Midland Corridor Bike Boulevards

The City of Colorado Springs has initiated a study to determine how Pikes Peak Avenue and Cucharras Street, west of I-25, might be improved as bike boulevards. The figure below shows the extents of the proposed bike boulevards. 

Bike boulevards do not have striped bike lanes and do not force the removal of on-street parking. Rather, bike boulevards incorporate traffic calming treatments with the primary goal of prioritizing bicycle through-travel, while discouraging motor vehicle traffic and maintaining relatively low motor vehicle speeds. They are typically quiet streets, often through residential neighborhoods. Treatments vary depending on context, but often include traffic diverters, speed attenuators, pavement markings, and signs. Treatments are also used to create safe, convenient bicycle crossings of busy streets.

On the Colorado Springs Bike Map, the study portion of Pikes Peak Avenue is currently classified as a bike route, which means it has been identified as a low-volume, low-speed street suitable for cycling. The study portion of Cucharras Street is also classified as a bike route; the segment of Cucharras Street between 21^st Street and 28^th Street is already classified as a bike boulevard but with few of the features typical of a bike boulevard.