On Saturday morning, a passionate group placed dozens of brightly colored signs all around Denver’s Washington Park. They want them to be visible, much like their cause: putting an end to bicycle fatalities.
From 2020 to 2024, nearly half of all bicyclist fatalities in Colorado happened during summer months. It’s a historically deadly time of year for cyclists. However, a new safety campaign launched by CDOT and Bicycle Colorado wants to change that statistic. It aims to educate the public through displaying signs memorializing bicyclist fatalities and explaining the “Three-Foot Law.” It requires motorists to give people biking at least three feet of space, even if it means crossing a double yellow line to do so when the coast is clear.
“I’ll never stop advocating,” said Teri Vogel, who showed up to support the new initiative…