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Show Up April 30th for a safer Iris for All, take the Survey of the design options, plus the release of Boulder for All website!
Iris Avenue is slated for redesign. A lot is at stake and your voice will matter a lot. Please plan to attend the Iris Open House on April 30th! Open House: North Boulder Rec Center: Tuesday, April 30, 4-6pm Virtual Open House: April 27th to May 27th – North Boulder Rec Center North Boulder Rec Center The options presented at … Read More
Ray’s Soapbox: Boulder’s Bike Theft Problem and What You Can Do to Protect Your Bikes
Submitted by: Russ Chandler, owner of Full Cycle. Thanks to Russ, and feel free to submit your own cycling opinion. You could be featured next! I’m Russ Chandler, owner of Full Cycle, a bike sales and repair shop here in Boulder. Like many university towns, bike theft has been a problem here for decades, but gotten worse in recent years. Bikes are … Read More
B4A – Applicability & Adaptation to Boulder
Home→News→AdvocacyApplicability and Adaptation to Boulder It is common for those who’ve observed first-hand just how much better transportation works in places like Amsterdam or Copenhagen to wonder if we can enjoy the same success by simply copying their approach. There is no reason to think that, with a few tweaks, their basic approach would not work in Boulder. Here are … Read More
B4A – Success Elsewhere
Home→News→AdvocacySuccess Elsewhere and in the U.S.It is possible to transition away from car dependence. It is possible to transition away from car dependence. Many cities in Europe and Asia have accomplished this. Some cities in North America are getting close.North American CitiesEven in North America, cities like Montreal, Vancouver, Davis, and Minneapolis are taking huge strides. Vancouver already has a … Read More
B4A – A Two Part Solution
Home→News→AdvocacyA Two Part SolutionA two-part problem calls for a two-part solution, one focusing on those who commute to/from Boulder and another, solution for those traveling within Boulder.Commuting into BoulderMany of those who work in Boulder cannot afford to live here. These workers need a time-efficient and affordable means of transit into and out of the city. The main ingredients of … Read More
B4A – The Current Problem
Home→News→AdvocacyThe Current ProblemsMuch of Boulder was built with the assumption that the automobile would always be the dominant mode of transport, a design choice with far-ranging and troublesome consequences as our population has grown, housing prices have increased, and the menace of climate change has come into focus. But automobiles kill and seriously injure many people. The numbers rival deaths … Read More
B4A – Making the Most of Community Engagement
Home→News→AdvocacyMaking the Most of Community EngagementThere is no doubt that arguments surrounding changes to transportation infrastructure can get heated. Sometimes the fire is fueled by prejudices (against government, for example) or hostility toward particular elected leaders. Worse, the debate often happens on social media like Facebook or Next Door, where the algorithms reward negativity, and civility is usually optional. For … Read More