Fighting Bad Design, Not Victim Blaming is The Solution to Road Safety

Jane JohnstonAdvocacy, News

Community Cycles Director, Sue Prant

Read the guest opinion from the Daily Camera by Sue Prant, the executive director of Community Cycles below. “Bicycling is dangerous …” Those were the first three words of Richard Kiefer’s Feb. 3rd guest opinion, “Bicyclists must take responsibility for safety,” in which he attempts to make the case that bicyclists are at fault for their own injuries and even death because … Read More

Community Cycles Announces Staff Promotions

sandee@communitycycles.orgAdvocacy, News

Community Cycles is proud to announce the promotion of two long-time employees to Director Roles: Sandee Cirian and Alexey Davies. Sandee joined Community Cycles seven years ago and has worked organizing the Kids’ Holiday Bike Giveaway and managing the various Ebike giveaway programs, Ebike promotion programs, bike giveaways with Boulder County Mobility for All and numerous bike collection drives each … Read More

Community Cycles 2024 Snow Removal input

Alexey DaviesAdvocacy, News

Dear Transportation Dept. Community Cycles has reviewed the Snow and Ice Response Program Update that you presented to TAB in November. It addresses several of the connections that we are concerned about. We are very pleased with the changes to both the plowed network and the methodology, and welcome the additional snowplowing described by the  “Crosstown Bikeways” program, which should … Read More

Iris For All

Alexey DaviesAdvocacy, News

Support a Safer Iris Avenue!Join Walks in the Park on December 9th & 16th It’s time for all of us to step up in defense of protected bike lanes on the redesigned Iris. The Transportation Department of the City of Boulder is offering two more in-person, community engagement opportunities in the coming weeks, and, so far, they’ve mostly been hearing from those who … Read More

Cycling Candidate Forum – Watch now

Alexey DaviesAdvocacy, News

On October 2nd & 3rd, Community Cycles, BMA, and Cyclists 4 Community hosted Cycling Candidate Forums to learn where Boulder City mayor and city council candidates stand on the issues that matter to us. We asked about issues such as safety, theft, enforcement, and access. We recorded the forums so if you weren’t able to attend you can still take … Read More

The latest on the Intersection at Broadway and Grandview

Alexey DaviesAccomplishments, Advocacy, News

Community Cycles, with your help, has long opposed the intersection proposed at Broadway and Grandview.  We got Toole Design, an engineering firm with expertise in bike/ped safety, to look at this intersection and suggest the safest design.  CU promised to incorporated many of the recommendations and Community Cycles is following up on those promises.  Brad Mueller, director of Planning and … Read More