by bikefc | Apr 29, 2016 | Bicycle Advocacy, Community Rides, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
May 18 marks another year that we take a slow, silent ride through Fort Collins: reflecting, mourning, celebrating the lives that we have lost to traffic violence. A cyclist is hit and killed in the U.S. at a rate of 21 deaths in 100 million trips. Despite this low...
by bikefc | Apr 22, 2016 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
(This is a current view of the road approaching Tavelli Elementary in northeast Fort Collins. The grant money will create bike lanes, crosswalks and complete sidewalks.) The City of Fort Collins Safe Routes to School Program announced this week the...
by bikefc | Apr 19, 2016 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
To “take the lane” means riding right smack in the middle of a travel lane in a single file line with cars. It can seem pretty scary, but there are times when it is THE safest place to be on the road. Once you understand why it can be safer, and how to do it, you can...
by bikefc | Apr 18, 2016 | Community Rides, Events, More Bikes
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free,...
by bikefc | Apr 15, 2016 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
EDIT 4/19 – After speaking to the Parks Department, they wanted me to make clear that the North (yellow) route is actually not a trail and is technically private property. To that end, I want to clarify that this map is not an official city communication. ...
