Provo Bike Month 2022
Save the dates! May is National Bike Month and Provo will be celebrating the many benefits of bicycling! Whether you bike to […]
Ted Lyon #bikewalkprovostories
It takes right around twelve minutes on any given day for Professor Ted Lyon to commute on bike from his home to […]
Dylan Cindrich #bikewalkprovostories This winter’s erratic weather patterns, snowy single digits lows to sunny mid-sixties highs, ice and puddles, hasn’t discouraged Dylan Cindrich from continuing his daily ride to classes at BYU’s Main Campus. Last year Dylan bought a nice set of Bontrager fenders for his Trek Verve 2 hybrid bike and some waterproof clothing that has made all the difference. No longer does he need to commute in his car on those inclement weather days, and tells me he even sometimes finds the bad weather amusing. Dylan began bike commuting when he first started high school in Portland Oregon. He didn’t want to be seen with his mother dropping him off in front of the new school, and the distance being too great for walking he decided to start biking. “Portland is a pinnacle of bicycle culture,” he interjects, “people like riding their bikes there.” It was “a pretty ride, by a golf course, and bike friendly streets with sharrows.” After graduating in 2017 Dylan entered BYU and moved to Provo, mostly walking to classes, but within a year he received the call and left Provo to begin serving a two year mission in Texas. Dylan’s father knew his son would be covering more than a few miles during his tour of service, so he made a phone call to a local dealer and ensured that a new Trek Verve 2 was waiting and paid for when Dylan arrived. The climate and culture in Texas is somewhat different from that of Portland, PeopleForBikes puts Portland’s overall city ranking in the 92nd percentile and one can expect rain 140 days a year on average in the N/W coastal city, but biking is biking wherever the road takes us, and Dyland was ready to roll. In his new environment he faced much hotter and drier weather with little need for rain gear and fancy fenders, when Dylan returned to Provo two years later it was another story. Today he continues to biking for transportation, using his car only for trips to the grocery store (still he’s considering buying a rear-rack and saddle bags) or for those longer trips, like to see friends in Alpine. And there’s much more to his enthusiasm. (continued in comments)
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Provo City is hosting a Ladies Bike Ride for #ProvoWomensDay2022! Love rolling your exercise, fresh air, and transportation all into one? Learn the safest ways to get around Provo on two wheels at an easy-going pace, while making new friends! Starts and ends at the Provo Bicycle Collective, followed by a cargo bike roundup for test rides! Provo Bicycle Collective 397 200 North Provo, UT 84606
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REMINDER of our monthly meeting Thursday, March 3rd @ 5pm. Agenda includes the following items: – Announcements: Christine Frandsen is the new Executive Director for BikeWalk Provo (Austin) – Provo Bicycle Collective updates (Kira Johnson) – Bike Rack Proposal (Jacob Brooks) – Bike Month: Invitations for new businesses to participate (Heather Skabelund and Aaron Skabelund) – Event recap: Sweet Streets Ride (Provo Version) See you on Zoom! https://ift.tt/MHp5rVP (Link in bio)
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Drum roll please…we’re thrilled to announce that the Board of Directors approved the promotion of Christine Frandsen to Executive Director of BikeWalk Provo! Christine’s promotion to the Executive Director role comes after serving as the Communications Director for the past year. Christine’s goal as Executive Director is to help spread the good news of active transportation in Provo, inspire others to participate in solutions, and work proactively to advocate for positive changes. After being inspired by cycling families in other countries, the Frandsens upgraded their family biking set up and purchased a used cargo bike in March 2020. From grocery store runs to school drop off, biking has added freedom and joy to the everyday parts of life. A Maeser neighborhood resident, Christine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Public Relations from BYU and works as a product marketing manager for a healthcare technology company. Please join us in welcoming Christine to her new role!
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🚲 Last week, BikeWalk Provo volunteers were joined by Orem Bicycle Coalition and Hobble Creek Bicycle Association for a bike rack installation demonstration at North Park Plaza. The team installed three bike racks, including an adorable one at Kneaders and two large racks along the main storefronts. Big thank you to shopping centre owner Melissa Farr for your support in installing some seriously stylish bike racks at North Park Plaza! 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 🚲 By the way… BikeWalk Provo offers free bike rack consultation and installation. If you own or operate a business in Provo, we can come to your shop, take some measurements, and help you find the best bike rack for you. Once it arrives, our team of expert volunteers will install your rack(s) for free. It’s that easy! Contact us at bikewalkprovo@gmail.com to get started.
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BikeWalk Provo invited Salt Lake City’s lead active transportation advocacy group, Sweet Streets SLC, to tour Provo by bike. This tour will highlight some of the best Provo has to offer and will be a great learning and network experience for volunteers of both organizations. We hope you will join us! Please bring your own bicycle. Meet at Provo Central Station at 11:10am. (If you plan on taking the FrontRunner down from Salt Lake City, you’ll want to catch the 10:03am train from Salt Lake Central Station. Remember, it is Free Fare February!!)
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Rachel Whipple #bikewalkprovostories Rolling confidently and cautiously down University Avenue on a sage-green, hybrid, Novara Fiona Rachel Whipple made a left turn across the hectic rush-hour traffic to pull into the parking lot at Provo City Library at Academy Square. Days before, I had made arrangements to meet Rachel at this location for an interview. She easily shoved the bike’s front wheel over one of the heavy u-bars of the bike racks adjacent to the south entrance and secured her bike with a cable; all this without a smudge on the smartly dressed Associate Attorney who had just come from her law office two miles away to the north. Rachel often rides her bike to work, a bike she bought especially for commutes, and her husband, Associate Professor Clint Whipple, walks five to six days a week to his place of business, the main campus of BYU where he teaches. I will soon learn that this is an active transportation family—their three children included. One of the main reasons Rachel and Clint chose to live in Provo was its “bikeability and walkability.” Rachel began biking around town thirteen years ago “because it was faster and to cover longer distances” than one could walking. On other more casual days the whole family would walk to the movie theater (at the time, “Movie 8”) located 3.4 miles away on No. University Parkway. All this activity started when they decided “to give up using the car during Lent,” and the whole family would ride bikes, and slowly worked its way into daily routines the rest of the year. When their youngest daughter, a student at BYU, accepted an after-classes job four miles from campus on South State Street there was a problem: Rachel didn’t feel that the route was safe enough for riding a bike, so the use of a car was decided. But due to BYU policy the car couldn’t be parked on campus and this didn’t allow enough time for Claire to get to work on time. They then bought Claire a scooter to solve this problem, giving her enough time to reach the car and still drive to work. (continued in comments)
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Irelynd Capener #bikewalkprovostories Looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint when you have to commute to a different city? Irelynd Capener has some tips. “Honestly, my commute – which I used to dread – is now the thing I look forward to.” Everyday, Irelynd rides the Frontrunner to Draper, then takes the Jordan River Parkway trail to her work. “I love having these few minutes to be in nature, spot some cool birds, and just breathe the fresh air.” Irelynd has seen ridership on the train increase during Free Fare February. “It’s definitely busier this month, and I’m so glad – I know having free fares as a student has been a huge benefit to me and I hope we can find ways to continue to expand free or reduced fares to everyone.” On what could be improved? “I would love to see more Frontrunner departure times. I sometimes have to leave early or work late to catch a train. The every half hour schedule is so helpful, I’d love to have that expanded. Plus, Sunday service on Frontrunner! I sometimes work on the weekend, and not having the public transit option is pretty difficult.” We encourage you to join Irelynd this Free Fare February and try a new way to commute via UTA.
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