It’s snowing in Denver, but the BikeDenver Winter Solstice ride knows no weather conditions.
Meet tonight at 6 at Wahoo’s Fish Tacos at 225 E. 20th Ave.
More info here.
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge Returning To Denver
Team trials will be held on August 26th in Denver. The rest of the schedule is below:
Monday, Aug. 20 - Durango to Telluride
Tuesday, Aug. 21 - Montrose to Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte
Wednesday, Aug. 22 - Gunnison to Aspen
Thursday, Aug. 23 - Aspen to Beaver Creek
Friday, Aug. 24 - Breckenridge to Colorado Springs
Saturday, Aug. 25 - Golden to Boulder
More info at 303Cycling
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Team Bike Commute
Riding your bike through winter? Persuasive about the joy of two-wheeled commuting? Looking for some free bike gear?
If so, Salvagetti has the bike team for you. Their 2012 You Are Crazy to Commute Through Winter Team is having an informational meeting on Saturday, December 17 at 4 pm at Salvagetti, at 1611 Platte Street.
More details over here.
More About That Bike Traffic Light
[The traffic signal] is essential at this intersection because the people on bicycles entering the cycle track are riding counter to oncoming traffic. The signal clearly notes when it’s safe for northbound cyclists to enter the intersection and cars turning right onto 14th from Bannock now have a no-turn-on-red sign to prevent conflicts with turning cyclists. … The new bike signal, intersection treatments, and cycle track represent a new level of complexity in bicycle-specific traffic design for Denver. As the city moves to make Downtown more accessible to people on bicycles, these kinds of treatments will be key. I hope that the city will be as innovative and forward thinking as they design the connection from the Bannock street cycle track across Colfax linking to the proposed cycle track on 15th Street through Downtown. This segment of the network is currently under study and should be installed in 2012.
Denver gets its first cycling-specific traffic signal. Located at 14th and Bannock.
On How To Build American Cities After the Collapse
Bus and light-rail systems, bike lanes and pedestrian improvements — what traffic engineers dismissively call “alternative transportation” — are vital. So is the repair of infrastructure like roads and bridges. Places as diverse as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Charlotte, Denver and Washington have recently voted to pay for “alternative transportation,” mindful of the dividends to be reaped. As Congress works to reauthorize highway and transit legislation, it must give metropolitan areas greater flexibility for financing transportation, rather than mandating that the vast bulk of the money can be used only for roads.
Christopher B. Leinberger, The Death of the Fringe Suburb
Give Back (To Your Bike Collection)
Donate your old bike to The Park Hill Bike Depot and receive up to $100 off a new bike at the Mindful Bike.
Details here.
