Blog - 2009

At the Denver zoo today, and WHAT! are those lions doing!

BicycleColorado.org helped get this accomplished for Colorado cyclists: "...the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians shall be included in the planning, design, and operation of transportation facilities, as a matter of routine..."

• Here in Colorado, Lance Armstrong and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter sponsored a new law that took effect August 2009 = motor vehicle traffic must pass at least three feet to the left of a cyclist.
• WHY???:
     Both Lance Armstrong and Gov. Bill Ritter
        bicycle in Colorado
      and they want to keep cars and trucks away from themsleves.
     Too bad they chose to fail to understand
      the two root causes of the problem with cycling in Colorado;
  • some cyclists drive their bicycle like it is a toy
    - giving the appearance that all cyclists are reckless, and
  • Colorado's roads were designed for a population
    less than 20% of what it is now
• PROBLEM: THAT MAKES COLORADO'S NARROW, LIMITED VISIBILITY ROADS 3 TO MORE THAN 6 FEET NARROWER
     = MAKES A BAD SITUATION A LOT WORSE.
• SOLUTION: use Federal stimulus money to create new jobs to fix Colorado's problem with it's poorly designed roads.
• My Efforts to fix this mess
     Most recent update: September 16, 2009

1. The Creek bike path ( CCBP ) helps cyclists travel through the Denver, Colorado area with only minimal contact with vehicular traffic.  Most cyclist use the path responsibly and safely.  A few do not, they cause crashes that are sometimes fatal.  These bad apples are known as Ride the Rockies Geeks.
2. The speed limit on most of the CCBP is 15mph, other parts it's 30 or 35mph.
3. The "Ride the Rockies Geeks" have trouble going faster than 15mph.
4. The Police have decided that they can improve safety by ticketing anyone going faster than 20mph.  In other words, the Police have decided they can improve safety by ignoring the problem cyclists and ticketing the safe cyclists.