NEWS-BLOG
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Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: Lemay/Riverside Avenue
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CONFLICT? In our March issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict, or right-of-way confusion at the intersection of Lemay Ave and Riverside Ave while riding your bike?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. WHAT HAPPENED? In addition, for those who reported conflict, we asked them...
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – Jeni Arndt
Bike Fort Collins first launched You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. back in 2009, where we featured local residents, for whom riding bikes is big part of their life in a broader awareness campaign. Beginning in 2021, we are excited to reintroduce this bio-series, where we feature one new Fort Collins resident each month here on our news-blog/website, as well as through The Pedal Post eNewsletter and...
Unexpected Causes of Bicycle Crashes
Guest Writer - Sara Stieben, Hadfield Stieben Doutt, LLC Whether you are bicycling for pleasure or for transportation, the last thing you expect is to be horribly injured. While the most common bicycling injuries occur when a bicyclist is struck by an automobile, we have seen a rise in bicycle crashes caused by other factors. Oftentimes there is insurance coverage available to reimburse injured...
Worth the Read: March 2021
In case you missed them, we've assembled several links to some interesting articles that we think are "Worth the Read." We hope you find this as a quick and helpful way to get caught up on some pertinent bike-related news without aimlessly trolling countless bike-minded websites. What We Learned from Tracking Cycling Deaths for a Year - Outside Magazine Broken Chain: Why not build more...
Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: Elizabeth Street/College Avenue
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CONFLICT? In our February issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict, or right-of-way confusion at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and College Ave while riding your bike?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. WHAT HAPPENED? In addition, for those who reported conflict, we...
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – Peggy Milano
Bike Fort Collins first launched You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. back in 2009, where we featured local residents, for whom riding bikes is big part of their life in a broader awareness campaign. Beginning in 2021, we are excited to reintroduce this bio-series, where we feature one new Fort Collins resident each month here on our news-blog/website, as well as through The Pedal Post eNewsletter and...
SRTS Challenges Students to Walk/Bike to School This Spring
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program invited area PSD schools to participate in a Walk/Bike-to-School Challenge and Shepardson, Riffenburgh and Dunn Elementary Schools took us up on it. Each have launched a challenge to their students to see how many days they can walk or ride their bikes to school between March 22 and May 21 at Shepardson and Riffenburgh, and March 29 and May 21 at Dunn....
BFC Represents Colorado at National Bike Summit Lobby Day
The 2021 virtual National Bike Summit took place earlier this month and Bike Fort Collins was grateful to take part in many of the workshops and speakers panels addressing some of the most pressing issues in bicycle advocacy today. Fort Collins own, Erika Benti (Active Transportation Professional- Students, Colorado State University), presented on virtual education and encouragement, Charles...
2021 City Elections – We Asked the Candidates
Elections are right around the corner (April 6) and as a city that holds the distinction and enjoys the reputation as one of the most bicycle friendly communities in the country, we feel its important that bicycling stays a priority among our newly elected City Council. With all but two seats (District 2 - Julie Pignataro and District 6 - Emily Gorgol) up for election this year , we wanted you,...
International Women’s Day – Betty Sears
For this year’s International Women’s Day we recognize Betty Sears and her trailblazing initiative to establish the first bike lanes in Fort Collins. Sears was inspired to bring bike lanes to Fort Collins after living briefly in Davis, California. While in Davis, Sears experienced the benefits of bicycle infrastructure and was inspired to bring these innovations home to Colorado. A self...