BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA - League of American Bicyclists

selected as the recipient of the 2008 James Oberstar Award for
involving 70 percent of its students in walking and biking ac�vi-
�es. More than 7,000 people par�cipated in Boulder’s 2009 Bike
to Work Day, one of more than 50 events during Walk & Bike
Month. Other events include bike rides, walks, clinics, Park(ing)
Spaces Day, contests between employers and individuals to encourage
cycling and huge community gatherings. Local bicycling
and outdoor-related businesses have formed an industry cluster
group called Ac�ve Boulder with assistance from the Boulder
Chamber. Other encouragement efforts include the Buffalo
Classic and Circle Boulder by Bike events. Community Cycles,
Singletrack Mountain Bike Adventures and Y-Riders offer youthoriented
programming to foster responsibility, peer support and
to keep young people ac�ve in cycling. Boulder’s investment has
paid off. Bike use and other non-automo�ve modes of transporta�on
have limited the growth in vehicular miles traveled in
Boulder to approximately 1 percent annually since 1990.
Most Significant Recent Accomplishment: Construc�on of the
45-acre Valmont Bicycle Park began in 2009. The park will have
free access and offer singletracks for mountain bikers, pump
tracks for BMX riders, and cyclocross circuits for all skill levels.
For more info: www.bikeleague.org
Most Compelling Community Sta�s�c: Boulder’s bicycle commu�ng
share is 9.9 percent –18 �mes the na�onal average and
the highest among Bicycle Friendly Communi�es surveyed by the
2008 American Community Survey.
Best Result of Designa�on: Boulder’s City Council takes biking
seriously and has expanded bike paths and planned a Transit
Village, a cu�ng edge neighborhood that will serve as a central
hub for bike, bus and hoped-for future passenger train traffic.
The village centers on a car-free lifestyle. The promo�on of the
car-free village has helped increase Boulder’s usage rate for bus,
bike and walking transporta�on to 28 percent — three �mes the
na�onal average.
“Boulder’s complete streets approach has transformed how we
look at our transportation system. The city leaders made a conscious
decision to provide multimodal options and have focused
on our investments accordingly. We believe this is a sound financial
approach to increasing mobility and supporting the quality
of life enjoyed by those who live and work in Boulder.”
– Martha Roskowski, Program Manager, GO Boulder
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