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Fietser Nicole

@goingdutchdenver.bsky.social
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I’m a transportation cyclist, safe streets advocate, crossing guard and New Orleans native living in Denver.

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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really enjoyed watching @activetowns.bsky.social video of @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social on their morning Bike Bus! Really worth the watch: full of fun, energy and the way the world should be! @bikebusworld.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu8...
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DENVER: Park Hill Elementary Bike Bus & Crossing Guard Experience
YouTube video by Active Towns
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The power of the #BikeBus! 120 bikes and scooters counted around our elementary school. Not only are there more riders on Bike Bus days, but ridership has increased significantly throughout the school year!
Bike Bus poster on the bike corral area with bikes in the background. Lots of little bikes and scooters parked at the elementary school racks. Bikes and scooters overflowing elementary school racks.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So close! We had 99 bikes, scooters and rollerblades at our racks this morning. I can always tell when lots of people are using active mobility to get to school because car traffic is SO much lighter!
Full bike racks at an elementary school. Lots of bikes parked in our overflow bike parking area. Tiny bikes parked at the bike racks near our ECE and Kindergarten classes. Scooter, rollerblades and bike.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What Denver calls “bike infrastructure.” Good luck reaching that bike button even if you are able-bodied. And, don’t you want to be to the right of drivers who are only allowed to turn right? This “diverter” design gets an F.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My morning commute.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is why I use traffic cones to force sharper and slower turns around our school. Big vehicles with higher and blunter front ends are especially dangerous to children.
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Vehicles with big blind zones spell danger to pedestrians during left turns
A large driver-side blind zone raises the risk of striking a pedestrian during a left turn by 70%, a new IIHS study shows.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
New study finds that "vehicles with large driver-side blind zones are much more likely to strike crossing pedestrians while turning left." Which vehicles have big driver-side blind zones? Those with thick A-pillars, bulky side mirrors, and tall hoods—i.e., big SUVs and trucks.
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Vehicles with big blind zones spell danger to pedestrians during left turns
A large driver-side blind zone raises the risk of striking a pedestrian during a left turn by 70%, a new IIHS study shows.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A cyclist on a sidewalk is usually a symptom of bad infrastructure. As I often say, cyclist vs. pedestrian conflicts arise because both are fighting over the scraps of space not occupied by cars. But what if we took that space from cars to make biking, walking, and rolling safer?
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
When the “Neighborhood Bikeway” has ZERO traffic calming. Paint and signs will never be enough.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Right after my PM crossing guard shift, one block from school and on a street heavily used by children riding bikes. WTF?!??
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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Here's a thread about this piece of shit lump of journalism www.denvergazette.com/2025/10/18/a...
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As bike deaths spike, shop owners opposed to infrastructure changes decry bullying
Increasing numbers of fatal accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists in Colorado — up 78% over the past decade according to the State Patrol — are raising the temperature on a public debate over h...
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
No Kings rally. Denver 10.18.25.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
She’s BAAAAACK!
A small waving skeleton sits on the rear rack of a bicycle.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
253 bicycles/scooters around the school for #WalkBikeRollToSchoolDay! A chilly 40° morning too! 🎉
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Monthly allergy shots by bike. There are no bike racks on this car-free side of the building, but the bench works.
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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Tuesday, Oct 7th, at 2 pm EST / 12 noon MST, for this special profile of Denver’s Park Hill Elementary Bike Bus and Crossing Guard Experience featuring Liz Brodahl and Nicole McSpirit aka @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social, respectively youtu.be/xlu8sCCQAFU
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DENVER: Park Hill Elementary Bike Bus & Crossing Guard Experience
YouTube video by Active Towns
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What a great week for the PHE Bike Bus! 121 bikes/scooters parked around the school on Wednesday and 156 today! We got a bunch of racks last year, but are already in need of more. A good problem to have!
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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I know three of these amazing people and their patience & dedication is incredible Driver entitlement isn't new but @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social's use of cones should show DOTs the best way to enforce good driving is with barriers that stop bad driving without debate www.cpr.org/2025/09/26/d...
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Distracted drivers, defiant parents: Denver’s crossing guards get de-escalation training
Angry or inattentive drivers pose big risks around schools, but this DPS fleet juggles busy intersections and gaggles of kids twice a day.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Unless you’re made of sugar, you won’t melt in the rain.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Covid & Flu vaccines by bike. Lots of car parking, but not a single bike rack. Car-centric infrastructure all but mandates driving instead of giving people the freedom to choose how they get around.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Our neighbor school has started doing more of their own traffic calming. It’s great to see this tactical urbanism being employed, but frustrating that A. it’s needed at all and B. not being implemented by the city. It really does take a village.
A mid-block school crossing with traffic cones to narrow the one-way street and a movable speed bump in front of the crosswalk.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Time for my annual mammogram bike parking appreciation post. Secure and well-spaced racks near the entrance in a visible but shady spot. Every health center should have similar healthy lifestyle promoting amenities.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
149 bikes counted around the school today 😍
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This busy school intersection is designated “No Stopping Any Time” for an important reason. Hindering visibility at crosswalks endangers everyone - particularly our most vulnerable road users. We need physical elements to restrict parking and daylight crossings because signs will never be enough.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Do you know what works better than hi-viz to help you see bicyclists? Drivers actually stopping at stop signs and looking.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The first Bike Bus day of the 25-26 school year was a huge success! 143 bikes and scooters parked around the campus!
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Another milestone - 7,000 miles on my eBike = 7,000 miles that I didn’t have to drive!
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
School zone cones have been fixed, cleaned and sorted for deployment!
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I had a lovely chat with this lady at the grocery store after she told me “Boy, do I miss riding a bicycle.” Ignore the “avid cyclist” who rail against change. Instead, realize it’s these people whom we are failing by not providing safe and connected non-car transportation options.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
“It has focused on improving safety for children, youth, pedestrians and cyclists with safer crosswalks and smarter intersection design.”
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Last night, we were reminded why we fight for safe streets. Alexis Bounds was killed by a truck driver 6 years ago. A tragic and preventable loss. The Alexis Bounds S Marion Pkwy Protected Bikeway, built after her death, is dedicated to her memory and to the sacrifice no one should have to make.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
If you think protected bike infrastructure is expensive, wait until you find out how much car-centric streets cost - both in terms of money and in lives.
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Hundreds come together for memorial ride to honor bicyclist killed in 2019, call for more protected bike lanes
Hundreds of bicyclists met at the intersection of South Marion Street Parkway and Bayaud Avenue in Denver Tuesday night to remember the life of Alexis Bounds.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Matinee by bike. Gotta love being able to park a few feet from the entrance just minutes before the movie begins even though the bike racks were full. 💪
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Vera realizing that the bike ride she was so excited about was really a trip to the vet.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
What a beautiful morning for a trip to Costco. Shopping and exercise accomplished with one trip. #CostcoByBike
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I took a little detour from the Pride Parade to check out one of the newly installed station arches for Colfax BRT (Bus Rapid Transit). It’s so exciting to finally see this taking shape!
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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
FLASHBACK FRIDAY FILM: As many of you know, I am currently in the middle of my North American Active Towns Amtrak Tour, so no new video premiering today; however, in honor of the fact that I'll be filming in Denver today, here's a classic episode w/ @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social youtu.be/hiAHX1dG2Dc
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Why Fietsster Nicole is a Dutch cycling force of nature and how you can be one too
YouTube video by Active Towns
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Because they aren’t quite ridiculous enough on their own.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
“Whose streets? Our streets!”
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings in Denver
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
These kids had been waiting patiently and responsibly for their walk signal to cross a busy street to the park but were blocked by this entitled driver. Gee, I wonder why kids don’t play outside anymore? BAN TURNS ON RED NOW!
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Just an “accident.” He “accidentally” bought a big deadly vehicle and “accidentally” didn’t yield for a pedestrian on streets traffic engineers “accidentally” designed to prioritize driver convenience over safety. Just an oopsie! 🤷‍♀️ people.com/conner-smith...
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Country Singer Conner Smith Strikes and Kills Woman, 77, in Alleged Crosswalk Car Accident
Conner Smith, a rising country star, allegedly struck and killed a woman in a Nashville crosswalk on Sunday, June 8. The woman, Dorothy Dobbins, 77, was taken to the hospital, where she later died. No...
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This is a beautifully inspiring video from Fems and Thems about the challenges, empowerment, connections and joys of biking as a female or non-binary rider. While my included videos illustrate the challenges, the overwhelming benefits are what keep me riding.
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About | Fems & Thems Denver Biking
Fems & Thems is a Denver based biking group for female and nonbinary riders. Social bike rides every month!
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Pastor Paul Drees, welcome to The War on Cars.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Happy 28th Anniversary to us!
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Alina Rehkopf @arehkopf.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Happy World Bike Day to the hundreds/thousands of people who ran bike buses this school year. You are showing everyone that cycling can make the lives of kids and parents so much better.
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A bittersweet final Bike Bus of the school year. What a joyful addition this has been to our school community and neighborhood!
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It’s fantastic to see the Bike Bus movement rolling through Denver! youtu.be/KKUuAYJ4_1k?...
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Rolling on the bike bus
YouTube video by Rocky Mountain PBS
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Fietser Nicole @goingdutchdenver.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The predictable result of prioritizing aesthetics over safety.
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Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It’s true, Mayor Johnston doesn’t care about your safety. His staff’s direct quote: “the city is ditching flex posts to give that downtown area a better look and to make sure pedestrians can see into store windows from across the street.” www.westword.com/news/denver-...
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Denver Replacing Bike Lane Flex Posts with Zippers, Cushions
The city is replacing the short, column-like dividers with speed cushions and dividers in some neighborhoods.
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