This weekend was apparently a harrowing one for those on bikes and other modes of transport: Antecdotal evidence from a variety of folks chatted with this weekend noted the increase in near-misses and wreckless vehicles (Why, within the last month, we’ve seen a bicyclist get hit by a car and a motorcyclist scrape his face across the pavement in a collision… Thankfully both seemed OK…)

In the spirit of saner roads, everyone should check and join forces with BIKE+PED, a new organization promoting the friendly sharing of roads.

Check it out:

“HITTING THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT

Denver group BIKE+PED hopes Denver can evolve into a city that wants to share the road with bicycles and pedestrians.

BIKE+PED, wants to create a city where vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians work together to ensure safety for everyone on city streets. When hitting the road, a little attention and courtesy can help ensure that no one actually gets hit on the road.

For BIKE+PED, building a connection between all the people on the road is a helpful tool to both eliminating dangerous hazards and reducing accidents and injuries, but also serves as a way to get more people out of their cars and onto other eco-friendly ways of moving.

As gas prices soar and health concerns grow, more and more people are either hopping onto a bike or strapping on a pair of shoes for walking as their major forms of transportation. As bikers and pedestrians become a more common phenomenon on the roads of Denver, working to ensure safety for everyone is an essential step in successful sharing of the streets.

Anna Newell, the organizer behind BIKE+PED, says she hopes that Denver can become a city where everyone works to share the roadways and she believes it is as simple as making people more aware that it is an issue.
By promoting responsible and friendly riding, driving, or walking, BIKE+PED hopes to interest all Denverites in working together to ensure safer, saner streets and an all-around smoother ride for everyone.”