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===Cycling=== The [[League of American Bicyclists]] rated Colorado as the sixth most bicycle-friendly state in the nation for 2024. This is due in large part to Front Range cities like Boulder, Fort Collins and Denver placing an emphasis on legislation, programs and infrastructure developments that promote cycling as a mode of transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bikeleague.org/bfa/states/state-report-cards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809100842/http://bikeleague.org/sites/default/files/2014_state_ranking_chart.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-09 |url-status=live |title=Bicycle Friendly State : 2024 Ranking |publisher=Bike League |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref> [[Walk Score]] has rated Denver as the fourth most bicycle-friendly large city in the United States.<ref name="walkscore" /> According to data from the 2011 American Community Survey, Denver ranks 6th among US cities with populations over 400,000 in terms of the percentage of [[List of U.S. cities with most bicycle commuters|workers who commute by bicycle]] at 2.2% of commuters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denverurbanism.com/2011/10/denver-hits-2-2-bicycle-commuter-mode-share-for-2010.html |title=Denver Hits 2.2% Bicycle Commuter Mode Share for 2010 " DenverUrbanism Blog |publisher=Denverurbanism.com |date=October 17, 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> B-Cycle β Denver's citywide bicycle sharing program β was the largest in the United States at the time of its launch in 2010, boasting 400 bicycles.<ref name="Cnet"/> B-Cycle ridership peaked in 2014, then steadily declined. The program announced it would cease operations at the end of January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Denver City Council passes Denver B-Cycle expansion|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2012/10/08/denver-city-council-passes-denver-b-cycle-expansion/|work=The Denver Post|date=October 8, 2012|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Denver B-cycle goes to year-round schedule|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/09/09/denver-b-cycle-goes-to-year-round-schedule/|work=The Denver Post|date=September 9, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sachs |first1=David |title=B-cycle will leave Denver at the end of January after years of declining ridership |url=https://denverite.com/2019/11/21/b-cycle-will-leave-denver-at-the-end-of-january-after-years-of-declining-ridership/ |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=Denverite |date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> The city announced plans to seek one or more new contractors to run a bike-share program starting mid-2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-13|title=Denver's five-year, 125-mile bike lane project passes halfway point|url=https://businessden.com/2022/01/13/denvers-five-year-125-mile-bike-lane-project-passes-halfway-point/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=BusinessDen|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Denver Will Go Out to Bid for Bike Share and Scooter Operator(s) |url=https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-department-of-public-works/newsroom/2019/bike-scooter-operators.html |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103050621/https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-department-of-public-works/newsroom/2019/bike-scooter-operators.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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