With the city’s push to add 125 miles of bikeways to the cycling network through the Community Transportation Network planning process, we have a pressing need to understand how everyday cyclists are using the streets. The Downtown Denver Partnership — in partnership with the City and County of Denver, Gates Corp., and Bicycle Colorado — is initiating a year-long effort to learn about how cyclists are using the streets in neighborhoods in and around Downtown Denver using a smart cycling technology developed by See.Sense.
Not only do See.Sense bicycle lights provide exceptional visibility and added safety for cyclists, but the technology built in to the lights offer the opportunity to engage the community to share powerful data insights to improve conditions for cyclists.
Andrew Iltis, the Senior Manager of Mobility and Transportation of the Downtown Denver Partnership believes that the value of this study is both timely and far-reaching. “We know that people have been buying a lot of bikes in the past several months,” Iltis explains, “and with a lot of new biking infrastructure in the city, we must find ways to assess how the system is working for those new cyclists. We want to go beyond our basic understanding of cyclist safety and behavior.” The study is focused on assessing the bike connectivity between Downtown Denver and near-in neighborhoods to study how the cycling network functions for daily cyclists.
“A key objective of this study is to get broad representation of cyclists into the study. Cycling is an affordable and healthy mobility option for so many people, so we are going to work really hard to make sure this project is inclusive of our lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color so we can truly assess how the cycling network is serving everyone,” Iltis said.
300 applicants will be selected to participate in the study. Follow the link below to apply and learn more about the project and the technology used in the study.
Apply here