by Tim Wooten | May 30, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
In our April issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict or felt unsafe while traveling through the intersection of South Shields Street and West Laurel Street?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is...
by bikefc | May 22, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, Community Rides, Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
On the third Wednesday of May each year, the Ride of Silence is held nationwide in remembrance and “to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured on America’s roadways.” As the community’s advocacy organization for safe streets, Bike Fort Collins takes ownership...
by bikefc | May 19, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
Back in January we shared about Bike Fort Collins’ participation in Phase 3 of the Climate Smart Future Ready (CSFR) implementation planning process with the cross-functional group of community members and leaders from government, advisory bodies, business...
by bikefc | Apr 29, 2023 | Events, More Bikes, Newsletters, Programs, Safe Streets, Support BFC
In the event you may have missed them, we keep this page updated with past issues of The Pedal Post e-Newsletter, our Volunteer Updates, and other email communications that we’ve put out to our subscribers and volunteers. 2023 Newsletters The Pedal Post...
by bikefc | Apr 27, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
While every week is a week of thinkin’ bikes for us, last week was an especially wonderful week of thinking about bikes, as the City’s FC Moves Department brought the ThinkBike Workshop to Fort Collins—all the way from the Netherlands. Naturally, given BFC’s...
by Tim Wooten | Apr 27, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, Bicycle Friendly Business, Contributors, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
wGuest Writer – Gordon Hadfield, Hadfield Stieben Doutt, LLC It is terrifying to be hit by a car while riding your bicycle. Even when the physical injuries have healed, the psychological trauma remains. Some common phrases we frequently hear from bicyclists are: “I’m...
