Remember to B-Safe as B-Cycle Launches in Downtown Denver

Thank you to DDP Member Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck for support Denver B-Cycle!

I’m still drying off after this morning’s celebratory bike-parade-in-a-rainstorm after this morning’s official launch of the new Denver B-Cycle system at the City & County Building.   Hundreds of supporters turned out to welcome the program to Denver.  I ended up riding around on a Quizno’s sponsored b-cycle around Civic Center Park with DDP Member, Tom Gougeon, with Union Station Neighborhood Company.

This is an exciting day for Denver!  We are now hosts to the largest bicycle sharing system in the United States … and we need your help to keep all of it’s users safe.  With approximately 500 extra bicyclists navigating the streets of Denver, it’s important for all of us to “B Aware” for the cyclists.  Remember, they will be riding on the streets.  In fact, they are required to ride on the streets and NOT the sidewalks unless they are parking.  So please keep your eyes open for cyclists who may be riding behind you or in front of you and please give them some space.  To learn more about the rules of the road for bicyclists, especially in Downtown Denver, check out the Bicycling page on the DDP website.

I see that the sun has broken out (thank you!) and soon I’ll be heading out to volunteer at one of the Downtown Denver B-Stations to answer questions, hand out some free use cards, and help people start using the system, which opens officially at Noon.  Hope to see you out there!