Mark Your Calendar:
Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day
Coming June 23
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Our 34th annual Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day is coming! We are excited to get back on track and hope you are ready for free breakfast, community connections with other bicyclists and businesses that support bicycling, and a great all around morning exploring Fort Collins by bicycle!
This year, BT(W)D features around 50 free, public breakfast stations for cyclists. Some stations will also host lunch time opportunities, and we’ll keep you posted on post-work and afternoon stations. Later in
June, we’ll post these details and our official Breakfast Station Map on our website.
Why is it Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day? We recognize that to many in our community, “work” means something different than it did just months ago. The way we interact with one another and work in general has changed for many, and we want to ensure that our event is inclusive and welcoming. Regardless, if you work later in the day, work from home that day, have the day off, are retired, or are in school, we hope you’ll get your bike out and ride around Fort Collins with thousands of other community members that value active, sustainable transportation. During lunch or after work, you can find additional other ways to celebrate one of Fort Collins’ favorite holidays.
Come ride with us!
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City Park Ave. Improvements |
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In early summer 2021, the City’s Streets Department will resurface and restripe City Park Ave. and Bennett Rd. south of W. Elizabeth St. The new striping pattern will introduce bike lanes to the corridor where currently bike lanes are missing or substandard, as recommended by the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan.
Some on-street parking will be removed on the east side of City Park Ave. south of W. Elizabeth St., and the design will set the stage for a future possible protected intersection at City Park Ave. and W. Elizabeth St. As part of the W. Elizabeth Enhanced Travel Corridor Plan.
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No Memorial Day Transfort Service |
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In honor of Memorial Day, Transfort will observe the following closures on Monday, May 31:
- Transit Centers and Customer Support offices closed
Please plan ahead when riding Transfort. When viewing schedules online, click the 'exceptions' tab on the timetables to see modified service times. Buses are limited to half (50%) of seated capacity per state guidance.
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Things Are Getting Back to Normal for Safe Routes to School |
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Kids in Fort Collins are back to in-person instruction, and they are eager as ever to bike and walk to school. National Bike to School Day on May 5th saw thousands of FoCo kids using active modes to get to school. Zach Elementary logged a whopping 72% of its student population – 410 students – who biked/walked/scootered to school! |
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Community Survey is out Now /
Encuesta comunitaria ya está disponible
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đź“Ł The Community Survey is out now! If you received it in the mail, we'd love to get your feedback.
📪 Complete the survey any time before May 24. Didn’t get one in the mail? We still want to hear how you’d rate your local government!
đź“Ł ¡La encuesta comunitaria ya está disponible! Si la recibiĂł por correo, nos encantarĂa recibir sus comentarios.
đź“Ş Complete la encuesta antes del 24 de mayo. ÂżNo recibiĂł una? ¡AĂşn queremos saber cĂłmo calificarĂa a su gobierno local!
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Review the North Front Range MPO’s Active Modes plan |
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The NFRMPO is releasing a draft version of the Regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP) for a 30-Day public comment period, starting May 12, 2021, and closing on Friday, June 11, 2021. The purpose of the ATP is to improve active transportation (bicycle and pedestrian) planning across the region and address the NFRMPO’s responsibility for including active transportation as a component of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). All comments on the ATP should be provided to Ryan Dusil at rdusil@nfrmpo.org by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 11, 2021.
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Shift Your Ride Focus Group Results |
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This past spring, the City in collaboration with Larimer County’s Built Environment program conducted a series of four focus group sessions with north Fort Collins residents. We will be spending time this summer compiling results from the focus groups to share more specific information, which include some of the following:
- Ideas for a Spanish version of our Shift Your Ride campaign.
- Community recommendations for transportation programming which we will roll out in September.
- Recommendations and ideas for future infrastructure improvements.
- Ways to improve information about transit, bicycling, and walking, and much more.
Thank you to all our focus group participants! We hope this approach is one way we can show the Fort Collins community we’re listening and working to improve conditions and access in our community, especially for our historically marginalized neighbors. We also hope to continue doing a better job listening to the priorities of our community.
Stay tuned for more information on our adapted Shift Your Ride campaign, and in the meantime, visit our Shift Your Ride website for tips and tricks to get out of your car more often and onto active, sustainable transportation modes at www.fcgov.com/SYR.
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We are tentatively starting back up our in-person classes! These classes will be located at Washington Park, and are dependent on weather and Covid restrictions.
Students are encouraged to bring their own bicycle, but it is not required. The instructor will be reaching out prior to the class with details. Students that complete the class will receive free tire levers or patch kit.
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Bike Maintenance 1
In this intro to bicycle mechanics class we will focus on maintenance that can easily be done at home to keep your bike happy. We will cover the following topics:
- Basic Bike Anatomy- review and learn all the basic parts of a bicycle
- Standard tools for at home repairs- we've come up with a top 10 list of tools needed to work on your bike at home
- Fix a flat- this is the #1 at home repair. Learn how to fix a flat for your bike, either tubed or tubeless, or offer tips for your fellow students if you have a tried and true method
- Drivetrain maintenance - cleaning your bike, lubrication, chain wear
Next Class will be on June 8th from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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Bike Maintenance 2
In this second part intro to bicycle mechanics class we will focus on taking maintenance up a notch. Everything covered can easily be done at home to keep your bike happy. If this is your first time trying out at home maintenance on a bicycle, we recommend you take the Maintenance 1 class first. There we cover foundational topics like fix a flat.
In Maintenance 2 we will cover the following topics as time allows:
- Cables and housing- a basic overview
- Barrel adjusters- use to improve performance for braking and shifting
- What's that sound?- a basic diagnosis of problems

Next class will be on June15th from 5:30p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Bicycle Friendly Driver
Have you ever been driving and noticed a cyclist doing something unexpected? Find out some possible reasons for this in our Bicycle Friendly Driver class. You'll learn everything from why cyclists take the lane, to changes we can make when we are driving to help share the road more with all road users. Earn a Bicycle Friendly Driver certification upon completion of the course. Next class will be on June 1st from 6:00p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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City of Fort Collins-FC Moves | fcgov.com/fcmoves
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