Boulder Cycling

63rd and Diagional gets improvements for cyclist

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Boulder County's Transportation department is currently making improvements to the tragic intersection of 63rd and Diagonal Hwy. This was the place where Nederland cyclist was killed a few years ago. Not that these improvements could have prevented such a horific accident the intersection as it stands today is one waiting to happen.

Improvements include creating a bike lane for north bound cyclist from Lookout Road to the intersection and for south bound cyclist the existing bike path will be extended to the west bound intersection. There will also be improvement to the light controls that at the moment rarely every work for cyclist forcing them to run a red light or wait for a car to arrive.
For more information on Cycling and pedistrian improvements at 63rd and Diagonal.



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City of Boulder - Driven to Drive Less

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The City of Boulder recently sent out an RFP - "Driven to Drive Less." The goals of which are "to stimulate long term travel behavior change in participants and to creatively demonstrate to the general public the ability of Boulder residents to live car free or car lite."

While you should read the RFP for yourself, here are some of the examples given to perspective marketing firms:

A possibility that City Staff has considered for this task includes a city wide casting call for participants modeled after popular reality shows like “Survivor” or the “Greatest Job in the World,"

As the CDOT Scope of Work indicates, possibilities presented by City Staff include paying a nominal amount of cash to participants each day, giving more significant grand prizes for “winners” from each tier, or providing gifts/discounts from sponsors for participating or completing special “game show” type challenges.

Golden Bike Park

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*** Updated 2/17/2010 *** Via Twitter
thanks for the support... Golden Bike Park proposal gets approval from Parks & Rec board, now on to City Council!
about 8 hours ago from web
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*** Updated 2/12/2010 *** Presentation

The Golden Colorado Bike Park that we reported on awhile back is moving into motion. Here is some news that has been floating around the last few days...

Golden Bike Park: Need your help!!!

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The rumors and plans are becoming reality! The Golden Bike Park is very close with final plans with approvals coming up quickly. The Golden Bike Park development Team needs your assistance on a few matters; and its only a quick email away:

The Golden Bike Park is meant to appeal to everyone. We are planning to have several elements that include:
-Gravity fed flow trail
-Gravity fed jump trail
-pump tracks (2 initially, one for smaller kids and one for bigger kids (adults))
-cyclo-cross / XC loop
-DH skill trails
-drop zone
-Dirt Jumps
-progression & obstacle elements trail

Boulder Junior Cycling wins Center of Excellence Award

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Recently USA Cycling announced 5 organizations around the country who won a piece of a $20,000 grant. The winners chosen were based on organizational criteria and performance results in developing junior and U23 cycling athletes, the new women’s professional squad. Boulder Junior Cycling (aka Boulder Devo) was among the five winners with the top spot going to TeamTwenty12 which has at least 2 riders from Colorado, Mara Abbot and Cari Higgins.

Press Release Announcement

Boulder Team receives USA Cycling Center of Excellence Recognition

“The Boulder Junior Cycling (BJC) Team (formerly known as Boulder DEVO) was recently recognized by USA Cycling with the Center of Excellence Award. This is the second consecutive year the Boulder-based junior cycling team has received this top honor. BJC is one of five programs to also receive funding for their development of junior and U23 cycling athletes.

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