Alameda Couple Bikes Every Street In Town

ALAMEDA, CA — Longtime Alameda locals, Terri and Jack Cooley, were growing tired of their monotonous stay at home routine as the first few months of the pandemic crawled by. So, they decided to bike every single street in their city.

The couple was featured on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" Monday to chat about their island city voyage.

"We were tired of sitting at home," Jack shared through a livestream on the show. "So we decided that getting out in the fresh air and staying away from people bicycling would be the best way of doing it."

The city of Alameda, which is situated on an island in the San Francisco Bay across from the Oakland Harbor Channel, is 6.5 miles long and 1 mile wide. The couple biked over 600 streets in the city.

The couple knows the island well, as Jack has lived in Alameda for 72 years and Terri used to work as a welfare attendant for a local school district, where she was tasked with visiting various homes throughout Alameda regularly.

Terri retired three years ago, but Jack still works as a real estate agent, a career that requires him to memorize the lay of the land.

See a map of Alameda's streets here.

Watch the full clip from "Live with Kelly and Ryan" here: