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Local bike collection drive
Do you have a bike that’s just sitting around? You’ve got two more hours and one more day to take it over to Platt Middle School and donate it to Community Cycles’ Bike Collection Drive.
Look at how much fun this little kid is having. Photo from falcon1961 on Flickr.
Here are the deets:
Where: Platt Middle School
When: Through April 29, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Why: The bikes you donate will help support programs like the Youth Earn-a-Bike and the Kids Holiday Bike Give-Away.
For more information, check out Community Cycles‘ website.
Cold vs. Green
We don’t have to tell you this, but in case you’ve been stuck inside: IT’S BEEN REALLY COLD OUT THERE for the past few days.
Uncharacteristically cold even.
Are you as burly as Rich Rotunno? Photo by Jeremy Papasso.
So I’m curious (no, not nosy, curious) about whether the harsh bite of the frigid air has superseded your dedication to being green.
Are you still biking to work?
Did you take a longer than normal shower this morning after your run?
Other thoughts?
Hit us back!
Want more info on winter weather? Stay up to date at the Daily Camera.
Boulder commuting stats: Driving alone still preferred method
Just over half of Boulder commuters drive alone to get to work. Compared to the rest of Colorado, that’s pretty impressive, we’re also built better for it in the city, so we probably should be comparing ourselves to other cities that are bike- and bus-friendly.
The other number that sticks out on this data from the 2009 U.S. Census American Community Survey is our work-from-home number — but we already knew that.
Here’s some of the relevant data:
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Location | Drive alone | Carpool | Public transportation | Bike | Walk | Work from home | |
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Boulder | 51.2 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 12.32 | 9.66 | 10.26 | |
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Longmont | 80.7 | 6.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.59 | 7.15 | |
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Boulder County | 64.9 | 7 | 5.3 | 4.77 | 4.33 | 12.05 | |
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Colorado | 74.3 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3 | 6.74 |
In Amsterdam, they take more trips by bike than by car. Consider that!
In Portland, bike traffic constitutes 20 percent of the traffic on some roads, leading to bikejams.
Until we’re having bikejams — or until I have to stand up for part of my bus commute — it seems like there’s still a lot of education to be done. (But please don’t cut bus service to artificially make this happen. Here’s a great post from our neighbors to the south on that line of thinking.)
Note: When I lived on the Skip line, I did have to stand up — often.
Andrea Robbins, ‘the Eco Pass lady,’ retiring
Andrea Robbins, director of Go Boulder, the city's alternative transportation program, leaves on her bike from her office in the Park Central Building on Thursday. Kasia Broussalian/CAMERA
The Boulder bus system is well-known and well-used in Boulder, but perhaps less well-known is the woman responsible for many of the most convenient aspects of the transit system: Andrea Robbins. Now, after 18 years working for Go Boulder, Robbins is retiring. Read more
