Walk and Bike Month Events Exceeded Expectations

A group of five people stand with their arms wrapped around each others' shoulders, smiling

Throughout the month of June, Boulder Chamber Transportation Connections hosted and participated in eight events in celebration of Walk and Bike Month. Thanks to our fantastic partners, presenters, member businesses, and community for an amazing month packed full of fun!

Three people in bicycle gear stand around a table filled with giveaways during the B360 bicycle ride
Riders stop at the BCTC rest stop on the B360 route
A group of people in athletic gear stand together under a tree, smiling at the camera.
A group of Walk 180 half marathon walkers on the 13-mile route

The month got off to a great start with Community Cycles’ B360 bicycle ride around Boulder on June 1. Our staff hosted a rest stop and enjoyed greeting the more than 400 bicyclists who rode by throughout the morning. The following Saturday, June 7, BCTC Executive Director Darcy Kitching led the Walk 180 (slow) half marathon with an enthusiastic group of long-distance urban hikers. On June 11, we participated in the Community Cycles Bike Show at Sanitas Brewing Company.

This year, the Boulder Chamber celebrates its 120th anniversary, so we “elevated” our June Connect Boulder meeting to an extra-special event at Rembrandt Yard on June 18: 120 Years in Motion. We were thrilled to welcome keynote speaker John Simmerman, founder of Active Towns, and the CEO of sponsor company Holmes Solutions, Chris Allington, to share their visions for a people-first transportation future. Followed by a Business After Hours happy hour, we provided the more than 150 guests with food, drinks and fun things to do to carry the conversation forward. Via Mobility Services, the CU Environmental Center, and Boulder County staff hosted interactive stations and collected feedback about how we can increase transit ridership in the city, how participants felt about and envisioned our shared transportation future, and where we might want a streetcar-type system to serve the city in the future, based on a historic map of Boulder railways. See a sampling of images from the event below, and check out the full photo gallery with images by David Harwi here. Thank you to all who supported and attended this trailblazing event!

A man stands at a podium with a microphone with a screen displaying an urban supergondola system next to him.
A man in a blue sport coat gestures to a screen showing a slide that reads, "Reducing Friction for People at Human Scale."
Two light-skinned men with dark hair stand together looking at a laptop computer, while one shows the other something on the screen.
Two men face each other in conversation, in front of a table displaying photographs and materials.
A man and a woman shake hands and smile at each other in a brightly lit room full of people.
A man writes with a marker on a long sheet of paper taped to a window, showing a timeline.

The following Wednesday, June 25, we celebrated Bike to Work Day with a record number of visitors to our breakfast super station! Between 6:30 and 9 am, more than 900 people biked, walked, rollerbladed, and one-wheeled to our station in the Boulder Chamber parking lot, which featured 16 booths hosted by our partner businesses and organizations. Visitors enjoyed coffee by Ampersand Coffee Roasters, breakfast sandwiches by Pasta Jay’s, Voodoo Doughnuts, and treats from our special vendors, along with giveaways galore. It was a full-on bike holiday festival! See a sampling of images from the event below, and view the full album of photos by Darcy Kitching here.

A group of five people in bicycle gear smile at the camera
A woman smiles as she serves wrapped breakfast sandwiches to two people in bicycle gear
A woman smiles at the camera as she hangs her bike on a freestanding bicycle rack
A man with red hair wearing sunglasses stands on the pedals of his bicycle, smiling
A woman with blonde hair sticks a Post-It note on a black board
Looking down from above a parking lot filled with festival tents, people walking, people on bicycles, bicycles on racks, and people around a vehicle being used as a photo booth

In addition to our station at the Boulder Chamber, our TDM Outreach Specialist, Will Shepherd, supported breakfast stations sponsored by five companies in the Boulder Junction neighborhood: Cassiopeia, Logan’s Cafe, Boulder Commons, Rule4, and Ocean First. More than 300 riders stopped by the stations.

Four men in bicycle gear hold cups of coffee outside of a cafe, with a yellow bicycle out front.
Bicycles hang on a bike rack in front of a festival tent where people in bicycle gear are gathering. An open cafe is behind them.
A group of people in bicycle gear, holding onto bicycles, stand in front of a festival tent, smiling at the camera. A runner passes by on the right.

Later that day, we set up our tent and table at the Community Cycles Bike to Work Day Happy Hour at Zeal in Boulder Junction. We enjoyed chatting with Boulder Junction residents about their transportation benefits and the plan for reopening the Boulder Junction at Depot Square Station this fall as part of RTD’s August service changes. We were happy to share our brand-new portable bicycle racks from Moved by Bikes for the bike valet station, which we anticipate using at more Chamber events in the future. We were also excited to give away a pair of Bustang tickets to a participant who replaced their car with a bicycle recently. In total, we gave away 10 Bustang tickets, provided by the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ Way to Go Program, to participants throughout the day. We truly went “all in” on Bike to Work Day this year!

A person wearing glasses and a bicycle helmet holds up two bus tickets and smiles
Bicycles on racks
A man and two women stand close together smiling at the camera

June ended with two final super-fun events: the Walk 360 Slow Marathon and the Community Cycles Membership Party. Saturday, June 28, was a hot day with a high of 94 degrees, but 25 people still showed up to hike the 26-mile loop around Boulder over the course of 10 and a half hours. It was all worth it!

6 people stand and sit together, smiling at the camera, with a blue sky green rolling hills, and a mountain behind them.
The full group of Walk 360 Slow Marathon participants at the starting point, Fourmile Canyon Creek Trailhead

Big thanks to everyone who supported and participated in events with us throughout Walk and Bike Month. Every event exceeded our expectations!

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