Sweet bollard bike lanes
That connect community
Will be gone Monday

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That’s a bollard haiku to let you know that on Monday, October 14, 2024 Teton County Parks and Rec will be removing the bollard bike lanes from Willow Street and Snow King Avenue for the season.

While it will be sad to see them go, let’s celebrate the thousands of people who use the pathway network daily.

This year, from May 1 - Sept 30, Snow King Ave alone saw 126,552 total bike trips. That’s 827 average trips a day. 🚲

The peak daily use on Snow King Ave. was July 4th when 2,014 bike trips were taken. 🇺🇸

There have been 1,201,610 total trips on all pathways so far this year! 🙌

Today was Bike Safety Day at Jackson Hole Middle School.

✔️Over 100 bikes checked
✔️Brakes adjusted
✔️Headsets tightened
✔️Tires pumped

Students could opt-in to get their bikes checked. All bikes that were checked were given report cards. If a student had a bike with major issues, they were asked to bring it to a local shop. Students who may need financial assistance with their bike repairs can contact the school to get a voucher good for a free tune at @wheelwranglers. ❤️

Huge huge thank you to the bike shops that helped us out today: @hobacksports @openrangecycles @thehub_jh @wheelwranglers

✌️ ❤️ 🚲

Twenty five years ago, 13-year-old Gabriella Axelrad was struck and killed by a vehicle while cycling with her family in Grand Teton National Park. In response to the tragedy, Friends of Pathways and the Jackson Hole community advocated for the separated pathways in the park, which exist today. Back then, there was only about 10 miles of pathway in Teton County, now we have more than 70 miles.

On Sunday, we celebrated Gabriella with her family by cycling from Moose to Jenny lake along the pathways that commemorate her. It was encouraging to see so many in support of pathways, how far we’ve come as a community, and to also recognize how much work still needs to be done.

Friends of Pathways Bike Safety Education coordinator Aaron Nydam works with our elementary schools and our middle school to teach kids proper bike skills and etiquette. This past week he worked with the New Comers program - kids that are just arriving to the school district. He taught bike safety and during the class, realized many of the kids didn’t have access to helmets. So we rounded up 24 helmets from @lemhelmets and got the kids quality lids to protect their heads! The kids were very grateful and even wrote Aaron very kind thank you notes that should make you smile and improve your day! ❤️ 🚲 🏫

🚨 Teton County is warning path users to expect temporary closures and delays white routes undergo sealcoating from Monday, Aug. 5 through Friday, Aug. 9. 🚨

Affected areas will include:

- Wilson/Centennial Pathway
- Connector from Wilson School to WY 22
- WY 22 pathway from Wilson toTrail Creek
- North Highway 89 starting at Town limits and extending to the first bridge at Gros Ventre River.

We have a winner!

Thanks to the generous people in our community who donated $30 or more to @friendsofpathways during our 30th anniversary bike raffle!

And thanks to @hobacksports, who provided us with a Specialized Stumpjumper Comp! A fully carbon mountain bike with a retail value of $5,000!

We selected a winner randomly using the online tool called WheelOfNames, as you can see in the second slide.

And the winner is ….

Dante Filpula Ankney!

Congrats!!

We raffle off a bike to local people 1 to 2 times a year. Sign up for our newsletter to know when our next raffle goes live!