Colorado bicycle friendly communties
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Colorado bicycle friendly communties
Lakewood , CO is one of the 9 2009 additions nationwide
Colorado is second only to calif on number of bike friendly communities
DF you're going to have to work on getting Parker added
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...iendlyamerica/
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Arvada Bronze
Boulder Platinum
Colorado Springs Silver
Denver Bronze
Durango Silver
Fort Collins Gold
Lakewood Bronze
Longmont Bronze
Steamboat Springs Silver
Vail Bronze
Colorado is second only to calif on number of bike friendly communities
DF you're going to have to work on getting Parker added
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...iendlyamerica/
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Arvada Bronze
Boulder Platinum
Colorado Springs Silver
Denver Bronze
Durango Silver
Fort Collins Gold
Lakewood Bronze
Longmont Bronze
Steamboat Springs Silver
Vail Bronze
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Lakewood , CO is one of the 9 2009 additions nationwide
Colorado is second only to calif on number of bike friendly communities
DF you're going to have to work on getting Parker added
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...iendlyamerica/
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Arvada Bronze
Boulder Platinum
Colorado Springs Silver
Denver Bronze
Durango Silver
Fort Collins Gold
Lakewood Bronze
Longmont Bronze
Steamboat Springs Silver
Vail Bronze
Colorado is second only to calif on number of bike friendly communities
DF you're going to have to work on getting Parker added
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...iendlyamerica/
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Arvada Bronze
Boulder Platinum
Colorado Springs Silver
Denver Bronze
Durango Silver
Fort Collins Gold
Lakewood Bronze
Longmont Bronze
Steamboat Springs Silver
Vail Bronze
It's on my list down there somewhere!
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How Colorado Springs got a "Sliver award", I can't fantom I'd say we rate "Bronze" at best, I'm still leery of riding on any really busy street, I mean I've seen parked cars nicked Yea it's great on the mostly dead ending paths or rail-trails but there aren't ANY bike lanes into the "City center", I get yelled at, laughed at, snickered at just about any time I'm on the "Road" here. A lot of the "non-connecting" bike Lanes, need a serious repaint, the City Counsel must have "wined and dined" the rating forks from the national organization or there was a serious pay off
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Colorado Springs got its 2 stars for encouragement and evaluation
to see what goes into that see
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...fc_five-Es.php
to see what goes into that see
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...fc_five-Es.php
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A guy in a pickup pulled out in front of me today and apologized. I wish we both stuck around long enough for me to say da nada. I like this place.
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here's the summary for colorado springs
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...do_springs.php
denver should be a silver but got dinged a few yrs about when RTD (mass transit light rail)
required a license to take bikes on light rail this is no longer the fact but
silver hasnt been restored
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...do_springs.php
denver should be a silver but got dinged a few yrs about when RTD (mass transit light rail)
required a license to take bikes on light rail this is no longer the fact but
silver hasnt been restored
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Denver doesn't allow bikes on sidewalks that are not part of a marked bike route but repeatedly refuse to provide a listing of the routes.
They require people to buy a paper map to have a "rough sketch" of the routes - definitely sub adequate.
They require people to buy a paper map to have a "rough sketch" of the routes - definitely sub adequate.
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I thought Gunnison was very bike friendly last year. Bike lanes were good, there were bike paths and lanes on roads into town, neighborhood back streets without them were very wide, and cars went around without any fussin or cussin. Lots of people on bikes there, and bike racks were abundant in front of stores and cafes in the downtown area. I'd give it a silver.
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Colorado Springs got its 2 stars for encouragement and evaluation
to see what goes into that see
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...fc_five-Es.php
to see what goes into that see
https://www.bikeleague.org/programs/b...fc_five-Es.php
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Well that's just it with "Bike Friendly", isn't it.
Throw down several miles of paint stripe along the existing shoulder of a busy arterial that abruptly ends at a narrow, high speed limit auto bridge and your city gets credit for miles of "bike facilities".
Move over two blocks and improve the intersections of a quiet, parallel side street that leads to a new cycling bridge across the river and your city gets credit for a hundred feet of "bike facilities".
tcs
Throw down several miles of paint stripe along the existing shoulder of a busy arterial that abruptly ends at a narrow, high speed limit auto bridge and your city gets credit for miles of "bike facilities".
Move over two blocks and improve the intersections of a quiet, parallel side street that leads to a new cycling bridge across the river and your city gets credit for a hundred feet of "bike facilities".
tcs