Bikes Belong – How any town can become bicycle friendly

I think all communities could take a lesson here, given the hard work, determination, and perseverance that developing a great biking city takes, the sooner we start making cities more accommodating to secondary methods of transportation the better. The fact that Boulder is such a glowing example of a cycling city give me hope for Calgary, since like Calgary, Boulder does get a little bit of the white stuff now and then ;-)

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6 Comments

Carl  on November 6th, 2009

what a load of crap…

Ken Hurd  on November 6th, 2009

Haha.. Care to elaborate Carl?

Justin  on November 7th, 2009

Carl, if you’re going to leave a comment like that you really need to elaborate.

I think this video is a good case study on urban planning as it relates to cycling. I would love to live in Boulder; I have a cousin who lives there and she loves it.

Carl  on November 7th, 2009

Fair. That might work alright in Bolder, but here in Alberta, I wouldn’t hold out much hope. Firstly, you need to have a sense of community that would actually call for this type of change. I’ve only lived here for a couple years, but this type of community mindedness is lost here. Albertan’s want things fast and on the cheap, and forget about introducing a new tax to cover off bike lanes or o build more trails… I wouldn’t want to be the politician that hung their campaign on that promise. And practically speaking, here in this climate, with the frost-heave, just the added paving/maintenance costs of wider roads, more trails etc… would be too much for people to accept. It’s all a nice thought and I’m glad it works in Boulder. Makes me want to move there.

Ken Hurd  on November 8th, 2009

@Carl, I wish I could disagree with you :-(

Tho I might argue that we have pretty decent cycling communities in Calgary and Edmonton, they pale in comparison to Boulder, and alternative means of transportation just aren’t in the minds of the everyday Albertan… They just want bikes to get the hell out of their way…

Sheldon Smart  on November 8th, 2009

Personally, I think the issue might be, in Edmonton anyway, that we do have a pretty good trail system in place with the valley. If it wasn’t for that, I think the motivation to implement more bike lanes/trails etc… would grow – but as it is, we have it pretty good, and in my opinion, it is getting better all the time. ABA is working hard to align with Edm city council on these issues and we have a really healthy bike community here that is growing all the time. Hope, yet, there may be… ;-)

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