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Connecting Colorado Communities A
nyone will tell you we have a great bicycling community in Colorado. But if you think about it, we don’t have just one cycling community—there are many communities of people in Colorado who bike for fun, transportation and fitness in various parts of the state. And there are also many people who bike in Colorado who may not consider themselves part of a “bicycling community.” Each of these individuals has knowledge that others can benefit from—which is why creating connections was a focus of the Colorado Bicycle Summit in February. At the summit, keynote speaker Gabe Klein spoke about what it takes to bring about multimodal transformation in our communities. He shared successes and challenges that he faced in Chicago and Washington, DC. When it comes to putting money into bike infrastructure, he said, “what really matters is the great return on investment.”
Several Colorado communities are working on protected bike lane projects
That return on investment comes in the form of healthier citizens, cleaner air and a healthier economy. Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce CEO Kelly Brough followed Klein and expanded on why bicycling is good for business at the local level in Denver.
Governor Hickenlooper also spoke at the summit for the fifth straight year, highlighting the economic and health benefits that bicycling can bring to our state. He noted that, “Portland has reduced automobile use by 20%, with $1.1 billion in savings.”
THE BIG STATE PICTURE Prior to his speech at the summit, Governor Hickenlooper mentioned bikes in his State of the State speech, calling for—among other things—a statewide bicycle network stretching across Colorado. This network can and should be a catalyst for local communities to build connections that allow people to safely bike within their community to access the larger, statewide network. In September, the Colorado Department of Transportation endorsed the use of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Urban Street Design Guides, making Colorado only the seventh state to do so. Denver and Boulder are already using the NACTO guides, and as other communities follow suit, road designers will have the opportunity to apply the newest proven bikeway designs to truly advance our communities. Continued on page 3
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Ella Lyons VICE PRESIDENT Brad Tucker SECRETARY Scot Harris TREASURER Erik Esborg Bill & Sheri Barr Karl Friedman Alex Gillett Lee Herndon Mike Lee Terry Malouf & Dave Walker Greg Seebart Russ Shaw Bill Shenkin Rudy Verner
ADVISORY BOARD Bob Moore Ned Overend Andy Pruitt Bill Ritter
Letter from Ella and Dan Creating healthier, safer communities with member support We hope you enjoy looking back upon all the accomplishments from the past year highlighted in this issue. Members and donors like you provide the resources that make it all happen. Thank you for your generosity. Because of your support, Bicycle Colorado advocates each year for improving our statewide laws to improve bicycling. This year we focus on continuing funding for the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. We are amazed by the number of students who have not yet learned to ride a bike. By completing the SRTS program they not only learn to ride, but ride safely. If this program ends, imagine all the children who would miss the lifelong value of using bicycling for health and happiness. The SRTS bill that passed last year ensures funding for the 2015-16 school year, and we are in schools right now teaching the next generation how to safely bike and walk to school. This education benefits all of us, as these children grow up understanding basic rules of the road, including sharing the road, before they begin to learn driving skills. In the midst of teaching students to safely bike and walk, we are working with partners to keep the SRTS program alive. The program faces an uncertain future after the upcoming school year without continued funding. We are advocating for House Bill 1003, which will designate money for another year. In our cover story, you will read about many initiatives we are engaged in right now—from working with the governor and state bike czar to assess bicycling at the state level, to assisting individual communities with protected bike lane demonstration projects, to inspiring more Colorado women to ride. As we reflect on the past year and look forward to exciting times ahead, we thank you for contributing to the success of bicycling in Colorado.
STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dan Grunig DEPUTY DIRECTOR Amy Morfas BOOKKEEPER Justin Millar COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Katie Bonomo DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH DIRECTOR Scott Christopher EDUCATION DIRECTOR Jenna Berman EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER Julia Davenport MEMBERSHIP MANAGER Madeline Kreider Carlson REGIONAL POLICY DIRECTOR Ted Heyd 2 ride time news Spring 2015
Ella Lyons Board President
Dan Grunig Executive Director
We were deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our friend and board member Mary Seebart in January. Our condolences go out to her husband, Greg, and family. Thank you to all who made contributions in her memory.
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CONNECTING PEOPLE
CONNECTING OUR STREETS
As our streets transition from moving cars to moving people, they become a conduit for engagement. It is easier to connect with your neighbors when you travel through your neighborhood on a bike. And it’s generally easier to lock your bike to visit a local business than it is to find a parking spot to visit that same business.
At the start of our summit, executive director Dan Grunig kicked things off with a challenge. “Protected bike lanes are game changers. Let’s triple the miles of protected bike lanes in Colorado by next year!” Colorado currently has just five miles of protected bike lanes. It is important that we work together to advocate for more protected bike lanes, as studies have shown that protected bike lanes attract more cyclists. Three communities have plans to do just that through a Walk and Wheel grant from Kaiser Permanente. These projects are still in the planning and coordination stages but each community is looking toward spring or summer of this year for installation. Fort Collins plans to install a protected bike lane demonstration project on the northeast edge of the Colorado State University campus. In addition to enhancing multimodal access to and from the campus, the project is designed to address an intersection with a high number of conflicts between motor vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians.
As we work to connect communities with networks of infrastructure, we are also reaching out to people who have not yet joined the cycling movement— both people who bike already and people who want to try bicycling. A recent study commissioned by PeopleForBikes and conducted by Coloradobased Breakaway Research Group found that one third of people in the U.S. have ridden a bike in the past year. And despite the commonly held view that bicycling is an elite sport, the study found that people who ride bikes span all economic classes and all ethnic groups.
“Protected bike lanes are not bike projects, they’re safety projects.” — Gabe Klein
Based on extensive community input, a portion of the loop would include a bike lane demonstration project on a section of Baseline Road that serves the community recreation center, library and an elementary school. Implementation would require approval from the Colorado Department of Transportation. In addition, two other streets serving the Old Town area are being examined for bike lane demonstration projects. Pueblo is nearing design completion of a two-way protected bike lane through downtown. This project would enhance bicycle connectivity between the eastern side of the community and the downtown area. Once completed, the two-way bike lane will directly connect to north/south bike lanes that were striped last summer.
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The city of Lafayette is in the final stages of designating the Lafayette Loop, a lower-stress loop, primarily on city streets, intended to accommodate more biking and walking trips, both for recreation and commuting.
Making a pledge at the Forum on Women and Bicycling
In the U.S., while the number of women riding is not at the same level as men, we’re starting to see those numbers rise. At the summit’s Forum on Women and Bicycling, women told stories of how they got into bicycling and why they ride. Lily shared her story of learning to bike at age 64 and riding the bike paths regularly ever since. Sandra, a mother of four, said that she bikes for fitness, to get her kids to school and for family fun on the weekends. And avid bike commuter Tracy told the group that she learned to ride at age 18 and built up a bike through the program at The Bike Depot, where she now serves as a member of the board of directors. Following these stories, session attendees pledged to take action to help get more women riding in the next year. They also joined the Women Bike Colorado Facebook group that Bicycle Colorado recently launched, which has quickly established itself as a place for women to engage, educate and inspire.
CONNECTING TO THE FUTURE
The Walk and Wheel team planning a demonstration project in Pueblo
Linking infrastructure, people and communities will take us to the next level of bicycling in Colorado. As one summit attendee said, “Cycling should be a community for one cause—cycling.” That community includes all of us who bike for fun, for transportation, and for fitness and competition.
As Gabe Klein said at the summit, “Protected bike lanes are not bike projects, they’re safety projects.” These types of projects will make it safer for those already riding and have been proven to attract more bicycle riders.
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Fiscal Year 2014
By the Numbers INCOME: $874,320
Service Contracts, 43%
Memberships, 25%
Education Fund, 2%
Donor Gifts, 18% Events, 9%
Merchandise/Other,3%
EXPENSES: $846,377
Programs, 84%
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7,082 Kids taught to bike and walk safely
Additional figures available at guidestar.org
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Development, 9%
8,230 Individual members
5,487 Share the Road plates on the road
Program Support, 7%
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Bicycling event members
250 Colorado Bicycle Summit attendees
2014 Accomplishments ADVOCACY •
Hosted the fourth annual Colorado Bicycle Summit for 250 attendees; introduced legislators to their constituents on lobby day at the state capitol
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Championed the Safe Routes to School bill, which was signed into law in June, directing state funding to keep the statewide child health and safety program going for the 2015-16 school year
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L ed the Colorado contingent in Washington, DC on lobby day at the U.S. Capitol during the National Bike Summit Governor Hickenlooper signing SRTS bill
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Conducted bike safety classes at Ride The Rockies, Pedal The Plains, Tour of the Moon and others to educate cyclists on safe and courteous riding practices
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Connected with members and supporters while running valet bike parking stations across the state at each stage of the USA Pro Challenge
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Supported community members in Colorado Springs and Lakewood during their development phase for new local advocacy groups Hosting a bike valet at the USA Pro Challenge
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P rovided technical assistance to nine local governments and ten workplaces to advance active transportation projects, policies and programs
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Collaborated with the Denver Regional Council of Governments and regional stakeholders to advocate for pro-bike changes to the Transportation Improvement Program
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Helped to identify priority corridors for future bicycle and pedestrian improvements for the Non-Motorized Transportation Plan being updated by the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Working with employees of the city of Littleton
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Taught more than 7,000 students how to bike and walk safely through the Safe Routes to School program, community events and the Children’s Hospital Bikes for Life program
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Organized Walkin’ and Wheelin’ Week encouragement events in 15 Colorado schools
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Taught adult commuter education classes at worksites in Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Golden, Greeley, Littleton and Pueblo
SUPPORTERS
Teaching biking and walking safety to students
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Ended the year with 5,487 Share the Road license plates on the road
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Raised nearly $50,000 at our Gala celebration and more than $27,000 on Colorado Gives Day, and received the largest gift from an individual in our history R ecruited and retained members from 48 counties in Colorado and from 33 states,
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Washington DC and Puerto Rico
Guests at the Gala celebration
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Support these Organizations Bicycle Colorado thanks these organizations who have contributed membership dues and generous donations between April 21, 2014 through February 28, 2015. Please support these organizations who help us build a bicycle-friendly Colorado! $50,000+ The Kaiser Permanente Fund of The Denver Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Copper Triangle, Elephant Rock and Tour of the Moon (by Rocky Mountain Events and Event Marketing Group) McKinsey & Company Mirrycle PeopleForBikes Primal Wear Inc. Salesforce.com Foundation SRAM $2,000-$9,999 AAA Colorado Alliance for Biking and Walking AlphaGraphics Bike MS Colorado-Wyoming Campus Cycles ColoBikeLaw.com Community Shares of Colorado Experience Plus! Specialty Tours Gates Carbon Drive Giant Bicycles, Inc. Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Karl & Barbara Friedman Family Foundation OnSight Public Affairs San Juan Hut Systems Save Our Soles Socks SmartEtailing.com, creators of Buy Local Now Specialized Spot Brand Bicycles Team Evergreen Cycling The Denver Post: Ride The Rockies & Pedal The Plains USA Pro Challenge $500-$1,999 10th Mountain Division Hut Association Alta Planning + Design Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado BikeSource Boulder Center for Sports Medicine City of Boulder/GO Boulder City of Fort Collins, FC Bikes
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Thanks to our Members and Supporters!
Members & Supporters Bicycle Colorado thanks these important supporters who have contributed membership dues and generous donations between April 21, 2014 through February 28, 2015. Thanks to all of our supporters who help us build a bicycle-friendly Colorado! $10,000+ Ken and Rebecca Gart Graham Hollis Barry Schacht and Jane Patrick $1,000-$9,999 Todger and Shannon Anderson Greg Baldwin Allyn Bandell and William Schaefer Sheri and Bill Barr Dale and Pamela Ray Cantwell Nancy Cowan Vincent Davis Sheri and Greg Dunn Thomas and Paulette Groves Christopher Hansen James “Pat” Kelly and Margaret Mahoney Estelle Klein Steve Lewis Felix Magowan Sam and Michele McCandless William Mistretta Hannah and Joshua Montroy Bob and Cynthia Moore John and Leslie Nichols Bob and Mary Prall Stephanie and Cathy Reedy Nancy Reisher Bruce and Sally Rogers Russ Shaw Bill Shenkin Roberta Smith and Paul Majors Steve and Pam Williams Seth and Michelle Wolins $500-$999 Margie and Joe Adams James and Laurie Alexander Bryce and Patricia Anderson Heath Beaver and Mindy Gehrs Carl and Kristal Boni Richard Bottjer and Sara Peyton Dan Brogan Duncan Callahan Don Cameron Jason Carolan Deirdre and Tom Cryer Jennifer and Shawn Curran Tracy Davis
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