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Volunteers sought for Boulder’s Walk and Bike Month

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BOULDER — Organizers of Boulder’s 35th annual Walk & Bike Month are seeking volunteers for the 70+ events planned for June. Come be a part of this annual tradition celebrating Boulder’s unique and nationally-recognized pedestrian and bicycle culture. Volunteers help with everything from distributing posters to offering administrative support. Dates and hours are flexible.

20 Tips for Commuting by Bike

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The weather is getting better and before you know it Bike to Work Day will be upon us. But why wait for the one day in the year we should bike to work, start today, but how. For some commuting to work/school sounds easy enough until they try it and find that this commuting by bike thing must be for the crazy people because it sucks. That couldn't be farther from the truth, they just don't know how to do it effectively and comfortably.

Walk and Roll is coming to a School near you Friday!

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Friday is Earth Day and for kids in the Boulder Valley School District it is Walk and Roll Day! and for some schools this is a week long event with Friday being the big day. If the name doesn't say it all, Walk and Roll is a day/week where kids are encouraged to learn a life skill and find green/healthy options to arrive at school, like by bike. Heatherwood Elementary school has been running a Walk and Roll campaign for the last 4 years and every year they have seen substantial growth in the number of kids participating.

For the Heatherwood kids and some other schools in BVSD, Walk and Roll is one day out of the entire school year for walking and biking and many schools tie this into their already running school year long Safe Routes to Schools program. Kids at Heatherwood Elementary receive recognition and awards for 5, 30 and 100 days of walking or biking and over 40 kids have already logged 100 days of biking or walking! Have you commuted by bike half as much since September? Who is really the teacher here?

This year Heatherwood Elementary received a Safe Routes to Schools mini grant to help kids with Autism join in on the Walk and Roll week. To make this possible they will be teaming up will Assisted Cycling Tours who has a fleet of tandems specially equipped for people with autism and they are located right here in the Denver area!!!

2011 Colorado Bike Summit beyond expectations

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I was lucky enough to have the honor to attend Colorado Bike Summit put on by Bicycle Colorado. The summit was put on because many noticed that Colorado had the largest presence at the national bike summit every year so it was time to capture that energy and start Colorado's own Bike Summit. This year's bike summit was kicked off with the great keynote speeches by John Burke of Trek, Tim Blumenthal of Bikes Belong, Bill Vidal, Mayor of Denver, Randy Neufeld of SRAM and lastly Dan Grunig of Bicycle Colorado.

John Burke of Trek

John Burke of Trek

The speeches say a lot on their own (more to be added as they are uploaded). In addition to the speeches there was as panel discussion on how Black Hawk and the recently failed mountain bike safety bill. The panelist gave a great deal of information on how we should interact with our elected officials. Key take aways were.

    303Cycling Commuter Team

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    Photo Credit: Bike Portland

    Commuting Tips

    Happy New Year

    Did you make "Commuting to work by bike" one of your new year's resolutions in 2012? Want help sticking to that goal? Join our 303Cycling Commuter Team in 2012 and be apart of other non-competitive bike commuters making a commitment to commuter more by bike and be able to track your progress and see your benefits and savings! Last year our team rode over 25,000 miles which resulted in nearly $5k in savings not to mention other non-measurable benefits.

    Learn more below and join today on http://www.worldcommute.com

    Join the 303Cycling Commuter Team!

    What a clever idea, a commuter team! Ergon has created a 12 rider team that spans over the USA. How competitive can commuting with your bike be? Very! Try commuting today in the snow and cold, try commuting to the grocery store, try commuting on a date, etc. To make this more "real" you can use tools like WorldCommute.com to track such progress against others. And to start the competition 303cycling has a 2011 Commuter Team! The commuter team will test you will to commute by bike more often and show the world that "yes you can" and show other competitors that you DO take commuting seriously!

    How to get started with the 303cycling Commuter Team?

    Boulder County Starts Transportation Master Plan

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    Follow up story from last week when the Daily Camera first broke the story

    Boulder County has begun a year-long effort to develop a Transportation Master Plan (TMP) that will guide the County's transportation programs and projects over the next twenty-five years.

    The kick-off begins this month with a series of three public meetings - January 13, 19, and 20th! All three meetings will have the same information on current plans and will provide an opportunity for public comment on what we should focus on moving forward.

    Meeting Dates:

    Thursday, January 13
    Boulder County Transportation Department
    Large Conference Room, 2nd Floor
    2525 13th Street, Boulder

    Wednesday, January 19
    Centaurus High School
    Student Center
    10300 South Boulder Road, Lafayette

    Thursday, January 20
    Longmont Public Library
    Meeting Rooms A & B
    409 4th Avenue, Longmont

    All meetings will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., with a overview presentation beginning at 5:30 p.m.

    The meeting on January 13 in Boulder will focus on transportation in west Boulder County.

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