As a 501c3 nonprofit, Community Cycles does not endorse candidates. We do, however, educate the public on where candidates stand on bicycle issues. In order to give all the candidates the opportunity to address bicycle issues, we sent them the following questions: Do you support adopting a 20 mph speed limit on all Boulder residential … Read More
Transportation Master Plan, first effort on 20 is Plenty Passes Boulder Council
On September 17th, Boulder City Council adopted the 2019 Transportation Master Plan (TMP), which included many safety improvements put forward by Community Cycles. Council also expressed support for Community Cycle’s recommendation to change to residential speed limits to 20 mph as part of a “20 is Plenty” Campaign. We encourage everyone to read the TMP — or at … Read More
20 is Plenty on Neighborhood Streets (Letter to Council – Sept 17th meeting)
Dear City Council, Community Cycles commends the Transportation Advisory Board and city transportation staff for doing such a great job on the 2019 Transportation Master Plan update. The 2019 TMP is thorough, innovative and puts an emphasis on public safety. Staff did a fantastic job on public outreach and this TAB is more engaged, productively … Read More
20 is Plenty on Neighborhood Streets (Daily Camera Op-Ed on September 8th)
On Wednesday morning, a 10 year old girl biking to school was hit by a driver as she crossed Lehigh St in south Boulder. Right now, we don’t know the details of the crash, but we do know that we have a safety problem on our streets. We need to do better. We need to … Read More
Vote YES on CO Proposition 110 and Boulder Ballot measure 2D / Vote NO on CO Prop 109
It’s election time and we have a few items on our ballot that directly impact bicycling. VOTE YES on CO 110 Let’s Go Colorado The last time Colorado voters supported and increase to transportation funding was in 1991. Since then our roads and bridges have fallen into dangerous disrepair and our citizens’ demands for safe … Read More
Community Cycles recommendations to TAB
Dear City Council: Community Cycles would like to recommend Tila Duhaime and Johnny Drozdek for the two open seats to the Transportation Advisory Board. Both candidates are highly qualified and, we feel, much more qualified than the remaining field. Tila Duhaime is a lawyer who has taken a break from practicing while raising her young … Read More
Big Step Forward on Vision Zero
We are excited to share the process of our work toward adopted Vision Zero in our community. A groundbreaking Council decision took place Tuesday night. Read all the way through to see how Community Cycles is at the table, working to make our city safer for people who ride bicycles, and for all users of our … Read More
Thanks Marni Ratzel, City of Boulder Bicycle/ Pedestrian Planner
June 2nd is Marni’s last day. She has served as Boulder’s Bike/Ped planner for the last 15 years. Marni leaves Boulder for a 3 year stint in Auckland, New Zealand, implementing a series of large capital projects for bikes Community Cycles would like to give a big thank you to Marni for all her tireless, … Read More
The Sad Ending of the Folsom Protected Bike Lanes
Bicyclists and safe street advocates gathered on Sept 30th to mourn the removal of protected bike lanes on Folsom Street and support of safe streets for all users. On Sept 29th, Boulder City Council unanimously approved early termination of the trial bike lanes. The lanes were installed ten weeks ago with an intended duration of … Read More
Big Win for Safer Biking on Folsom
Safer bicycling won a huge victory at Boulder’s City Council on Aug 25th. By a vote of 7–2 in a late-night study session, City Council voted to keep the Folsom Street protected bike lanes intact for their entire 0.6 mile stretch, while testing tweaks to signal timing, bollard placement, pedestrian crossings and the length of … Read More
