Biking
Biking
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Boise bike-share plan lacks money but has support
Boise health officials tout the benefits of a program that has been successful elsewhere, but City Council members won’t commit funding yet.
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Boise bicycle bloggers share the ‘spoke’-en word
A new Boise blog tells the stories of bicyclists their hopes, their dreams, their troubles, their love of all things involving transport via pedals.
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OUTDOORS
Check out the Boise Bike Crawl
If you plan on riding the Greenbelt, make a stop in Ann Morrison Park for fun family-oriented activities. Learn about places to go cycling in a safe manner. Topics to be covered include bike etiquette, rules of the road, helmets, bike maintenance, connectivity and wellness. ProHelmet and the Treasure...
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FISHING
Makin’ tracks: Mountain bike demos and a bamboo fly rod program
Avimor north of Eagle will host mountain bike demos, trail rides and festivities and more from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
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BOISE, GARDEN CITY, MOUNTAIN HOME
Garden City gets money for Greenbelt bridge
How much? Garden City received a $727,760 Federal Highway Administration grant to design and construct the Garden City West Bridge a bicycle and pedestrian span that will cross the Boise River and connect bike paths between Glenwood Street and Eagle Road. The grant is enough to pay for the...
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BIKING
125 Boise area kids to receive free bikes
It will be a bike rodeo like no other Saturday when more than 125 kids receive free bikes and helmets at Whitney Community Center, 1609 S. Owyhee St. in Boise, from 9 a.m. to noon.
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HIKING AND TRAILS
Makin’ tracks: nature walk, road closure, whitewater safety, mountain biking
The Boise National Forest, the Idaho Master Naturalists will host a free nature walk at the Shafer Butte picnic area (Mores Mountain trailhead) near Bogus Basin at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 11.
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BIKING
Car-bike crashes have increased in the Treasure Valley since 2007
The most dangerous place to bike in Ada County? At the Fairview, Meridian and Cherry intersection in Meridian and at Fairview and Cole in Boise. And it seems drivers and cyclists are equally to blame.
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ROGER PHILLIPS
Roger Phillips: Why no mountain biking at Bogus?
Unlike its ski resort neighbors to the north and the east, Bogus Basin doesn’t fire up its lifts for mountain bikers during the summer. Why not? Money.
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BIKING
Ada County adds color to help mark bike lanes
Ada County Highway District is adding green-colored bike lanes and shared lane markings to help bicyclists and cars better share the road.


