by bikefc | May 27, 2022 | Intersection/Facility Focus, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
In our April issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins asked you to identify key areas of concern for you when riding your bike around town, with a special focus on intersections and infrastructure. Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of...
by bikefc | May 26, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Community Rides, Events, More Bikes, Safe Streets
The Ride of Silence is a national day of remembrance “to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured on America’s roadways” and takes place annually on the third Wednesday of May. Coming together for the first in-person Ride of Silence in over two years, Bike Fort...
by bikefc | May 19, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Community Rides, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
The first Ride-Around-Town (RAT) Ride of the year took place this month. RAT rides are open to the public and their purpose is to explore and discuss the strengths and weaknesses in bicycle infrastructure and connectivity in Fort Collins, as well as celebrate...
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...
