When

On Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 GO Boulder is hosting it's second annual Winter Bike to Work Day. The day will include free breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the locations listed below.

Why Register

Registration for the event begins January 2, 2010. We hope you will take a minute to register, this helps organizers to know how many people participated and enters you into a drawing for fabulous prizes including bike socks, lights and studded snow tires! So please register.

Who Participates

When you wake up on Wednesday, Jan. 20, and peep out your window you will find out if it is cold and snowy or a beautiful sunny day. In either case it is the perfect day for a bike commute to work. If you think your commute seems just a little too long or you don't want to commute by bike both ways, consider putting your bike on the bus for part of your trip. Last year 800 commuters biked in for Winter Bike to Work Day, this year organizers are hoping for 1000 happy and hardy cyclists like you.

The GO Boulder Web site is full of information to assist with your commute. You will find bike and transit maps as well as the GOBikeBoulder.net program to help you create a customized bike route and learn how far you have ridden and calories you have burned.

How the City Ensures that Your Ride is Safe and Easy

One thing you can be sure of, your commute will be safe and convenient because even if it has snowed the City of Boulder keeps its 60 miles of paved multi-use pathways and 76 underpasses plowed so that cyclists can easily use them even during severe snowstorms. The city begins plowing as soon as an inch of snow accumulates and at exactly the same time that crews are plowing the streets! In fact many cyclists report that biking is faster than driving, especially in slow winter traffic!

Boulder Creek and Broadway paths are plowed first, followed by the Foothills Parkway path and other Greenway paths. The Boulder Creek Path is cleared by the Parks Department, while the Broadway path, from Baseline Road to University Avenue, is cleared by CU-Boulder facilities maintenance. All other multi-use paths are maintained by City of Boulder Street and Bikeway Transportation Maintenance (or the adjacent property owner). On-street bike lanes are cleared during street snow removal operations.

Where

Winter Bike to Work Day participants will be gathering at the following locations to celebrate their ride in to work and for free breakfasts that certainly make the ride worthwhile.

Breakfast Station Locations:

• Applebee's - 1906 28th St.
• City of Boulder Municipal Building - 1777 Broadway, sponsored by The Cup
• Moe's Broadway Bagel - 3705 Arapahoe Ave.
• Moe's Broadway Bagel - 2650 Broadway
• Pedal to Properties - 1949 Pearl St.
• University of Colorado - 18th Street and Euclid Avenue

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:53