by Tim Wooten | Oct 30, 2023 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
Once again, earlier this fall, Bike Fort Collins announced another joint effort with fellow nonprofit and Denver-based, Wish for Wheels to bring a new bike and helmet to every second grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) five (5) Title 1 schools. Now in its...
by Tim Wooten | Sep 27, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Press Releases, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
August 31, 2023 — FORT COLLINS, CO – For the fourth consecutive year, Bike Fort Collins and Wish For Wheels, are once again aiming to help ensure every second-grader in Poudre School District’s Title 1 schools has access to a bicycle so they can learn to ride, be...
by bikefc | Aug 31, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Press Releases, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
August 31, 2023 — FORT COLLINS, CO – For the fourth consecutive year, Bike Fort Collins and Wish For Wheels, are once again aiming to help ensure every second-grader in Poudre School District’s Title 1 schools has access to a bicycle so they can learn to ride, be...
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...
