* * * Days Till the first Bike Eiber Ride to The Rockies Game via
The W
Rail Line?:77* * * Cell: 303-349-1673 or email: BikeEiber@comcast.net
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February 17, 2013
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Dear Sustainable Eiber Neighbors and Friends.
YOU ARE INVITED!
To the first official meeting of the Eiber Neighborhood Sustainability Program BIKE EIBER group which is to be held Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Tom Slabe's home, 8860 West 13th Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado, 80215.
It's sure to be fun and interesting event with a little bit of food and drink and a presentation by special guest, Matt Harmon of Campus Cycles.
IMPORTANT:
Since this first meeting will be held in February and will have an early evening starting hour which will end in darkness, PLEASE DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO RIDE YOUR BICYCLES TO THE MEETING. If you do, you are responsible for your own safety; if you do ride, secure cycle parking will be available.
Parking of your automobiles will not be allowed on 13th Avenue! You may park your vehicles on either the 1200 or 1300 block of Estes Street or the 1200 block of Everett Court. There is also parking available on the north section of 13th Ave east of Estes Street.
At our first meeting, we will have guest speaker, Mr. Matt Harmon, of Campus Cycles: The topic? Bicycles 101: How many different types of bicycles are there? (The answer? Plenty - and Matt will gladly answer all your questions).
At the start of the meeting, I'll give everyone a brief history of BIKE EIBER, its current and future plans. I then will introduce Matt.
In the summertime, we hope that Tom's driveway and residence will be an oasis for cyclists and sustainability advocates along the entire West Corridor. This is primarily because of Tom's strategic residential location: His driveway opens out onto the bike path that parallels the W Rail Line - an important east/west bicycle route.
Tom's oasis is a demonstration for the Eiber Neighborhood Sustainability program's Land Stewardship and Native Landscaping initiatives. His current efforts include backyard wildlife habitat, stream and gulch protection, noxious weed education, and permaculture and other sustainability issues.
A RSVP via text or voice at 303-349-1673 would be appreciated (to let us know how many chairs we need) or, if you're so inclined, just hit the "reply" button above and tell us that you will be there.
Hope to see you all at this most worthwhile event to celebrate alternative transportation!
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This Month's Bicycle Related Articles I Wanted to Share
With You:
TheAtlanticCities
Bike Maps That Give Riders the Info They Actually Need
By Sarah Goodyear, Feb 15 2013
Anyone who has ever used a bike map in an unfamiliar city knows that the colored lines showing the bike lane network can be hard to assess. Each municipality has its own system, and many of these are fairly crude, failing to give you any real clue as to what type of experience you'll have when you're on the ground riding.
READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
How to Build a Better Bike Lane (and Get More People Out on Bikes) By Sarah Goodyear, Feb 12 2013
It's not just a bunch of "bike nuts" who see the benefits of building better bike lanes.
StreetsBlog
Aspen, Colorado, to Vote on "Idaho Stop" By Angie Schmitt, Feb 07 2013
Almost exactly 30 years ago, the state of Idaho enacted a traffic rule that would come to be known nationally as the "Idaho Stop," allowing cyclists to treat stop signs like yield signs. In three decades as the law of the land, the Idaho Stop has a fine safety record.
DC.StreetsBlog
Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Down Black Hawk Bike Ban
By Angie Schmitt, Feb 04 2013
Cycling advocates won an important victory today in the Colorado Supreme Court, where justices struck down the notorious bike ban in the town of Black Hawk. READ MORE...GristDotOrg
Bike Sharing Goes Big - but Can it Get Over its Little Helmet Problem? By Daniel Penner, Feb 07 2013
Seattle crunches quite a bit of granola, hugs more than its allotted trees, and has the second highest bike commute rate for U.S cities. But, as of yet, it has no bicycle sharing system - which is what all the cool, sustainable cities are doing. (I see you, Tulsa.)
TheAtlanticCities
If You Build Bike Share, Riders Will Come By Eric Jaffe, Feb 12 2013
The health benefits of riding a bike are obvious, and they seem to outweigh the risks of other city hazards - collisions, pollution, biased newspaper editorials, etc. Recent data models on cycling in the Netherlands and Barcelona concluded that the upside of physical activity was much larger than the combined downsides of traffic accidents and inhaling toxins. So in addition to improving a city transportation system, bike riding might elevate public health. READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
Why We Need More Research Into Cycling and Brain Science
By Sarah Goodyear, Feb 07 2013
My story earlier this week about the effects of bicycling and walking to school for kids got this response from @Kyle_Moler on Twitter: "Biking to school helps kids concentrate. I think it also helps big kids who bike to work too." "I'd I'd say the same thing about grownups," tweeted @debgreenspan. "When I don't #bike to work I'm a mess." READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
How to Build a Better Bike Lane (and Get More People Out on Bikes)
By Sarah Goodyear, Feb 12 2013
It's not just a bunch of "bike nuts" who see the benefits of building better bike lanes. READ MORE... DC.StreetsBlog
Chattanooga Bike-Share: Lessons for Smaller Cities By Angie Schmitt, Feb 11 2013
Chattanooga, Tennessee, was, in a lot of ways, not an ideal city for bike-sharing. It's a somewhat sprawling city, without a strong culture of cycling and walking. In addition, only a small percentage of area residents use transit to get around, so not many are leaving the car in the garage. READ MORE...
StreetsBlog
Study: People Who Bike or Walk to Work Enjoy Their Commutes the Most
By Angie Schmitt, Jan 31 2013
This news will surprise no one who has discovered the joy that is setting off to work on two wheels, but new research out of Portland State University found that people who bike to work enjoy their commutes the most. People who walk to work are close behind on the commute satisfaction scale.
READ MORE...
LA.StreetsBlog
Low Income Communities and Cycling
By Sahra Sulaiman, Jan 29 2013
How many times have you seen a cyclist pedaling happily along a crowded sidewalk, completely uninterested in riding in the wide-open bike lane a few feet from him?...These cyclists - often lower-income commuters and youth - are trying to tell us something with the choices they make. Namely, bike lanes are not enough to make them feel safe riding in the road.
READ MORE...
TheAtalanticCities
In Minneapolis, Reducing Bike Crashes by Studying Them in Detail
By Eric Jaffe, Jan 28 2013
In the past ten years Minneapolis has made great strides toward becoming a friendlier bike city - bicycle commute share doubled to 3.4 percent, to name just one achievement - and in the years to come it's hoping to make even greater ones. Among the goals of the city's latest master bicycle plan is to reduce bike crashes by 10 percent. By doing that, Minneapolis hopes to convert a lot of hesitant riders into habitual ones.READ MORE...
TheNewYorkTimes
40 Miles to Work, on a Bike
By Abigail Meisel, Jan 25 2013
At 4:40 on a 28-degree January morning, Christian Edstrom readied for his commute from Chappaqua, N.Y., to downtown Manhattan.READ MORE...
TheAtlanticCities
You Don't Have to Be Superhuman to Commute by Bicycle
By Sarah Goodyear, Jan 28 2013
But everyone who bikes...has certain things in common. All of them benefit from an increased recognition that bicycles are a legitimate way to get from one place to another, and that you don't have to be some kind of a freak to use them.
READ MORE...
Washington.CBSLocal
Biking Community Excited that Inaugural Parade Showcased D.C. Bike Lanes
January 22 2013
There has been a lot of chatter surrounding transportation woes that came as a result of Monday's Inauguration. During the festivities, some people were waiting in lines around the block to get inside Metro stations. Later on, they were missing flights trying to navigate crowds at the airport. READ MORE...
Blog.WalkScore
How to Combine Bicycles & Public Transit
By Duncan Hurd, Jan 21 2013
Combining bicycles with transit for trips both short and long is a growing trend in North America. Public transit systems are installing bike racks on buses and at popular transit stops and some are including secure bike storage facilities, with lockers and repair stands, at transit stations. By making it easier to combine bikes with transit, cities can help alleviate rush hour congestion and provide a stepping stone toward motivating people to use their bicycles more often.READ MORE...
USAToday
Recent Studies Show That Protected Bike Lanes Can Benefit a City Economically
By Larry Copeland, Jan 16 2013
Cities increasingly are building protected lanes for bicyclists, finding that they bring economic as well as environmental benefits to communities. READ MORE... * * * * [Note to below; Hopefully as the West Corridor gears up, developers will come to understand that with 55,000 registered students along the West Corridor bike path, construction of such a residential complex in combination of the light rail bike path could easily attract many of those students, and thus, creating a lively atmosphere].
DenverUrbanism
Inside Cruise Residence (As in Bicycles)
By Ryan Dravitz, Dec 18 2012
...Cruise is promoting the use of bicycles, hence the name of the building. Cruise residents will be very close to City Park, downtown and some great local eateries in the neighborhood to give great opportunities to utilize bikes.
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Cycling Film to Share
[OK, the following is not really about bicycles -- but buses, light rail trains and bicycles do go together. The following short Public Announcement film too good not to show. It was made in response to the Dodge Ram "Farmer" commercial which prmiered during the Super Bowl, February 3, 2013. The only thing I thought missing was the "deep-muscular male voice over" that is usually heard on TV truck commercials].
God Created Transit" - Official NextCity.org Super Bowl Commercial
By NextCityVideo, Feb 05 2013
Next City is a non-profit organization and online media publication dedicated to connecting cities and informing the people who work to improve them.
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So what are the future plans for
BIKE EIBER?
>Bike tours of the West Rail Line from Lakewood to Denver and return via Bus.
>Bike Rodeos for Kids
>Walk/Bike to School participation.
>Individual instructions on using your bicycle on the bus/light rail
>Bike to the Rockies games (2013 & beyond)
>Encourage and guide elementary school teachers to use public transit and bicycles so that they encourage their students.
>Encourage and guide senior citizens to take daily trips to the grocery store of their choice.
>Advocating for bicycle infrastructure and signage to make cyclists feel safer, thus encouraging more riders.
>Encourage the 55,000 registered students attending the six major institutions of learning along the West Rail Line to live in Lakewood, Colorado and commute via bicycle.
>Encourage apartment owners to become "bicycle friendly."
>Short, easy daily and weekly rides along the new bike path
>Encourage bike tourism between Denver, Lakewood & Golden via the new bike path.
>Study the feasibility of BBB's (Bikes, Bed & Breakfast) along the West Corridor.
>Locate a quarterly meeting place fro BIKE EIBER before FasTracks opens April 26, 2013.
>Continue to advocate for a public/private bike depot facility at 1301 Garrison St. to promote safety in the neighborhood.
If you have any suggestions or questions, you can merely hit the "reply" button or call my cell phone (Please, no calls after 7pm)
Bill Spriggs
Bike Eiber
Cell: 303-349-1673
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| Anyone interested in creating a bicycle
tourism trade between Denver, Lakewood and Golden? If so, please email me
BikeEiber@comcast.net
Subject: Golden Tourism
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Are you interested in establishing your own Lakewood Colorado Neighborhood Sustainability Program? Curious to learn more? Applications are now being accepted and are due by March 22, 2013
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