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Earn-a-Bike for Northlake Community Residents, Fall-2026 Application

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Earn-a-Bike program is a great way to increase bike riding and make it easier to replace car trips with bike trips.

Participants strategize in discussions with classmates to design a personalized plan for how to replace car trips with bike trips and make bikes an easy, fun, and energizing part of your life!

This free class gives people with some riding experience 14-hours of instruction about choosing the right bike for your needs, hands-on bike maintenance, bike handling, and traffic skills...and builds confidence.

After you attend all four class sessions, create a plan to achieve your personal travel goals, and complete the Earn-a-Bike program, North Natomas Jibe will give you a voucher or reimbursement valued at $500.

Dates:
* Saturday, October 3, 2026, 9 AM - 2 PM
* Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
* Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
* Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Important information:
  • Application Period: August 16 - September 7, 2026
  • Class Location: Inderkum High School, 2500 New Market Drive, 95835
  • Qualified applicants will be selected based on a review of their applications by a committee of staff and community members. Finalists will be contacted for a brief call.
  • If you are selected, Jibe will notify you by phone or email by September 15.
  • This is such a popular program and spots are limited, so applying does not guarantee enrollment.

For questions, please contact Anya McCann at (916) 419-9955, or anya@jibe.org.
1.Do you live, work, or go to school in North Natomas? (Eligibility is for people who live or work or attend a school in person in the service boundary area shown on our website homepage, jibe.org. Check all that apply.)
2.Participant Information
3.TRAVEL HABITS (A)
Tell us about your current travel habits in an average week - where you go and whether you get there by car, bike, bus, or walk). For example, how do you travel to work? How many errands do you do? Do you have children that you take places, for instance to school, friends' houses, or to sports?
4.TRAVEL HABITS (B)
How many car trips do you make in an average week?
(Fill in a number.)
5.TRAVEL HABITS (C)
How many total miles do you travel by car to make those trips in the average week noted in #4?
(Fill in number of miles.)
6.TRAVEL HABITS (D)
How many of the car trips from the average week in question #4 do you think you can replace with bike trips?
(Note trips and miles below)
7.TRAVEL HABITS (E)
Briefly describe (in a few sentences) your strategy for how you will replace car trips with bike trips.
8.BICYCLING HABITS (A)
Are you comfortable riding a bike for at least one hour (60 minutes) at a moderate pace?
9.BICYCLING HABITS (B)
Do you have access to a bicycle currently that is ridable? (This is not a requirement.)
10.BICYCLING HABITS (C)
Please select all that apply about your bicycling experience and comfort level.
11.BICYCLING HABITS (D)
If you have access to a bike, tell us how you currently use it. For example, how often do you ride? Where do you ride? For what purpose?
12.BICYCLING HABITS (E)
For the following questions, consider what prevents you from biking more often and please mark how significant each issue is.
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
Would you bike more if you had something that would help you carry more stuff?
Would you bike more often if you could feel safer when it’s dark outside?
Would you bike more often if you felt more confident about planning a good route?
Do you feel strong enough to ride the distances you need to go for the trips you have?
13.Rate your interest level in riding a bike instead of using a car.
Very enthusiastic
Interested
Neutral
Slightly hesitant
Very hesitant
14.Would you bike more often if you could carry a child with your bike, or ride together with your child or grandchild more easily?
15.Would you use a bike more often if you knew how to do simple maintenance on it?
16.In 3-4 sentences, tell us your goals for bicycling if you are accepted to take this course.
17.Program Guidelines
  • If I am accepted to this course, I will pledge to replace car trips with bike trips.
  • I agree to complete two follow-up surveys, at 6 and 12 months following completion of program, via weblink emailed to me.
  • I understand completion (by attending ALL sessions in full) of the 14-hour course is required to receive a bicycle voucher/reimbursement.
  • I certify that I understand that I, the applicant, will be the primary user of the bike/gear purchased with the voucher/reimbursement provided by Jibe
  • I have read and agree to comply with the program guidelines.