Question:
Has CU or the City of Boulder taken any steps to promote bicycle/skateboard safety when traveling to and from classes?
2 years 29 weeks ago
Answer(s):
D.I.R.C. stands for “Dangerous, Irresponsible, Reckless and Careless”.
According to the Daily Camera, CU’s Environmental Center posted the signs as part of a weeklong campaign to encourage safe biking and skateboarding on campus.
Peter Roper, a program manager for the CU Environmental Center, told Daily Camera reporter Melanie Asmar that biking and skateboarding to class is environmentally friendly but “speeding cyclists and zippy ‘boarders can cause problems, especially in areas without clearly distinguished bicycle paths.”
The CU Environmental Center set up mock pedestrian/bicycle accidents every day last week, from Oct. 21 through Oct. 23.
You can see the campaign’s blog at recklessatcu.blogspot.com.
2 years 24 weeks ago
The University of Colorado as well as the city of Boulder have both taken precautions and made bicycle riding a lot safter in its environment. The ways it has done this is by allowing traffic lanes strictly for biking, on the roads as well as on the sidewalks.
2 years 10 weeks ago
I would consider the bicycling paths in Boulder to be some of the safest and most extensive in the country. The bike lanes one campus seem to need some more regulation; there doesn't seem to be clear uses between the cycling and walking sections and often people are walking in the bike lane.
2 years 10 weeks ago
There needs to be more measures taken to ensure student safety when commuting to and fro from classes. Especially the blind curve down the colorado ave is very dangerous.
2 years 10 weeks ago
The don't be a dirc! campaign has really helped with bicycle safety. It has gone down very much.
2 years 10 weeks ago
No. CU has taken steps to further pedestrian safety, not bicycle/skateboarder's safety. The problem also lies within pedestrians who blindly cross the bike paths without looking. They're often looking down at an iPod or phone, paying no attention to the bike traffic. I frequently have to make emergency stops to avoid hitting these pesky pedestrians. Just yesterday a fool darted across the bike path in a rush to get on the bus, nearly blindsiding me.
2 years 10 weeks ago
not exactly but there are already the yeild laws for crosswalks which is a major help
2 years 6 weeks ago
The DIRC campaign is a pretty public project to promote safety.
2 years 6 weeks ago
The skateboarders/long boarders should have the responsibility here. Its ridiculous that groups of peds have to move out of the way because a long border is weaving down the path past helms.
2 years 6 weeks ago
yes, they have. If you look in this weeks Student Buff Bulletin, you will see that there is a class.
2 years 6 weeks ago
Yes, but In my opinion all - bikers, boarders as well as pedestrians need to become more responsible for their actions on the streets.
2 years 5 weeks ago
yes they have. Many in fact. Colorado state law is that pedestrians have the right of way. So they have to take precautions.
1 year 30 weeks ago
yes they impose a speed limit for those kinds of vehicles so the riders and others stay safe
1 year 30 weeks ago
Yes, they always make sure to post bulletins on buses about biker and pedestrian safety
1 year 29 weeks ago