Commuting

Tons of kids hit the streets on Bike to School Day in Boulder

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From the Daily Camera

Today was Bike to School Day at Boulder Valley schools -- in celebration of Earth Week -- and organizers expected as many as 5,000 kids to jump out of cars and onto their bikes for their morning commutes.

"I think it's really great we're doing this," said fourth-grader Sophia Ottinger, who was still wearing her bike helmet while waiting in line for some treats after arriving at school. "When we were biking from home, there was a big truck and it was really stinky from gas."

Thursday is Walk or Bike to School Day!

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As we move into Springtime some schools across the Front Range are continuing to encourage children to tell their parents no to being driven to school and yes to walking or biking to school. Tomorrow, April 19th Boulder Valley School District is having their Walk or Bike to school Day. Our very own govenor of Colorado as shown strong support for getting gets out on their feet and bikes to get to school. Earlier this week the DenverPost ran an article about Lessons abound for parent and child on the bike ride to school which is about a parents experience of biking with their child to school nearly every day.

Take the time this spring and please participate in your child's Walk or Bike to school program and if your school doesn't have one, start it! Most likely your school district has resouces available to get started and if they are that lame that they don't the state & federal does and Bicycle Colorado can also help you out some as well.

Help Colorado ride 1,000,000 miles this summer!

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Oh yes we can! Help Colorado show the rest of the country how dedicated (and tech savvy) of riders and commuters we are on the National Bike Challenge which is taking place across the country from May 1st to August 31st.

The goal is to reach 1,000,000 miles but I bet Colorado can do that in one weekend!

Learn more about this challenge at Bicycle Colorado and Register at Bicycle Colorado as well. DO IT!

Pedicab's could relieve parking pressure in Lousiville

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Photo Credit: Pedicab.com

Louisville is thinking about geting a fleet of pedicabs to help relieve parking stress at their street faire. What a fun way to get about and a fun to be the pilot of a cab! Check out the Daily Camera's article on Louisville considers pedicabs to ease Street Faire parking

BikesnobNYC at Boulder Book Store

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(Photo Credit: 303Cycling) BikesnobNYC - Eben Weiss

Mission accomplished for Eben Weiss, the self proclaimed “Bike Snob” and now “Enlightened Cyclist” and his “World Annoyance Tour”. After all the complaints over having to pay five bucks to get into the event, he kept the paying audience waiting for a good half an hour. That’s annoying. Even Eben was annoyed. Also, annoying, he doesn’t speak Italian and didn’t know how to pronounce Vecchio’s. Can you really be a bike snob without that basic knowledge?

The annoyance subsided as soon as Eben started his presentation. “Think of this as your window into reality” as he proceeded to tell those of us living in “The Bubble” of the “last primal frontier” that he calls commuting by bike. Very un-snob-like, he qualified his statement by saying it can’t compare to what soldiers and doctors and EMTs face every day. This is when we began to consider there could be a serious side to Weiss.

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