2010 archive

Bike ban

City Council bans bikes on most streets in town… city police ticket violators.

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Bad days in Black Hawk, Colorado

Bicycling advocates reacted with outrage this past week to news of Black Hawk, Colorado's ban on bicycling on most streets in town.

Bicycle Colorado, Adventure Cycling Association and the League of American Bicyclists are all asking their thousands of members to contact city officials to rescind the ban.

Perhaps the tiny gambling town west of Denver should have folded instead of playing its hand to prohibit bicycles from most city streets last January. Now the city is the target of some unwanted publicity, at least from bicyclists.

Word about the ban got out last week when some bicyclists complained about $68 tickets ….

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Hall of Fame lists top 15 rail-trails in the US

For the past three years, the Rails to Trails Conservancy has been culling through hundreds of bicycling and hiking pathways to create the Rail-Trails Hall of Fame.

It's not an easy task. There are currently 1,631 abandoned railroad rights-of-way that have been converted into bicycling and hiking trails in the U.S. They account for 19,578 miles of paved or gravel pathways.

So far, they've chosen 15 rail-trails. The Rails to Trails Conservancy wants to wrap up the Top 25 on the Honor Roll in time for its 25th anniversary, which is next June. Be looking for almost monthly announcements …

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Burke-Gilman Trail

A busy Saturday on the Burke-Gilman Trail through the University District

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Newest bike sharing system — Nice Ride Minnesota — launches Thursday

The newest and largest bike-sharing program in the U.S. begins operation on Thursday as Nice Ride Minnesota puts 700 bicycles on the streets of Minneapolis at 65 kiosks.

Phase 1 plans call for 1,000 of the distinctive lime-green bikes parked at 75 kiosks around town, including 10 kiosks on the University of Minnesota campus. Long-range plans call for spreading the system to St. Paul as well.

The Nice Ride Minnesota launch follows the Denver B-cycle launch in mid-April; it's now operating with 400 bicycles at 42 stations. Boston will be the next bike-share system to roll out in the U.S. later in 2010, followed by a second bike-share program for the Washington DC-Arlington ….

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First kiosk for Nice Ride Minnesota

Bike sharing program in Minneapolis — Nice Ride Minnesota — launches on Thursday. Photo from Nice Ride Minnesota Facebook page.

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Banned in Black Hawk; bicycles off-limits on most roads in Colorado town

Riding a bicycle is banned on many streets in Black Hawk, Colorado, and police are enforcing the law by ticketing violators.

The old mining town west of Denver created the bike-free zones in January.

While many cities in Colorado and the US are working to make streets safer and more accessible to residents who choose bicycles over motor vehicles, Black Hawk simply made bicycling illegal on most streets.

Black Hawk City Manager Bill Copp told TheDenverChannel.com.

“If you go down Main Street there is not much room for a bicyclist, a bus or a car, a truck. We are trying to promote safety. … It's a choice. We made our choice and now the bicyclist needs to make his or her choice.” …

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Where bicycles are banned in Black Hawk

Most streets in Black Hawk are bicycle-free.

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RAAM ultra-endurance bike races start this week; how to follow

Another epic Race Across America begins this week as bicycle racers depart from Oceanside, California, for a 3,004-mile sleep-deprived slog across 14 states to Annapolis, Maryland.

The efforts of the two-, four-, and 8-person relay teams that leave on Saturday are remarkable. Even more phenomenal are the aspirations of 5 female solo racers who leave today and the 25 men who leave on Wednesday.

They'll single-handedly battle the mountains, headwinds, and dark nights as they pedal across the US ahead of their support crews. In the past 27 years of the event, only 200 solo riders have finished the race. Most succumb to exhaustion or hallucinations or failure to meet the time cutoffs. Two died in collisions with motor vehicles ….

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Jure Robic

Four-time winner is returning to 2010 Race Across America.

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