Accomplishments

Ten years ago, Community Cycles faced a crushing defeat when Boulder’s city council voted to remove most of Folsom Street’s protected bike lanes south of Pine Street. Despite a summer-long campaign that included daily street ambassadors, community testimony at three council meetings, and even “love letters to Folsom” celebrating safer...

Thanks to the Community Access to Electric Bikes grant program through the Colorado Energy Office, Community Cycles was able to provided eBike Packages (ebike, helmet, lock, basket/pannier) to forty-six income-qualified residents and individual workers in Boulder County, Colorado. This ‘loaner to owner’ project ran from Spring 2024 to June 30,...

Boulder has always been a place where bikes and community thrive, but 2025 is different—it’s a year of game-changing progress with major infrastructure victories that seemed impossible just years ago. Thanks to years of advocacy and collective effort, projects once thought impossible are now reality, proving that when Boulder pedals...

The city of Boulder recently completed the 30th Street Multi-modal Corridor Improvements project, transforming one of the city’s most dangerous streets. This comprehensive project includes protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, improved transit stops, and new landscaping designed to make travel along the corridor safer and more convenient for all users....

Community Cycles staff and volunteers set up at two popular community events—Bike to Work Day and our member party—inviting Boulder residents to write thank you cards to City Council members. The initiative aimed to balance the usual advocacy requests with genuine appreciation for progress already made. “Every day we ask...