December 1999 Newsletter
"The question is not how many others or who else, but whether I"
More roads, more sprawl, more farms, paved over.
Less food, less wild, less chance, left over.
Announcements:
· Highlights of Oct. / Nov. meetings:
· North Boulder Missing Bike Links Project
Articles:
· Field Bike Coordinator (Action Alert):
· Progress on 28 th Street Design Project
Information / Misc. Items:
· Voice from cyber-space: Ilana Stern:
Calendar
Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, 6-9 pm., Public Meeting: University Avenue Pedestrian Crossings
Hale Building, Room 240, University of Colorado. One block east of Broadway on Pleasant St. Presentation of staff analysis and project alternatives. Please speak in support of on-street bike lanes and good pedestrian crossings Call 303-441-3266 for more inf
Monday, Dec. 13, 1999 at 6:00 pm., Boulder Transportation Advisory Board
Boulder City Council Chambers
Municipal Building
Southwest corner of Broadway and Canyon
Call 303-441-3266 for more info
Tentative TAB Agenda:
US 36 Rail Demonstration
Guidelines for Neighborhood Traffic
Mitigation Program
Changes to TAB Bylaws
University Avenue Pedestrian Crossings (Grandview area)
Wednesday, December 15, 7-9 pm. CDOT/Bicycle Colorado Town meeting
Boulder West Senior Center
909 Arapahoe Ave.
Creekside Room
Monday, December 20, 7-9 pm. BBC general meeting.
Boulder Public Library, 11th & Arapahoe, first floor conference room. No food or drink is permitted.
Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, 7-9 pm., BBC general meeting.
Boulder Public Library, 11th & Arapahoe, first floor conference room. No food or drink is permitted.
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000, 5-9 pm., 28th Street Design Committee
YMCA, S.E. corner of 28th and Mapleton. Discussion of street image: Landscaping, signage, etc. Call 720-359-3039 or 303-441-4155 for more info.
Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, 7-9 pm., BBC general meeting
Boulder Public Library, 11th & Arapahoe, first floor conference room. No food or drink is permitted.
Announcements
Highlights of BBC meetings Oct/Nov,1999:
BBC meeting Oct-18, 1999:
BBC endorsed four candidates for Boulder City Council. Please see "Election Summary" on the BBC web site for details. We also endorsed a NO vote on State Referendum A, debt financing for road expansion.
A surplus in the club checking account was announced. We approved a temporary dues decrease for everyone, $5 per person for one year. This is regarded as a special offer, and will be offered until the end of December 1999.
There was a debate about how to proceed on the matter of Field Bicycle Coordinator. We agreed to publish an article on the resolution that we adopted in July, and to urge our members to lobby City Council members.
BBC meeting Nov-15, 1999:
Annual BBC elections were held during the November general meeting. The new club officers are:
Chair: Manfred Schwoch
Vice-Chair: Dave Allured
Secretary: Bill Doub
Treasurer: John Schwenker
John Militzer was coerced under extreme duress into continuing as Newsletter Editor.
BBC voted to join Bicycle Colorado under the organizational membership class ($100). Bicycle Colorado is the state's premier bicycle coalition and legislative lobbying organization. Through them we have some realistic chance of getting reforms in state laws affecting bike riding. We agreed to send a letter to newly elected City Council members, congratulating them and building our working relationship on several issues. The text of the letter is included below.
Louise Grauer of the City Planning Department presented a video on the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan update 2000. It was followed by a discussion and questionnaire session. The Planning Department is soliciting citizen input by the end of December. See:
City of Boulder Planning Department
PO Box 791
Boulder, CO 80306-0791
http//:ci.boulder.co.us/planning/BVCP2000/bpbvcp2000.htm
(or look under..) http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/
North Boulder Missing Bike Links Project
Mark Richert recently joined the "Sierra Bike Trans Committee" and is compiling a list of bike lane needs in North Boulder. He plans to provide a report for the City Council and says it will include:
"- Section: 28th Street (sections by corridor I guess, or section of town?)
- Intersection: 28th and Violet Ave
- Emergency Needs:
- Immediate Needs:
- Future Needs:
- Clean, less filling, with a menu of things to do."
He would like suggestions and comments sent to: mrichert@mail.bcbr.com
A copy of the extensive "Porter Plan" that Fred Porter and BBC compiled in 1995-1996 has been sent to Mark.
Note: Mark says one of his goals is to "Instruct the Planning Dept. to make the development of the Elks plot Contingent on a bike lane from 26th to the Four Mile creek path - this is the ONLY bike-ped underpass of 28th north of CU, and that the Planning Dept. should consider this a possible alternative to a road across the property. If needed I'll do a petition to make this easier for council to pass." BBC may wish to support this effort.
Articles
NTMP Update:
by Rob Smoke
It seems that Boulder may finally be at a turning point with regard to the issue of traffic calming in residential neighborhoods. The revision of the NTMP (Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation Program) has been bouncing around lately between city staff, the transportation advisory board (TAB) and the City Council.
The recommendations of TAB and city staff are complex, however, a key element would be the procedures by which neighborhoods obtain traffic calming devices in the future. The staff recommendation is that neighborhoods first be required to obtain 50% of the residents' signatures on a petition, then obtain a 60% vote of the property owners in a neighborhood to approve the measure.
If the above requirement were enacted, then renters would be excluded from voting. Some mitigation advocates say that this would be helpful to the cause, since renters tend to have "less of an investment" in their neighborhoods. Others debate this, and question what would motivate a landlord, who may very well not live on a property, to vote for and perhaps finance mitigation on a street he only occasionally visits.
Other aspects of the proposed revisions include an extensive period of "education and increased enforcement" before allowing neighborhood eligibility for traffic calming devices and a range of decisions on what type of devices might be used under various circumstances.
As a careful follower of these issues, this writer takes exception to the current direction of TAB and city staff. The idea of a "super majority" on any issue effectively makes one person's vote worth less than another: an undemocratic approach. Also, the idea of excluding renters from the process is uniquely unfair, when the issues relate to everyone's public safety. Even if the property owners pay for the mitigation, another undecided issue, renters will no doubt pick up the tab.
There are currently 26 neighborhoods on the list for traffic mitigation. Staff has recommended that no more than two per year be taken on by the city. Thus, neighborhoods that have already been waiting several years, may have to wait as
much as another thirteen years to have their requests fulfilled!
Finally, the questions of emergency response shortfall raised by the "Seconds Count!" group need to be adequately addressed, particularly in light of the fact that their initiative will appear in November '00. A possible consideration for the city council, one that would probably clarify many issues, would be to allow a citywide vote on a "temperate" program of neighborhood traffic mitigation. Such an initiative could define many of the issues, offer clarity and hope for many concerned by vehicular speeding, and perhaps even some consolation for those who find themselves uniquely irritated by those diabolical traffic circles.
The city could ask voters to approve a process whereby neighborhoods obtain mitigation via simple, non-majority petitions. In other words voters could approve a measure whereby a certain number of signatures would be sufficient to obtain assistance and the definition of neighborhoods needn't be restricted to electoral districts, or some other bureaucratic nomenclature.
The initiative could define a "neighborhood", for the sake of obtaining mitigation, as "any three contiguous city blocks". This would lessen the burden for neighborhood activists seeking assistance.
Significantly, such an initiative could exclude devices, either by type or design, which seem to have a uniquely negative impact. Traffic circles could be excluded or allowed only where the street design features made them uniquely appropriate. Low-gradient speed bumps might be included in the package, with high-gradients excluded.
BBC's input will be necessary if the issues at stake are to get a fair and honest shake from our new, "progressive" City Council. contact: Rob Smoke 303-215-3227 oldstogie@hotmail.com
Critical Mass:
There was a Critical Mass bike ride on October, 29 th . BBC received the following letter from Brent Barkett, coordinator of the event:
"Thanks again for another extremely successful critical mass bike ride! All told, 71 people pedaled around town and spread our message in positive and respectful ways. The results of this ride were similar to those of the first - many gestures of support and encouragement from automobile commuters. That is what these rides are all about; so, as our numbers continue to grow, let's remain conscious of the reasons for our success - smiling faces, positive vibes, and an unbending respect for both the rules of the road and the people who choose to commute by car. Brian and I will keep you posted on the date and time of our next ride. Until then, have fun!"
Brent Barkett
PHB Hagler Bailly
303.546.5352
Brent also mentions: "We are currently building a critical mass e-mail distribution list. If you are interested in having your address on the list, please send me a message at bbarkett@haglerbailly.com"
Letter to City Council:
The following letter was reviewed and approved by BBC during the November 15 th general meeting:
"Bolder Bicycle Commuters would like to offer our sincere congratulations at your recent victory in the Boulder City Council election. Thank you for taking the time to reply to our pre-election questionnaire.
We look forward to working with you, and the other council members. Some of the issues we consider important to work on next year include:
· Establishing a dedicated, full-time employee position within the City Manager's Office for inspecting and coordinating the maintenance of bicycle facilities city wide. Additional responsibilities should include improving and expanding bicycle and pedestrian access, safety and education programs within the city.
· Helping to make sure that the 28 th Street and Crossroads redevelopment projects provide suitable, safe and expeditious on-street and off-street facilities for bicyclists. Improved and expanded parking opportunities for bicyclists in this area of the city are especially important.
· We support the Neighborhood Traffic Mitigation program. It is a vital process that should be encouraged and supported and not effectively discarded because of the negative responses on the part of some citizens. It is important to work together to improve designs where bicyclist and pedestrian safety may be compromised and/or emergency vehicle access constrained."
Field Bike Coordinator (Action Alert):)
BOULDER NEEDS A BICYCLE COORDINATOR
BBC has started a push to convince the City of Boulder to hire a Field Bicycle Coordinator. We need concerned bicyclists to contact City Council members in support of the creation and funding of this position .
Please write or contact City Council members in any of the following ways. Please write soon, and simply ask them to support the BBC Field Bicycle Coordinator proposal. If you have any personal experiences that lend support to this, please mention them.
· Write a single brief letter to Boulder City Council, PO Box 791, Boulder, CO 80306.
· Send a single e-mail to Council's group address: "council@ci.boulder.co.us".
· Send a fax to Boulder City Council at 303-441-4478.
· Speak in support of the proposal during General Citizen Participation at the beginning of any City Council meeting, on alternate Tuesday evenings.
· Phone your Council members independently.
The interest in this new position came from ongoing frustrations among BBC members and friends. We felt that the City was not devoting enough effort to maintenance of bikeways around Boulder. Maintenance was often done incompletely or with a lack of attention to details important to bicycle utility and safety. We also felt a need for someone in City government with a strong bicycle orientation, to have some input into the design and improvement of Boulder's streets and bikeways.
The following resolution was proposed by Evan Ravitz, and passed unanimously at the July 12, 1999 BBC meeting:
Bolder Bicycle Commuters urges the City of Boulder to create a staff position for a field bicycle coordinator. The duties of this position should include:
· Roving inspection, brush and branch trimming, trash removal, and light maintenance of bike paths, lanes, and other bike facilities, using a bicycle and bike trailer.
· Issue work orders to city agencies for larger repair jobs.
· Advise city agencies and boards on planning improvements to city bike facilities.
· Attend meetings of local bicycling organizations frequently.
· Install and improve signage on bike ways and facilities.
Requirements for the position should include:
· Significant experience in bicycling in urban areas.
The field bicycle coordinator should report directly to the City Manager, not to the Transportation Department.
Three of the newly-elected City Council members stated their support for this position, in their answers to the BBC candidate questionnaire. They are Spense Havlick, Lisa Morzel, and Françoise Poinsatte. Their answers can be read on the BBC website. Also please read the following statements of BBC members in support of a field bicycle coordinator.
FIELD BICYCLE COORDINATOR
Opinion by Evan Ravitz
1. Why, in your opinion, is a separate bike coordinator needed instead of letting the existing maintenance staff handle everything?
The existing maintenance system is designed to maintain roads, meaning large repairs involving much money, staff and equipment. This system is much slower, more expensive and invasive of the limited space on bike paths & lanes than a person on a bike with a trailer was. Also, since transportation staff don't use the bicycle system themselves (except the greenways to escape their jobs) they are unaware of its problems.
The right way to do things is exemplified by the maintenance work of Steve Clark, who did these things inexpensively for the City in the early '80s.
2. What history is there of inspection and maintenance not getting done, done poorly, or requests ignored?
This summer Dave Allured compiled hundreds of our complaints about neglected maintenance. Many of these problems -- especially of vegetation overhanging the paths -- can be solved in MUCH less time than the time it takes to document them, not to mention the time & money it takes to write out requisitions, to drive to them, and finally fix them. Why swat flies with a sledgehammer? Even AFTER all our work documenting and compiling all these problems, very few have been fixed, though much PR has been expended.
3. Why should the position report independently to City Manager?
A. Transportation Division has a long history of forcing its "Bicycle Coordinators" to oppose the interests of cyclists, to wit: a) Making Sharon Harvey Alexander first back DBI's "couplet" (status quo prettified) option for the 13th St. Bikeway, then backing the compromise "contraflow" lane as built. b) Making Sharon promote traffic circles, medians and neckdowns, all opposed by BBC and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (and the 1994 TMP) policies against lanes less than 14' wide for designated bike routes without separate bike facilities. c) Wasting the majority of cycling funds on million-dollar tunnels under little-trafficked roads like Gilpin and Mohawk.
B. Transportation Division has a long history of pursuing the least effective, most expensive and most socially divisive options, to wit: a) After compiling the "Traffic Mitigation Toolkit" after extensive citizen "participation", Transportation used ONLY the expensive and hated traffic circles (& medians and neckdowns) and refusing to use photo radar until forced by citizens. Photo radar has been highly successful for reducing speed without the side effects of slow emergency response, injuries to frail people, damage to vehicles, and bad-weather accidents. Photo radar COULD raise money if Council wanted, unlike concrete obstructions and the high-maintenance landscaping and sprinklers Transportation Division insists on. b) After insisting that stop signs wouldn't work on North 9th St. (in spite of the existing one at 9th & Maxwell), putting the community thru at least 5 years and $10,000 worth of degrading and divisive "process", and installing $120,000 worth of concrete (1 circle, 1 giant median and a pair of neckdowns), Transportation finally in '96 or so installed stop signs at 9th & Dellwood and 9th & Forest. What could have been done in 1 week for $400 took some 8 years and $130,000, and caused permanent social damage .
FIELD BICYCLE COORDINATOR
Opinion by Premena
1. Why, in your opinion, is a separate bike coordinator needed instead of letting the existing maintenance staff handle everything?
Maintenance gets run over by our main priority -- automobiles and moving them. If we treated the cars like we do bikes there'd be a big noise!
2. What history is there of inspection and maintenance not getting done, done poorly, or requests ignored?
There is too little money and person power, and it seems that often people cruising looking for defects are concentrating on roadways rather than bikeways. Some of the things I reported months ago still exist (Valmont); some got fixed within a week. Snow removal into bike lanes is an ongoing problem and just tonight I was on bike lanes up Lee Hill which are full of gravel (it's been warm and a long time since it snowed...).
There are dozens of miles of bike ways, and someone should be riding them regularly looking for regular and intermittent trouble spots. Waiting for citizens to call stuff in is a sloppy way to go about it. It wasn't until, after years of mentioning it to various city people, I wrote a certified letter to the city liability lawyer that a problem got fixed (4th between Kalmia & Linden) shortly thereafter.
Stuff gets shuffled off from one department to another -- some is parks paths, some open space etc. There needs to be one person who is acquainted with and checks the whole network -- perhaps once entirely per month, someone who can do routine maintenance without special work orders or calling other departments, e.g. minor gravel and debris and vegetation removal.
This person would also report and track specific bike oriented repairs they couldn't do themselves, and note and report hazardous situations.
This would help but still not be sufficient to keep it all in top shape.
3. Why should the position report independently to City Manager?
Because of de-prioritization and neutralization of an in-department employee getting overridden by other in-department priorities.
Progress on 28 th Street Design Project:
by Dave Allured
Bike and pedestrian interests fared well at the last meeting of the 28th Street Design Committee on November 6. During most of the meeting, the group broke up into three work groups of about nine people each, to discuss alternative street designs. All three work groups indicated a preference for wide multi-use sidewalks on both sides of the street, as requested by BBC. Two of the three work groups also included our requested on-street bicycle lanes.
Thanks go to BBC members Bob Law and John Schwenker for their support at this meeting.
I urge cyclists to keep monitoring the 28th Street Design very carefully. The next Design Committee meeting is Thursday, January 20, 5 to 9 pm, at the YMCA at 28th and Mapleton.
The results from November 6 are only a beginning, and no guarantee that bike lanes or wide sidewalks will be included in final decisions. Historically Boulder has neglected the interests of commuting cyclists in the Crossroads area, or relegated cyclists to slow and inefficient side paths. There is considerable pressure to expand 28th Street for automobiles, and visible opposition to on-street bike lanes. Contests over expenses and the limited right-of-way space will continue.
The 28th Street Design Committee consists of about 25 business and agency representatives, property owners, and street users. The design process is directed by the city's Transportation Division, and technical support is provided by the consulting firm of Carter & Burgess.
All Design Committee meetings are open to the public. Following the Design Committee meetings, a second public open house is expected, then review by the Transportation Advisory Board and City Council. I expect this process to go through the Spring of 2000 before final approval is complete.
Bob Law is a member of the Design Committee, as a 28th Street user and bicycle representative. Bob is operating an informational program about the 28th Street Project, at the Sound Track community space on the northeast corner of 26th and Walnut. Bob is also working on alternative approaches to street design; please see the accompanying article.
Last July, BBC adopted a formal position on the 28th Street redesign. The full position may be viewed on our website. In summary, we requested on-street bike lanes and wide bike-legal sidewalks to be included on both sides of the street, for the entire length of the project from Baseline to Iris. This position was based on the general policy for major city streets that BBC adopted during the 1995 update of the city's Transportation Master Plan.
Some people wonder why we ask for so much room for bicycles. The reasons begin with the presumption that 28th Street is an important travel corridor for bikes and pedestrians as well as automobiles.
The lane and sidewalk combination accommodates all classes of bicycle users, from children and cyclists who can't stand being next to heavy traffic, to experienced on-street bike commuters who use their bicycles as a true high-speed alternative to cars. Pedestrians benefit as well when the faster cyclists ride in the lanes and stay off sidewalks. Wide sidewalks also provide legal and expedient bike connections between close destinations on the same side of this busy highway.
For more information about the 28th Street Project, please contact Dave Allured at 303-499-7466, or Bob Law at 303-543-7081. For staff contacts, please call Diane Yates at Carter & Burgess, 303-820-4855, or Bob Whitson at the city's Transportation Division, at 303-441-4155.
What's BAD about bicycling around town? What's GOOD?
by Bob Law
We'd like to add YOUR complaints and suggestions to our presentation in the SOUNDTRACK COMMUNITY SPACE, on the northeast corner of Walnut & 26th.
We are photographing and mapping problems big and small, from intersections where cars cut you off to curb cuts that catch your back tire. We are sketching possible improvements for the 28th Corridor and for Design Standards city-wide. We are studying classic texts such as Jacob's GREAT STREETS and Forester's HANDBOOK FOR BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS.
Bike by the SoundTrack Community Space 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, during December. Peruse our rotating displays. Slide your comments under the door. Sign up for an Open House. For further information, telephone Robert W. Law at 303-543-7081 or e-mail GetAroundTown@excite.com.
Information and Misc. Items
Winter Riding Notes
Premena recently mentioned a new spray-on product touted to give positive traction on ice and snow. Does anyone know about this product and have any experience with it? Premena mentioned that it does wear off rather quickly. With snow forecast for tonight, I put on my studded tires today, but it does bug me to end up swapping back and forth, or wear them out between snow-storms. Perhaps this or a similar product is a good stop-gap for Colorado's sporadic weather and riding conditions. Please send email with your experiences.
News from Bicycle Colorado:
Martha Roskowski writes "CDOT and Bicycle Colorado announce our latest schedule of bicycle town meetings. Big thanks to those who have attended meetings in the past month. Turnout has been great and your input most valuable. At these meetings, we ask cyclists to identify which state highways they ride most frequently and to identify their priorities for improvements on state highways. All meetings run from 7 to 9 pm." There will be a meeting in Boulder on: Monday, December 6 th . Please check the paper or Bicycle Colorado's web site to confirm time and location.
Voice from Cyber-Space:
by Ilana Stern
Ilana Stern, former BBC president and avid cyclist sent the following update about her current adventures:
"As you know, I'm out of Boulder now, living aboard our sailboat and cruising. Here's what I'm up to: Late last year, Britt and I sold our house, our cars, and most of our possessions, and bought a 40-foot sailboat which was in the Chesapeake Bay. In April, we left Boulder and moved aboard our boat. We've been doing a lot of boat work and outfitting, but we did take six weeks during the summer to cruise around the Bay, and we will be heading south for Florida and the Bahamas at the end of October. Right now, we're in Annapolis.
We are traveling around, rather than staying in one place, so owning a car just isn't practical. A cruiser's "car" is his dinghy, but that only gets us as far as the shore. (We usually anchor out rather than stay in marinas.) For land transportation we rely on our bicycles.
Since storage space on a boat is at a premium, and since we'd be faced with the problem of getting the bikes from the boat to the dinghy and from the dinghy to the shore, we sold our "regular" bikes back in Boulder, and bought folding bicycles.
There are lots of different types of folding bikes, from small-wheel compact versions with only a few speeds, to fancy models which cost several thousand dollars. We decided we wanted full-size bikes that would ride just like ordinary bikes, of good quality, and settled on X-frame mountain bikes from Montague (their website is www.montagueco.com). They retail for around $570 but we got them at a large discount through a marine store, since we were buying a lot of items at once. The bikes have aluminum frames (which is good on a boat, as rust is always a problem) which fold round the seat tube so that the rear triangle and rear wheel come parallel to the top tube. With the front wheel and seat off, the largest dimension of the folded bike is around 36"; the folded bikes fit in our sail bags and are easy to hoist into and out of the dinghy. It only takes a few minutes to unfold and reassemble each bike.
We also got clip-on racks so we can carry things, although we can't carry more than about 20 pounds on them, so we mostly rely on backpacks.
We use the bikes constantly. In Philadelphia, the nearest laundromat was over a mile from the marina, so we stuffed our dirty clothes into panniers and backpacks and rode the bikes. We had to buy a replacement shower hose and a guidebook in New Castle, Delaware, and the nearest marine store was almost 3 miles away. We phoned them and got directions (asking for the most bike-friendly route) and rode out there with no problem to buy our needed gear. In Cape May, New Jersey, the post office (where we had a mail drop) was quite far from the waterfront, but it was a pleasant and easy ride. We also use the bikes to extend our sightseeing range, and often plan stops around bike rides.
Now that bikes are our only method of land transportation, our opinions of the different communities we visit are largely shaped by their bike-friendliness. Havre de Grace, Maryland, has wide roads with lots of room for both bikes and cars, and Cape May has bike racks everywhere. Philadelphia -- well, it's a city, and sort of nerve-wracking to ride in.
We are still not free of the infernal combustion engine, of course. Even though our boat is a sailboat, we have an engine for windless days, for in-harbor maneuvering, and for electricity generation. We also usually use an outboard motor on the dinghy rather than oars. However, we only burn about 25 gallons of diesel per month in our sailboat, and 3 gallons of gas for our dinghy outboard lasts us two months. We hope to reduce our fuel consumption for power generation soon, as we just bought a windpower generator.
We keep our website more or less up to date, if you are interested in our travels: http://windom.netrack.net. Fair winds, (neither cyclists nor sailors care for headwinds!)"
Point / Counter-Point
Differences of opinion often initiate healthy discussions within most organizations as is the case within the bicycling community. Recently a short discussion in the NCAR/UCAR Alternative Transportation Program occurred in response to a report (forwarded by a BBC member) concerning "traffic lights fail to trip for bikes." The following opinions probably represent a sharp contrast in the attitude held by most cyclists.
Point: "Personally, rather than waiting for lights that may or may not change, I just ride against the light, as long as traffic isn't a factor, and I've verified there are no cops around :^). Also, I'd rather just find a gap, rather than make cars stop and sit idling (getting 0 mpg). I know some folks frown on this... for me, it's just part of the personal freedom that I enjoy by being on a bike. I think actually some cops around town share my attitude too."
Counter Point: "There is a marker for bikes at that intersection (going east on Iris anyway), but I have never been able to trip it. I sometimes think about going across red lights, but I don't do it because I think it contributes to drivers' perception that cyclists are irresponsible. I hate it when drivers go through stop signs and red lights, so I figure I shouldn't do it either... :)"
This is a long-standing debate and it is easy to witness a variety of ‘opinions' by various riders by observing their habits at many intersections in town. My personal opinion is….oh, never mind, I'd rather hear what yours is; which brings up one final item…:
Please submit articles, observations, meeting notices and reports, personal experiences, riding and maintenance tips, graphics, contact information, or anything else you would like to share in the Bolder Bicycle Newsletter!
Contacts:
BBC:
Web Site: http://boulderbicyclecommuters.org/
Chair: Manfred Schwock, Schwoch@colorado.edu
Vice-Chair: Dave Allured, dallured@indra.com
Secretary: Bill Doub, doub@csf.colorado.edu
Treasurer: John Schwenker, jschwenk@ball.com
Newsletter: John Militzer, militzer@ucar.edu
Street Maintenance:
Stephanie Grainger at 303-413-7118
Phone Hotline: 303-413-7177
Email: GraingerS@ci.boulder.co.us
Boulder Transportation Advisory Board
Mailing Address: same as City Council.
Brant Liebmann 303-938-9076 (h)
Alison Richards 303-449-2825 (h)
Terry Struthers 303-443-2164 (h)
John Tayer 303-499-5444 (h)
David Wagner 303-440-9446 (h)
Boulder City Council and Government:
http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 791, Boulder, CO 80306
Phone: (303) 441-3090 or (303) 441-3002
Fax: (303) 441-4478
E-mail: Council@ci.boulder.co.us
To e-mail individual council members,
use last name, first initial, then @ci.boulder.co.us
Boulder County Alternative Transportation
Scott Robson 303-441-3900 (w)
Bicycle Colorado:
Martha Roskowski
Executive Director, Bicycle Colorado
PO Box 698, Salida CO 81201
719-530-0051 ph
martha@bicyclecolo.org
www.bicyclecolo.org
CDOT Region 4 Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator:
April Hutchison
1420 Second St.
Greeley, CO 80631
970-350-2168
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