Colorado Safe Routes to School in Danger

Hello free-wheeling folks,

We'd like to share a quick and easy way to support bicycling and walking.  State funding for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) education program has a very short deadline to take action & help the cause.  GVB secured SRTS funding in 2011 to purchase a bicycle classroom and implement SRTS education in D51 elementary PE classrooms.  Check out our Safe Routes to School page (menu on right) for more details about the local program.

ACTION ALERT:

Colorado Safe Routes to School in Danger

Please call or email your state senator TODAY and ask them to support House Bill 1003—Safe Routes to School. If the bill does not pass the Colorado Senate, the Safe Routes to School program will die.

We just received notice that the first Senate vote could be as soon as Thursday, April 30. The legislative session ends in just one week and each vote is critical.

Now is the time for every Colorado Senator to hear that child safety and health is important to Colorado. Please ask them to stand up and support safe routes to school.

Call or email your State Senator

Ray Scott’s # 303-866-3077 email ray.scott.senate@state.co.us

Ask him to please support House Bill 1003-Safe Routes to School. Briefly share why you think children’s safety and health are important and include your address. More info here. Even if it is after hours, you can still call and leave a voice mail.

Check the latest status and learn more about the bill.

Thank you for your help!

Help to make a walkable, bikeable downtown Clifton.

The importance of complete streets

Read about this drawing here.

Do you ever get this feeling? Register for the Walking and Biking Summit and learn what each of us can do to make the Grand Valley a safe place to walk and bicycle for people of all ages and abilities.

Register at HealthyMesaCounty.org

http://healthymesacounty.org/active-communities/2015-trails-summit

Millennials in Motion:

Changing Travel Habits of Young Americans and the Implications for Public Policy

The U.S. PIRG has released a report that summarizes changes that have occurred in young Americans’ transportation attitudes and behaviors over the past decade.  

 [Sound familiar?]

Direct link: http://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Millennials%20in%20Motion%20USPIRG.pdf

Riverfront Trail Dedication

You are cordially invited to the Monument View Trail Grand Opening Please join us as we proudly celebrate the grand opening of the Monument View Trail section of the Colorado Riverfront Trail Project in Grand Junction, Colorado. Friday, September 5, 2014, 11:30 a.m. at the Walter Walker State Wildlife Area Railroad Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado The ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m., lasting approximately one hour and feature guest speakers from the Colorado Riverfront Trail Project partner organizations and Great Outdoors Colorado. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your walking shoes or bicycle, the trail will be open to the public for non-motorized travel after the ceremony. Guests from the press are welcome to arrive 15 minutes early for equipment set up. Please direct questions to: Michele Rohrbach, Colorado Riverfront Commission, michele.rohrbach@mesacounty.us or by phone: 970-683-4333. On behalf of all our Colorado Riverfront Trail partners, thank you.

August 29-31: Grand Junction Off-Road MTB endurance event and community concert

BYO BIKE, COSTUME, & COWBELL

The Hot Tomato Klunker Krit is raging again on August 29 at 6pm in downtown Grand Junction.  Decorate bicycles at 4^th & Main then band together at the start line on 3^rd & Main.  Hot Tomato schwag awarded to the most creative participants. Bring the whole family.  Eat dinner downtown and watch the Fat Tire Criterium races from 6:15-7pm.

Visit http://www.epicrides.com/index.php?contentCat=9 to read about at the details.

Helping this event supports a tourism-based economy that values urban and recreational trails.  Volunteer as a downtown or trail course marshal!  Stuff amateur rider goodie bags and then stuff your face with Pablo’s pizza this Thursday, Aug. 21 from 6-8pm!  Email biz@grandjunctionoffroadvolunteers.com to join the fun.

 

 
August 31:     Kids' Ride 

So darn adorable.