The Bicycle Friendly Driver program is an hour interactive class, aimed at educating all drivers on the best and safest ways to share the road with people on bicycles. Developed by FC Bikes in collaboration with Bike Fort Collins. This course answers questions like:
- How do most crashes involving motor vehicles and bicyclists occur?
- What is the safest way to make a right-hand turn when bike lanes and/or bicyclists are present?
- Why do bicyclists ride in the middle of the road?
- Attendance is open to everyone, no need to RSVP.
Please make plans to attend one of the two sessions offered by KU Sustainability.
The class will be presented twice.
MARCH 27th 2018 11:30-12:30 in Ritchie Hall Room 268, located in the new Earth, Energy & Environment Center, 1414 Naismith Drive.
MARCH 30th 2018 1:30-2:30 presented in Chalmers Hall room 421, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.
Topics being covered include:
What’s legal and what’s not legal, for both motorists and bicyclists Why bicyclists “take the lane” and what motorists should do in response Why sharing the road is the safest alternative for both motorists
Questions? Contact Kirsten Yunuba Stephens at 785-764-1857 or email [email protected]
The City of Lawrence is studying potential alignments for two incomplete sections of pedestrian and bicycle path to complete the Lawrence Loop. An open house was held in June to gather public input on proposed routes. Over the summer the study team evaluated the proposed routes and developed a series of alignment options. We are now seeking input on the proposed routes. There are two ways to provide input. 
Volunteers are needed to manually count bicyclists and pedestrians at several locations across Lawrence, Eudora, and Baldwin City in September. The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization, with the help of volunteers, will be conducting bicycle and pedestrian counts on:
gion’s progress on increasing the use of non-motorized transportation, strengthen grant applications to leverage additional federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects, evaluate existing projects, and help determine the location of future investments.
For the seventh year, Lawrence Central Rotary and Ride Lawrence along with some amazing local sponsors are hosting two community bike rides. One in July and another in September. The best part, they are both FREE!
