Two Newsletters in Two Weeks?

Yeah... don't get used to it but since the Draft Colorado Springs Parks System Masterplan was published last week, we wanted to share the quickly approaching engagement opportunities sooner than later.

Masterplan Engagement Opportunities

The year long process to update the COS Parks Masterplan reached its next step last week with the publishing of their draft plan. The direction in this plan will shape all Parks and Rec activities and direction for the next 10+ years.

This is a very quick turnaround as all in-person engagement opportunities are within the next 8 days.

This Thursday, Sept 10
7am Parks Board: full plan presentation and public comment
5-6pm Piñon Valley open house

Next Wednesday, Sept 16
5-6pm Parks HQ open house

Links

Read the 130+ page Draft Parks Masterplan here
Take the Survey - Open until September 22nd
Bike Colorado Springs Draft Master Plan Post

Week 1 - Bike Streets 500 Trip Challenge Update

Since you're receiving this, we might as well update you on the progress we've made on the September 500 Trip Bike Streets Challenge. We’ve made good progress this week, 62 car trips replaced, but we’ve got some catching up to do. Please share Bike Streets with your friends or Join Bike Streets here so we can get to our goal.

Now It's Easier To Record with Bike Streets

You can now connect Strava with Bike Streets.

We know a lot of riders in town are both recreational riders and transportation riders. Because of this we're excited to share that Strava integration was added to Bike Streets this summer.

Link Bike Streets to Strava from the settings screen:
– Click the “You” tab
– In the top left corner click on your initials and gear icon

Once you connect Bike Streets to your Strava account you can:
Sync Rides to Strava – Rides recorded with Bike Streets will be loaded to Strava
Ingest Rides From Strava – Rides recorded or loaded to Strava (only those tagged as commutes) will be shared and captured in Bike Streets to improve routing and capture transportation trips.

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If you missed our first newsletter in years, check it out here and sign up for the Bike COS newsletter here