Tag: advocacy
Bicycle Colorado and Bike Denver Merge!
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 13th, 2019DENVER — Bicycle Colorado and BikeDenver are merging, the two organizations announced today. BikeDenver’s executive director, James Waddell, is joining Bicycle Colorado as mobility programs director. Bicycle Colorado and BikeDenver have worked together closely for many years—BikeDenver’s work began nearly 20 years ago when Bicycle Colorado’s leadership foresaw how active local voices in the state’sRead More
Cyclist’s 4 Community’s Crank it Forward event May 17th!
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 10th, 2019Cyclist’s 4 Community’s third annual Crank It Forward! fundraising gala takes place the evening of Friday May 17th Read more
Moots donates Vamoots DR for better bicycling
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 3rd, 2019Win this Moot Vamoots DR and help raise funds for bicycle advocacy. Buy a raffle ticket and win!
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Jeffco Cycling Advocate Dave Evans Passes Away
Submitted by 303cycling on December 22nd, 2017By Bill Plock Road cycling in Jefferson County, and in Colorado at large, has lost a tireless advocate and champion of everyday road cycling. Dave Evans, founder and chairman of Bike Jeffco passed away suddenly on Friday, 15 December 2017 from complications following an emergency heart surgery. Bike Jeffco was formed in 1998 at theRead More
Safe Streets Day
Submitted by Nicole Odell on February 10th, 2017We need your voice! Join us March 1 at the Colorado State Capitol to advocate for better bicycling in the state and be a part of democracy in action. Bills to improve bicycling and increase transportation options are moving through the legislature and your voice is needed more than ever. Our goal is to haveRead More
BikeDenver Offers Free Membership to Grow Army of “Angelic Troublemakers”
Submitted by Nicole Odell on February 9th, 2017From Streetsblog Denver, By David Sachs Feb 6, 2017 Those bike lanes around the city? They don’t appear out of the ether. They take money and planning by the Department of Public Works. Yeah, they may not be perfect, but if we’re going to build safer bike lanes, we’ll need our elected officials to buckRead More
Moving People Forward Event by Bicycle Colorado
Submitted by Nicole Odell on February 3rd, 2017From Bicycle Colorado: Within the next 20 years, transportation in Colorado will completely change as we know it. This one day conference will dive deep into the present and future face of mobility and the creative and collaborative advancements that are changing the ways people move. As a transportation or civic leader in Colorado, howRead More
Bicycle Colorado Issues Action Alert for State Funding
Submitted by Nicole Odell on January 30th, 2017From Bicycle Colorado: https://www.bicyclecolorado.org/ Your help is urgently needed to protect bike and walk funding at the state level! The good news is that both parties at the State Capitol agree that Colorado has a major transportation funding shortfall. The bad news is without your support, the proposed solution may not include good bicycling and walkingRead More
Moving People Forward by Bicycle Colorado
Submitted by 303cycling on December 2nd, 2016Monday Feb. 6, 2017 Embassy Suites, Denver Within the next 20 years, transportation in Colorado will completely change as we know it. This one day conference will dive deep into the present and future face of mobility and the creative and collaborative advancements that are changing the ways people move. As a transportation orRead More
Bike Colorado Springs is Ready to Roll
Submitted by Nicole Odell on November 22nd, 2016On November 17th, Bike Colorado Springs was ready to formally get the community together at its Kick Off party. Bike Colorado Springs is a program of the Trails and Open Space Coalition to “promote safe bicycling and the development and maintenance bicycling infrastructure” in the Pikes Peak Region. The location was the USA Cycling headquarters,Read More