Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Bicycle Colorado

Making Colorado’s Transportation System Work for People, Not Cars

By David Sachs | Jan 17, 2017 | No Comments

At the Moving People conference, Bicycle Colorado will put walking, biking, and transit "at the center of the current rapid evolution of transportation-related technologies."

It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Ride a Bike — Just Ask These Women

By David Sachs | Apr 25, 2016 | No Comments

The city has plenty of barriers that make biking an intimidating way to get around — speeding drivers, shoddy bike infrastructure. But for a group of nine women learning how to ride at Bicycle Colorado’s Bike School on Saturday, there are other obstacles they have to overcome first. Some of the students are immigrants who […]

Sign This Petition If You Think Colorado Traffic Laws Should Value Human Life

By David Sachs | Apr 4, 2016 | No Comments

Under Colorado law, drivers who injure someone walking or biking often get the same slap on the wrist as drivers who clip a car’s mirror. The charge is called “careless driving” and it carries four points on a driver’s license. It takes 12 points to lose driving privileges, so someone can hit a person, causing life-altering injuries like […]

Bicycle Colorado Sharpens Focus on Denver With Search for Local Director

By David Sachs | Mar 9, 2016 | 1 Comment

As part of its mission to make the entire state bike friendly, Bicycle Colorado has always advocated for safe, bikeable streets in Denver. Now the organization is hiring a director who will focus strictly on the Mile High City and the metro area. “We’re certainly hearing from members that they’re very interested in seeing improvements close […]

Mikael Colville-Andersen on Building Effective Bike Lanes: Just Do It

By David Sachs | Feb 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

It’s really not that difficult to build bike infrastructure so that city streets are safe and efficient for everyone. That’s what Mikael Colville-Andersen, the “bicycle urbanism” expert who founded Copenhagenize, wants Colorado to know. “The greatest thing about bike infrastructure today is very, very simple,” Colville-Andersen told the crowd of about 250 at the Colorado Bicycle […]

Will the Capitol Stiffen Penalty for Drivers Who Hit People Walking or Biking?

By David Sachs | Feb 9, 2016 | No Comments

If a driver clips a car’s sideview mirror in Colorado, the offender could get the same charge as a driver who strikes a person walking or biking: Careless driving. In other words, the current law values metal boxes as much as it values human beings. That could change — if state legislators want it to. No one has introduced a […]

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