Bike paths, sidewalks, roadways
Some tools and tips for keep your riding as smooth as possible and helping clear public roadways from litter, deterioration, and unsafe conditions for walking and biking.
1. Check your tires and the weather, always. If its raining make sure you have enough tread on your tires and they are not running flat.
2. Take the lane if you need. It is legal. But look over you shoulder for upcoming traffic first.
3. Look around, ahead, and anticipate whats coming at you at least 20 yards ahead of you.
4. Steer perpendicular to get across parallel cracks or railroad tracks. Take them head on or you’ll end up falling.
The Bakersfield Mobile app is a convenient and fast way to report hazards on your mobile device by download “Bakersfield Mobile” on your smartphone.
Walk Kern is a program of Kern County Public Works, serving all residents in unincorporated Kern County.
To report a pressing roadway condition, take the community survey to report pressing needs in your community.
Kern County has worked on nearly 70 pedestrian and cycling projects totaling over $72 Million since 2007. Use the map tour to see whats happening all over Kern County for walking and biking.
Street Story is an online platform that allows residents to collect community input about crashes, near-misses, general hazards and safe locations to travel.
Take the Street Story Survey in Spanish here.
The program was created by a team of city planners, public health professionals, engineers, social welfare experts and computer scientists at UC Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC).
