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Cycling Hub at Valmont City Park:
Addressing City Council Goals
~ Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainable Transportation
• Economic Sustainability
• Affordable Housing
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Bike Paths (3)
Community Loop
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Alt Trans Kiosk
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• Traffic:
- Natural to ride a bike to a bicycling facility.
- On-site track bikes and helmets (don't need vehicle to carry anything to the track).
- Willing to partner in an aggressive TDM plan.
- Promoting cycling to the mainstream is
good for the long-term in Boulder.
• Energy:
- No energy required for daylight riding
- Nighttime riding with 110-150kW
(Stazio Ballfields 1 lOkW)
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C clin Hub: Environmental
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~ ~ Pollution and Water:
- No solid/liquid/gaseous waste generated due to activities at the facility.
- Focused lighting available to minimize stray light outside.
_ - No fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide.
- Water needed only for drinking. ~-~,.~
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- No salt/goop runoff after sno~~v removal ~~' `-
•~ Impact on Wildlife, Park Aesthe~ics:
- Oval can be sunk into the ground, painted to reduce visible impacts.
- Activity~ is contained in and confined to the oval.
_- Bike riding is quiet and nonpolluting.
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C clin Hub : Sustainable Trans ortation
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• 3 bike paths to the park
~ New LEAP bus stop at park
• Alt Trans Kiosk: Jan Ward (DMC)
• Bike Safety classes
• Support Concrete TDM Plans
- Controls on Auto Access
• Center for 2-wheeled enthusiasts:
- Organization
- Information
- Motivation
- Sustained Enthusiasm in Boulder for Bikes
- Cheapest, most Efficient way to Promote Bikes Long Term
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Velodrome: Economicall Sustainable
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~ Revenues : Attractive to Donors/Sponsors
- Community Friend/Clean Image
- Unique in Boulder: like Flatirons, Pearl St. Mall
- Ideal Location for Exposure
- Exciting Cycling for Spectator and Participant
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- Multiple Activities _ .
• Costs: Predictable
- Low Fixed Cost
- Flexible Variable Costs
- Re-sale Value
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Velodrome : Private S onsorshi
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•Trexlertown, (Lehigh, PA) Air Products development program
•Free to kids S years of age or older
•taught more than 11,500 bicycle enthusiasts the fun
of track cycling over 20 yrs.
•sessions throughout summer: 3x/week for 3 weeks
•Trexlertown (Lehigh, PA) First Union Bank After School
Bicycle Racing League
•FREE community program for boys and girls ages 10-I
~twice a week, after school, for ninety minutes
•rewards individual e. f'forts and teamwork
•Houston Alkek: 40 Disadvantaged Kids under 18
•track riding program sponsored by Shell Dil Company
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Velodrome : Partici ation
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• Strongly depends on the effort of the organization to prom~~~: it
• BCV: 35-40 Race Events per summer compares with most~'e-~ivz velodrbmes
• 55% programmed time (much in evening); 45% free non-~rogramm ~~. _.__ ~ -~ ~
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• BCV: 200-400 rider rnembers (400 signatures), 25-40 kids, + recreatiana~::~ ~~. `
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~ BCV: 45-50 participants/event (based on 200-400 regular users and fol~Q ,~~~~}~ ~
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- Trexlertown, Lehi h PA: ' ~ ~~
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• 1500 regular riders ~~_
• 1/3 recreational (7000 hrs/yr) '``
- Alkek, Houston Tx
• 1900 registrations and 5500 rider - entries to velodrome
• 1/2 recreational
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