BWAM & New Belgium Brewing present Clips of Faith & Beer Tour

Wednesday, July 7, at Caras Park join BWAM for an evening of beer tasting and fun filled movie clips. New Belgium Brewing will be showing their newest collection of brews as well as a montage of selected movie shorts from their latest contest. Start at 8:00pm for the opportunity to sample the newest beers from New Belgium or enjoy one of your old favorites. Stay to enjoy a variety of bike and beer videos produced and submitted to the Clips of Faith and Beer contest.

BWAM will need a number of volunteers to help manage this event. Please consider volunteering your time to help set-up, serve, and/or break-down at this event. If you would like to volunteer, let us know at BWAM Events.

Thanks to cyclists who volunteered to be bike monitors for the 3rd Missoula Marathon on July 11.  We now have the dozen who have assigned routes and will receive jerseys.  Others are welcome to help, but won't be "official" and should check with Ethel.

Positions Filled Volunteers were needed for the Missoula Marathon bike patrol July 11 from 6:00am till 12:00 noon. Have fun, share in the excitement, and help keep runners encouraged and safe. Free bike jerseys donated by Big Sky Brewery to the first dozen who sign up for two hours or more.

!! Thanks to all who commented !!

Brooks Street Bike Lanes recommended by Missoula City Council

Missoula City Council voted 7 to 5 in support of removing parking on one side of Brooks St and including bike lanes on this important Missoula arterial. Thanks to our City Council Members who voted in favor of this important link.

Brooks Street Bike Lanes Decision needs your input

Do you support the need for bike lanes on Brooks Street between Higgins Ave and Mount Ave.? Monday, June 7 the Missoula City Council will be discussing the final recommendation of the City regarding the inclusion of bike lanes in the resurfacing and restripping of Brooks St. The Public Works Committee of the City Council passed a motion on Wednesday, 6/2 that recommends retaining parking on both sides of Brooks St. and not include bike lanes on this Principal Arterial.

The Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Board of Missoula recommended removal of parking on one side of Brooks St. to allow inclusion of bike lanes on both sides to increase the safety of cyclists. Missoula Public Works Department also recommends what  has been designated as Option 3: removal of pariking on one side of Brooks so as to include bike lanes.

Let the needs of Missoula be heard. Attend the City Council meeting on Monday June 7 at 7:00pm in the City council Chambers and/or contact your city council representatives and let them know you desires. Below I have listed some thoughts that you may use or that may help trigger your own comments to send to city officials.

• Brooks St. Belongs To Everyone
• Brooks St. is a historic gateway to the city that belongs to all its citizens, not just those who own property or reside along the street.
• Brooks is an important transportation artery which provides a direct route between downtown, the University area, and the city’s southwest neighborhoods.
• Cyclists are entitled to safe and distinct facilities on such an important route, and when bike lanes are provided, they will be used.
• Missoula’s multi-modal network will be built in segments as opportunities arise; the time for this section of Brooks is now.
• There’s no such thing as separate-but-equal facilities for cyclists.  Either the city is truly committed to multi-modal transportation design, especially for its arterial and collector streets, or it’s not.  General policy statements only have value when expressed by specific projects.  Does Missoula’s leadership believe in Complete Streets, which has been adopted by Council, or doesn’t it?
• Let’s Share The Road
• The primary purpose of a road is to move people and goods, not store vehicles.
• Why can’t the desire for public parking facilities be balanced with the needs of cyclists?
• Why should the desire for storing vehicles on a public street dominate the way the street is used to the exclusion of a viable form of transportation?
• Missoula should be doing everything it can to support healthy and environmentally friendly transportation options instead of perpetuating car-centric and car-dominated infrastructure.
• This is a decision for the long-term future.  Does the vision really exclude bikes?
• Cycling as an integral transportation mode in Missoula is only going to grow; we need to build knowing this is the direction.
• There’s room for everyone: motor vehicles, bikes, and parking.  Let’s share the road and let everyone use it.  Everyone should be able to enjoy the efficiencies of Brooks St. direct access and through routing as well as the beauty of its wide boulevards and spectacular trees.  Why should cyclists be excluded from this?
• There’s Still Plenty Of Parking
  • Most residents will retain parking directly in front of their homes.
  • Most houses in this section of Brooks St. have garages and don’t require on-street parking.
  • Garages are for storing vehicles; cyclists shouldn’t suffer because residents choose to use this space for other purposes.
  • The city is committed to alley improvements, already begun, to ensure that residents can safely travel the alleys.
  • A significant number of houses on Brooks aren’t occupied by homeowners, but rather by renters.
  • Experience, observation, and public comment repeatedly demonstrate that parking on Brooks is sporadic and not fully used.
  • Clearly, what is being removed can be absorbed by the parking that remains, by side streets, and by residents using their garages and pad parking.

  Speak out now for safe multi-modal transportation in Missoula. This is a critical opportunity to fit another piece to the Missoula Bicycle network.

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