Opinion: 17th St. bike lanes need you!
By Krista Nordback
Do you want to see bike lanes installed on 17th St? Boulder's transportation staff proposes installing them from Athens to Walnut without widening the street, fulfilling much of what BBC requested over a year ago. The 17th St. bike lanes are part of the city's Transportation Master Plan. However, if bicyclists don't make a vocal showing, it is doubtful that the lanes will be built, since the project involves removing 44 parking spaces .
This is the time for 17th St. bike lane supporters to make their voices heard. Tell the Downtown Management Commission that cyclists buy things too. I know I do! Tell the Transportation Advisory Board that bike lanes on 17th would encourage people to bicycle by providing a safe and important connection between the university and downtown Boulder. It's up to us to make this happen!
If you can't make it to the board meetings, you can still call, email or write letters to the boards' members. Their contact information can be reached from the city's website at http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/cmo/boards/bcroster.html.
BBC
Monthly Meeting
The next meeting of Boulder Bicycle Commuters will be on Monday, October 2nd
from 7 to 9pm at the Boulder Food Co-op located at 19th and Pearl.
BBC
Mailing Lists
We provide two e-mail lists as well as a quarterly
hard-copy newsletter, for our members and for the cycling community. Everyone
is encouraged to sign up for the e-mail lists, whether or not you are a member
of BBC.
BBC
Announcement List. Meeting announcements and BBC alerts.
Moderated list.
BBC
Discussion List. Open discussion on all bike-related topics.
BBC Newsletter See Membership
page to request sample copies.
About BBC
BBC is a non-profit community group based in Boulder, Colorado. We advocate
for safe and convenient bicycle facilities and fair laws for bicyclists. We
work on both on-street and off-street bike facilities. We also advocate for
pedestrian interests and control of the over-use and abuse of motor vehicles.
Read our bylaws.
We have about 89 members as of April 2003. We are most active at the local
city level. We occasionally work on county and state-wide issues. We started
in 1991 under the name Bolder Bicycle Commuters. In 2002 we changed to the
current name.
