5 Receive ONE cargo bike raffle ticket
$20 Receive FIVE cargo bike raffle tickets
$40 Receive TEN cargo bike raffle tickets
$80 Receive TWENTY cargo bike raffle tickets
ANNOUNCING WINNER FRIDAY JUN 17 !
Prize Eligibility to Local Residents
While donations are welcome from anyone, the following eligibility criteria must be met in order to receive the raffle prize: ==> Eligible participants must reside in Shasta County, California. ==> Eligible participants must be 18 years old or older at time of participation.
Prize winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries.
Tickets available by donation through June 16th. Last day is June 16th.
Prize winner will be selected and announced on June 17th.
The Yuba Spicy Curry Electric Cargo Bike is a $5,500 value.
Your donation for Better bikeways, walkable cities and vibrant public places in Redding & Shasta county
At Shasta Living Streets we imagine Downtown Redding as the center hub of a connected city. It’s a people-friendly, walkable, bikeable district with vibrant public places, and smart-city amenities.
We Believe when we give a lot more people the resources, skills and confidence they need to get around safely and conveniently walking and biking, people discover the ease and joy of active living. When we add high-quality facilities and experiences, our community becomes healthier, happier, and more prosperous.
This is why with the Shasta Bike Depot we have designed a full-service set of features for active transportation commutes and tourism services, to provide amenities, create community, and empower people. Starting in Downtown, the services and amenities will help build our trail town and create a connected city.
Our Sponsors
Please know, this raffle prize is made possible by generous contribution from Yuba Bicycles, the Redding Parks and Trails Foundation, and last years’ Spicy Curry e-cargo bike winners, Jenn and Ted, who were so happy with the experience of owning an e-cargo bike, they made a generous donation to “pay it forward” to make another bike available to a lucky family in our community.
2021 Happy Winners Jenn & Ted
Also => We’re Hiring!
We’re launching new programs and building our team & we want you to be a part of it! Join Our Team.
Please share with your friends and colleagues. Details: at this link.
LOCATIONIN-PERSON, TOGETHER Shasta Living Streets’ California Street Labs 1313 California Street, Redding 96001
ALL AGES SHOW
We look forward to seeing you!
GET TICKETS TODAY
Click here for tickets!
CRAFT BEER, HARD CIDER, N/A OPTIONS Available for purchase.
ARRIVE BY BIKE. Bike to the show, park your bike on site. ARRIVE BY CAR. There is ample free parking in Downtown Redding. Try out the new parking garage. Large parking lots directly adjacent: to the north, west, and south.
PLEASE NO DOGS For this show – please no dogs. We normally welcome our canine friends, but best not to have them at this festival.
NO SMOKING/NO VAPE We are a no smoking & no vape venue.
Here’s something to look forward to in the New Year
The experience starts in Shasta County & Redding
The Great Central Valley Bicycle Route brings riders into the State capitol and county seats, numerous small towns along the river, sites of national, state and local historic importance, parks and natural areas, and a wide variety of agricultural landscapes.
Traveling at 12 miles per hour, along the full 650 mile route, a rider will experience 13 counties and over 34 diverse cities and towns.
On the Great Central Valley Bicycle Route, stopping is as important as going
The trip’s the thing.Route planners have searched for travel that allows riders to see and experience what’s great about the Great Central Valley. Looking for high scenic and educational values and variety, including bucolic countryside, city centers, historic sites, the state capitol and county seats, state and regional parks, university campuses, farmers markets, rivers, beaches and other special places and natural features, etc. We have tried to introduce riders to the many features that make the state, the Valley, and the localities unique.
A comfortable and enjoyable travel experience for all riders is a priority. Bicyclist safety, primarily related to vehicular traffic is a priority. Over 70 miles of the route follows high-quality paved trails enabling traffic-free travel along scenic river corridors, through natural areas and across urban areas. Most of the route follows public streets with bikeways, low volume country roads, quiet residential streets, and low speed pedestrian/bicycle-friendly downtown commercial areas. Only 12 miles of the route follows state highways.
The fastest, direct routes are not a priority. Routes may meander to touch a variety of landscapes and features.
This is a Great Central Valley-focused bicycling route. It’s not intended to travel into the Sierra foothills or coastal hills.
Send us your thoughts: Shasta Dam to Sacramento
Shasta Living Streets continues to work with the team to maintain and promote this route. We will gather input on the route location for the northern section, and work with the team to make adjustments.
Reach out with an email or call us at (530) 355-2230.
Sharing the vision and ongoing collaboration
Michael Smiley led the vision and worked with individuals and organizations across the state. The journey to create the route has been a long one, over three years, with input from over 70 individuals, bicycle organizations and public agencies throughout the length of the Valley.
When riding through, please reach out to share your experiences and thank these folks
These are the people instrumental in making the Great Central Valley Bicycle Route the great ride that it is.
Debra Banks, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
Roberto Brady, Tulare Co Association of Governments
Craig Erickson, Chico
Zach Griffin, Bakersfield
Tom Hotham, Education / Outreach, Merced Bicycle Coalition
Anthony Molina, Chair, Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
John Pearson, Executive Director, Chico Velo
Jeff Pell, Routes Director, Bike Lodi
Tina Sumner, Advocacy Coordinator, Fresno Cycling Club
Anne Thomas, Executive Director, Shasta Living Streets, Redding
Mark Wall, Advocacy Director, Southern Sierra Cyclists, Visalia
Brian Zahra, Fun Sport Bikes, Modesto
Our priorities for route choice
The most comfortable, safest route possible. Stress levels 1 & 2.
The best route possible that can be used today. As safer and more attractive bicycle facilities are improved, the route will be realigned .
All paved. Minimize unpaved segments. No single track.
Rail and transit stations on-route or by spur route
Food and beverage closely-spaced along the way
Support services. Bicycle repair, general retail.
Overnight accommodations for 40-60-mile riding days
Minimize steep grades over 5-6%
California’s Great Central Valley
California’s Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the geographical center of the U.S. state of California. It is 40 to 60 miles wide and stretches approximately 450 miles from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific Ocean coast. It covers approximately 18,000 square miles, about 11% of California’s total land area, or about the size of Denmark.
Bounded by the Sierra Nevada to the east and the Coast Ranges to the west, it is California’s single most productive agricultural region and one of the most productive in the world, providing more than half of the fruits, vegetables and nuts grown in the United States.
Building quality of life for everyone: better bikeways, trails and walkable cities