by bikefc | May 2, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, Programs, Safe Streets
Last December, we introduced DeWulff Engineering, a group of CSU engineering students who were developing a proposed design solution for the intersection of East Elizabeth Street and College Avenue as part of a class project. As we had shared back then, Bike Fort...
by bikefc | Apr 29, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Bicycle Friendly Business, Contributors, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
Guest Writer – Sara Stieben, Hadfield Stieben Doutt, LLC Did you know that there is a new law in Colorado known as the Colorado Safety Stop law? The law allows for cyclists 15 years and older to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and to treat stop lights as stop...
by bikefc | Apr 28, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, Programs, Safe Streets
BFC is now on an approx. quarterly schedule of presenting improvement opportunities to the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC). Having done so several times already, BFC was appreciative of the opportunity to present the following three...
by bikefc | Apr 27, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CONFLICT? In our March issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict or felt unsafe while navigating the intersection of Prospect Rd and the Mason Trail?” Thank you to those who...
by bikefc | Apr 22, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
As we reported in our 2022 Legislative Agenda post back in January, HB22-1028 was introduced this session intended to make the law, passed in 2018, that makes it legal for bicyclists to not have come to a complete stop at stop signs, or to treat red lights as stop...
by bikefc | Mar 31, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs
This year’s National Bike Summit, hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, was a huge success drawing dedicated bicycle advocates from all over the country. As a hybrid summit, attendees were able to participate in person or virtually, allowing access for those...