Denver Moves: Bicycles Program

Riding a bicycle or other micromobility device is convenient, affordable, has health benefits and helps ease congestion. These elements are all part of the community’s vision for a healthier and more vibrant city.

We're working on an upgrade to our 2015 Bicycle Plan recommended facilities map. Click above to learn more about the project, engage with us, and sign up for email updates.

Denver's Bicycle Program aims to provide people of all ages and abilities with a bicycle network that is safe, comfortable, and connected — no matter where you live. We will do this by making progress toward our three goals.

Our Goals

Install 125 new miles of bikeways by 2023

Tracking Progress

159

(Since July 2018 and as of Sept. 1, 2023)

Provide all households with easy access to a high comfort bikeway.

Our goal is to build out the bikeway network so all residents are within a two minute ride (a quarter mile) of a bikeway they feel safe and comfortable riding.

High-comfort bikeways include:

• Trails and paths separated from vehicle traffic
• Protected bicycle lanes with physical barriers such as curbs or posts
• Neighborhood bikeways with design elements to slow traffic and prioritize bicycle and pedestrian travel

Achieve a 15% bicycling and walking commute mode-share by 2030.

Currently, about 8% of residents commute by bicycling or walking. Our goal is that by 2030, 15 percent of people will walk, bicycle or take a micromobility device to work or school, which will help decrease congestion and air pollution from cars, and provide more Denverites with a convenient, affordable and healthy mode of travel.

Current Projects

DOTI installs bikeways in three different ways.