Home→News→AdvocacyBoulder for All – We Need a NetworkA complete cycling network is more than the sum of its parts because no individual bike lane is particularly valuable unless the entire journey is safe. Boulder has not yet reached the “tipping point” where a safe, complete network allows people to feel safe on all bicycling journeys.Network EffectsToo often, after the installation … Read More
Boulder for All
Boulder for AllA new Vision for Transportation in our Community Boulder needs to rebalance our mix of transportation modes to provide complete streets that serve walking, bicycling, and transit as well as automobiles and trucks. This will: Increase safety for everyone Reduce our greenhouse gas emissions Increase freedom for children and other vulnerable populations Increase our choices for getting where … Read More
B4A – Problems and Solutions
Home→News→AdvocacyProblems and SolutionsThe automobile dominant model for transportation in Boulder, and America as a whole, has led to large numbers of fatalities and serious injuries,. It does not have to be this way. The 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 … Read More
Fighting Bad Design, Not Victim Blaming is The Solution to Road Safety
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
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
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
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
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
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