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....
by Tim Wooten | Nov 22, 2022 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
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 third year,...
by bikefc | Nov 21, 2022 | Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
A bike is often a kid’s first taste of freedom. Go farther. Go faster. Go with friends. Just getting to go is at least half the fun. When you live in one of the nation’s most bicycle-friendly cities, having a bike and riding it is very much about belonging to your...
