Supreme Court Overturns Black Hawk Cycling Ban

[andywills]

Thought it was interesting:

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_22515210/colorado-court-rules-bicycles-state-interest

Not that I live in Colorado or really understand the issues involved...but having to provide an alternate route is a law I wish we had here in Delaware.

[Gummee]

Blackhawk is a very small town with buildings built right up to the sides of the roads (or vice versa) with at least one casino that I remember (and there's probably one-two more) so it isn't a 'normal' CO mtn town.

There's a fleet of busses running back/forth to Denver bringing gamblers up.

I can see where the town's coming from, but I'd bet if they'd actually followed the regs*, that they wouldn't have gotten too many kvetches. I personally prefer to avoid tour busses, RVs, and potentially drunk SOBs when I'm on a bicycle. (or at any other time!) :nod

M

*not that I think they can without spending HUGE amounts of $.

[Flying Pigeon]

I rode through Blackhawk in broad daylight a couple years ago. Quite a moment of paranoia, especially when I passed the sheriff going the other way. I figured I'd offer to get off and walk if I got hassled but I never was.

It is the only way to Mt Evans from Boulder etc on the Front Range, so it's nice to know that bottleneck is gone.