by bikefc | Aug 1, 2023 | Active Living, Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
Once again, Bike Fort Collins was excited to engage with the Larimer County Department of Health and the Built Environment this summer to build upon the programs it began in 2021, which back then enabled the continuation of similar Active Living programs that BFC...
by bikefc | May 31, 2023 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
As we reported back in March, after what seemed like an especially long, cold winter we were excited to have our Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program back in high gear serving the students of PSD (per our school rotation schedule) with a full menu of bicycle...
by bikefc | May 26, 2023 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
While the video below is from Vancouver, British Columbia, “The Why” that it outlines and the supporting data it shares for why kids stopped walking or riding to school resonates and feels very plausible for us–and are some of the exact data points...
by bikefc | Mar 24, 2023 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
After what seems like an especially long, cold winter and with spring finally beginning to show itself, it is also a sign for when our Safe Routes to School programming shifts into high gear. Excitedly, we have already conducted some sessions and have a number of...
by bikefc | Dec 1, 2022 | Active Living, Bicycle Advocacy, Contributors, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
Guest Writer – Juliette Rule It started innocently enough for Bike Fort Collins’ resident bike mechanic Alex Hovorka. “My dad never bought me new tubes; he made me patch them,” Hovorka says. Years later, he earnestly patches flats on bikes of all kinds, many of which...
by bikefc | Nov 22, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
If there’s one thing Harris Elementary School Principal Dr. Norma Huerta-Kelley knows, it’s that talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. So, as much as she can believe all kids need opportunities to find out what interests them, they don’t all get it....
