by bikefc | Jun 30, 2022 | Community Rides, Contributors, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
Guest Writer – Whitney Allison, Foco Fondo Owner, organizer, the glue, wrangler of Zacks, dreamer. Back in the early days of FoCo Fondo, it wasn’t much more than a glorified group ride created out of self-interest and curiosity of discovering new routes. Seven...
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 30, 2022 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
Bike Fort Collins was excited and proud to have been invited this week by the Thompson School to deliver an Education & Encouragement program to Ponderosa Elementary School in conjunction with one of their recent CDOT SRTS infrastructure grants. The grant covered...
by bikefc | Mar 1, 2022 | Active Living, Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
Building on our engagement with and the work we did with the Larimer County Department of Health and the Built Environment (LCDHBE) last summer that included developing Spanish Bicycle Resources, as well as providing Bike Tune-ups and Repairs for North Fort Collins...
by bikefc | Nov 10, 2021 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
Building off the success of our Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program’s Challenge last spring for students in area PSD schools to see how many days they could walk or ride their bike to school, BFC initiated the Challenge again this fall. The same three schools...
by bikefc | Oct 29, 2021 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
Back in late summer Bike Fort Collins announced the continuation and a 2nd year of Wish for Wheels FoCo, in partnership with fellow nonprofit, Wish for Wheels, to bring a new bike and helmet to every second-grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) six Title 1...