Colorado Springs named Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community

League of American Bicyclists award shows City's commitment to bicycling

The League of American Bicyclists honored the efforts of the City of Colorado Springs to build better places for people to bike with a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) award. The City has held this designation since 2008.

We are proud to once again to receive this Silver-level designation from the League of American Bicyclists," said Kerry Childress, the City of Colorado Springs' Multimodal Program Coordinator. "We are grateful at earning this distinction once again, and thank everyone on our staff, as well as our bicycle community and stakeholders, who helped us earn this award."

Colorado Springs joins more than 400 communities across the country in the movement for safer streets and better bicycling for everyone. The award recognizes Olympic City USA for its commitment to creating transportation and recreational resources that benefit its residents of all ages and abilities while encouraging healthier and more sustainable transportation choices.

Childress noted some key infrastructure enhancements completed over the last four years that were noted in the application to the League of American Bicyclists. Those include:

• Seven and a half new linear miles of bike lanes installed and 18 miles of enhanced bike lanes. In 2025?
• In 2025, the Pikes Peak Avenue Bike Boulevard was initiated, including safety intersection improvements, a pilot bike permeable median and the City's first bike box, located at South Walnut Street and Colorado Avenue.
• A new bike lane on West Woodmen Road, on the north side of the roadway. This project includes a bike climbing lane for the steep upgrade.
• Three new pedestrian signals at trail crossings on Shooks Run Trail at Uintah Street, Rock Island Trail at Murray Boulevard and Cottonwood Creek at Dublin Boulevard.
• A new refuge island at the Douglas Creek Tral crossing at Flying W Ranch Road.

"Building better places to bike is a shared effort," said Bill Nesper, executive director of the League of American Bicyclists. "The communities recognized here are part of a growing national movement, taking practical steps to support bicycling as a safe, accessible, and valuable part of everyday life."

This round of awards includes 79 new and renewing awardees, joining a total of 444 current Bicycle Friendly Communities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Silver BFC award recognizes Colorado Springs' commitment to improving conditions for all people who bike through investments in bike education programs, regular bike events that promote and encourage people to choose biking, pro-bike policies, and bike infrastructure.

More than 900 communities have applied for recognition by the Bicycle Friendly Community program, which provides a roadmap to make biking better for communities of all shapes and sizes. While the award process considers very visible elements such as bike infrastructure, other essential elements include efforts around adult and youth bike education, encouragement through events like Bike to Work Day, and evaluation mechanisms.

To learn more about the BFC program, visit bikeleague.org/community.

About the League of American Bicyclists

The League of American Bicyclists leads the national movement to create a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone. With a history dating to 1880, the League is committed to engaging diverse communities and building a powerful, unified voice for change around protecting and promoting bicyclists' rights.