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Aisha Ozaslan, City of Boulder Media Relations, 303-501-2318

Sue Prant, Community Cycles Executive Director, 303-564-9681

BOULDER, Colo. — June kicks off Boulder Walk and Bike Month — a month-long celebration of walking, biking and rolling in Boulder. 2026 brings new events and the return of community favorites like the Boulder Bike Show. Pledge to ride on Bike to Work Day, the month’s signature event, for a chance to win giveaways and help the region measure the impact of biking, walking and rolling.

Some events require registration. Local event highlights throughout the month include:

• June 17: Boulder Bike Show. Bring your own unique bike or drop by for a show of Boulder’s most eclectic bikes. The show includes creative bike categories with prizes awarded as judged by the audience.
• June 20: Big Boulder Dog Walk. Bring your pup and join friendly dogs and their humans for doggy gift bags and a 2.4-mile leisurely trail walk at Boulder’s Cottonwood Trail. Dogs must be leashed or part of Boulder’s Voice and Sight Program.
• June 24: Walk and Bike to Work Day, the month’s signature event. Enjoy free breakfast stations across town. Organizations can still sign up to host a breakfast station.
  Afterward, stop by the Bike to Work Day Happy Hour for free food and to learn more about transportation options available in Boulder from the city and community partners.
• June 27: W360 Slow Marathon. An all-day, all-Boulder adventure for people new to and familiar with walking routes around town. This slow marathon traverses a variety of walking surfaces in neighborhoods, parks and open space, with rest stops along the way.

Additional events include a Bike to Books Parade and more.

“At its best, transportation does more than move people from place to place — it supports well-being, brings neighbors together, and is an opportunity to enjoy the community we’ve built in Boulder,” said City of Boulder Transportation and Mobility Department Director Blythe Bailey. “This June, I hope to see fellow Boulderites out walking, biking, and riding the bus — not just to get somewhere, but because getting there is part of the joy.”

“Walk and Bike Month showcases what makes getting around Boulder so special — the chance to connect with neighbors, enjoy the outdoors and get around in healthy, sustainable ways,” said Community Cycles Executive Director Sue Prant. “We hope people of all ages and abilities join us throughout June to explore the city whether you walk, bike, roll or ride the bus every day or are trying it for the first time.”

Walk and Bike Month is a statewide celebration. Local events at Boulder Walk and Bike Month support Boulder’s vision for transportation and are made possible by City of Boulder sponsorship as well as many generous nonprofit and corporate sponsors. Find all events on walkandbikemonth.org.

Community Cycles is a local nonprofit organization that provides access, education and advocacy to improve bicycling in Boulder. The city and Community Cycles work in partnership to coordinate Boulder Walk and Bike Month.

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Join us – and cyclists around the world – Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, to celebrate Winter Bike to Work Day!  The annual event encourages seasoned cyclists to brave the elements and ride to work on their bikes. If you plan to join, let us know by pledging to ride!

Bike to Work Day is an annual event organized by Way to Go, a program of the Denver Regional Council of Governments, in partnership with seven regional transportation management associations. Each Bike to Work Day, commuters in the Denver region are encouraged to bike to work to save money during their commutes, improve their health and lower stress levels — all while reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality.

Way to Go also celebrates Winter Bike to Work Day, an annual tradition for seasoned cyclists.

Learn what other programs, events and services Way to Go offers to help commuters ditch their cars in favor of other transportation options.

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Photo by James Burrus

Getting around on two wheels in Boulder County keeps getting progressively easier, safer and more convenient as more roads get the “bike friendly” treatment. June being Bike Month in Colorado—and Bike To Work Day being the fourth Wednesday in the month—it’s worth noting the serious improvements to county roads that are used by fitness and commuter cyclists alike (like yours truly).

Probably one of the most hellish stretches for a cyclist in Boulder County is Valmont Road between 75th and 95th streets. It’s motley clumps of asphalt patches, complete lack of shoulders and not one but two sharp S-curves make navigating that stretch an exercise in survival. Contrast that with Valmont Road to the west of 75th Street, and the difference is stark.

Tim Swope, the county’s capital projects coordinator, said the stretch of Valmont will get the Full Shoulder Treatment—11-foot driving lanes and 5-foot shoulders—the whole way through. After some drainage issues are solved and culverts are replaced, reconstruction will begin in August and last through November. Other projects either nearing completion or set to begin this summer, Swope said, include:

Lee Hill Road from 4th Street in Boulder (just west of Broadway) to Olde Stage Road. That stretch is getting drainage issues solved, a wider roadway and 5-foot climbing lanes. That section of the popular cycling loop that includes the lung-busting climb up Olde Stage Road and 50 mph descent to Buckingham Park and out Lefthand Canyon Drive to U.S. 36 has been in need of shoulders since I commuted on that stretch daily beginning in 1987.

Boulder County has just begun adding 5-foot shoulders to Cherryvale Road between Arapahoe and Baseline roads; a project that should be done by the end of summer.

Completing a three-mile-long soft surface trail connection from 83rd to 95th Street near Niwot Road.

Engineering work and preparations will be finished this year in preparation for rebuilding Neva and Niwot roads from U.S. 36 east to 63rd Street. This includes side shoulders, too.
Other ongoing projects include working with the Colorado Department of Transportation on getting similar shoulders installed on Colorado 93 south out of Boulder. That stretch of highway is one of the few routes south to Golden, and while not a favorite with cyclists because of the precarious lack of shoulders, highway speeds and big trucks that use it, many riders still flirt with death and give it a ride.

But probably the most glaring place in need of shoulders is East County Line Road that forms the border with Weld and Boulder counties. The road offers a straight shot from Broomfield to Larimer County. Apart from a few sections widened for developments in Erie, the road is mostly a shoulder-less speedway. Boulder County hopes to get started on improving the Longmont to Erie section in the next year or two, according to Swope.

It’s worth pointing out here that all of these improvements are key to making the increasingly traveled road of Boulder County safer, both for motorists and bicyclists. And while progress may seem slow, it would be downright glacial without the .1 percent tax (a penny on a $10 purchase) that was passed by voters in 2001 and extended in 2007 to sunset in 2024. It generates about $3.5 million a year, about 15 percent of which goes toward regional trails and the rest is spent on road and transit improvements.

The success of Boulder County’s transportation tax is a great example of government being good stewards and improving our lives by using taxes. Next year, RTD will ask for a .4 percent tax (four pennies on a $10 purchase) to put some zoom in FasTracks and get that worthy project done faster. It’s money well spent and we should do much more because government can and does do good with our taxes.

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