Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

==Transportation==

===Roads===
[[Interstate 25 in Colorado|I-25]] runs north and south through Colorado, and traverses the city for nearly {{convert|18|mi|km}}, entering the city south of Circle Drive and exiting north of North Gate Boulevard. In El Paso County it is known as Ronald Reagan Highway.{{efn|To combat congestion the Colorado Department of Transportation widened the Interstate 25 corridor throughout the city from four lanes (two in each direction) to six lanes in a program called COSMIX. Ultimately, the plan is to make the interstate eight lanes through the city when funding becomes available.<ref>{{cite web |title=Litter Removal Program |url=http://www.cosmixproject.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114182606/http://cosmixproject.com/ |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |publisher=Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT)}}</ref> Interstate 25 was expanded to 6 lanes between Woodmen Road (exit 149, the northern terminus for the COSMIX project) and Monument (exit 161).<ref>{{cite web |title=I-25 North Design Build (Colorado Springs) – CDOT |url=http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/I25NorthCOSDB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126175510/http://www.coloradodot.info/projects/I25NorthCOSDB |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Coloradodot.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zubeck |first=Pam |date=December 29, 2012 |title=I-25 widening project coming soon {{pipe}} IndyBlog |url=http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/12/29/i-25-widening-project-coming-soon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103025928/http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/12/29/i-25-widening-project-coming-soon |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=Csindy.com}}</ref>}} An Interstate 25 bypass was approved in 2010.<ref name="For the love of the road">{{Cite news |last=Sealover |first=Ed |date=February 3, 2011 |title=For the love of a road; Colorado Springs Independent, The (Colorado Springs) |publisher=csindy.com |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/for-the-love-of-a-road/Content?oid=2033692 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708211953/http://www.csindy.com/colorado/for-the-love-of-a-road/Content?oid=2033692 |archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sealover |first=Ed |date=May 13, 2010 |title=Copper Ridge takes a step; Colorado Springs Independent, The (Colorado Springs) {{pipe}} Find Articles |publisher=csindy.com |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/noted/Content?oid=1706080 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212030/http://www.csindy.com/colorado/noted/Content?oid=1706080 |archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref>

A number of state and U.S. highways serve the city. [[Colorado State Highway 21|State Highway 21]] is a major east side semi-expressway from [[Black Forest, Colorado|Black Forest]] to Fountain, known locally and co-signed as Powers Boulevard. [[Colorado State Highway 83|State Highway 83]] runs north–south from [[Denver|central Denver]] to northern Colorado Springs. [[Colorado State Highway 94|State Highway 94]] runs east–west from western [[Cheyenne County, Colorado|Cheyenne County]] to eastern Colorado Springs where it terminates at [[U.S. Route 24|US 24]]. US 24 is a major route through the city and county, providing access to Woodland Park via Ute Pass to the west and downtown, Nob Hill and numerous suburbs to the east. It is co-signed with Platte Ave after SH 21 and originally carried local traffic through town. The Martin Luther King Jr Bypass runs from I-25 near Circle Drive along Fountain Blvd to SH 21, then east again. [[Colorado State Highway 115|State Highway 115]] begins in [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]], traveling north along the western edge of Fort Carson; when it reaches the city limits it merges with Nevada Avenue, a signed Business Route of US 85. US 85 and SH 115 are concurrent between Lake Avenue and I-25. [[U.S. Route 85 in Colorado|US 85]] enters the city at Fountain and was signed at Venetucci Blvd, Lake Avenue, and Nevada Avenue{{efn|In addition, there were plans to develop a "Front Range Toll Road", a privately owned [[Toll road|turnpike]], which would begin south of Pueblo and end around Fort Collins. This toll road would allow rail and truck traffic to avoid the more highly traveled parts of I-25 along the Front Range. Initially, the project had support but has since been highly contested because of the need to condemn the land of many private citizens, through the use of [[eminent domain]], to make room for the corridor.<ref>{{cite web |title=? |url=http://www.nosuperslab.org/crap/how_to.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303061620/http://www.nosuperslab.org/crap/how_to.html |archive-date=March 3, 2014}}</ref>}} at various points in history; however most of US 85 is concurrent with I-25 and is not signed.

In 2004, the voters of Colorado Springs and El Paso County established the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 28, 2009 |title=PPRTA Homepage |url=http://www.pprta.com/ |access-date=October 5, 2009 |publisher=Pprta.com |archive-date=August 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827005306/http://www.pprta.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Airport===
[[Colorado Springs Airport]] (COS; ICAO: KCOS) has been in operation since 1925. It is the second-largest commercial airport in the state, after [[Denver International Airport]] (DEN; ICAO: KDEN). It covers {{convert|7,200|acre}} of land at an elevation of approximately {{convert|6200|ft}}. COS is considered to be a joint-use civilian and military airport, as [[Peterson Space Force Base]] is a tenant of the airport.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 9, 2015 |title=About the Airport |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/flycos/about-airport |website=FLY COS |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505030523/https://coloradosprings.gov/flycos/about-airport |url-status=live }}</ref> It has three paved runways: 17L/35R is {{convert|13,501|by|150|ft}}, the runway 17R/35L is {{convert|11022|by|150|ft}} and the runway 13/31 is {{convert|8270|by|150|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=AirportIQ 5010 |url=https://www.gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=COS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203064413/https://www.gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=COS |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |website=AirportIQ 5010}}</ref> The airport handled 2,134,618 passengers in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado Springs Airport sees highest enplanements in 22 Years {{!}} City of Colorado Springs |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/flycos/article/news/colorado-springs-airport-sees-highest-enplanements-22#:~:text=The%20Colorado%20Springs%20Airport%20(COS,the%20highest%20amount%20since%202000. |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=coloradosprings.gov}}</ref> and is served by [[American Airlines|American]], [[Avelo Airlines|Avelo]], [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]], [[Southwest Airlines|Southwest]], [[Sun Country Airlines|Sun Country]], and [[United Airlines|United]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nonstop Route Map {{!}} City of Colorado Springs |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/nonstop-route-map |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=coloradosprings.gov}}</ref>

===Railroads===
Freight service is provided by [[Union Pacific]] and [[BNSF]].

Once an important hub, the city was once served by four [[Railroad classes|Class 1]] railroads, as well as a number of smaller operators, some of which were [[narrow gauge]],<ref>Ormes, R.M. ''Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado'', Century One Press 1975</ref> and an extensive [[tram|streetcar]] system, the [[Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway]].

Currently there is no intercity passenger service; the last remaining services connecting the Front Range cities ceased with the formation of [[Amtrak]] in 1971.{{efn| The last scheduled passenger service to Colorado Springs was the [[Denver]] to [[Dallas]] ''[[Texas Zephyr]]'', which was cancelled on September 11, 1967.}} [[Front Range Passenger Rail]] is a current proposal (as of 2023) to link the cities from [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]] in the south, north to [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]] and possibly [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heins |first1=Nicole |title=Amtrak hopes to reduce I-25 traffic by creating a passenger rail along the Front Range |url=https://www.kktv.com/2021/04/13/amtrak-hopes-to-reduce-i-25-traffic-by-creating-a-passenger-rail-along-the-front-range/ |access-date=January 1, 2022 |work=KKTV 11 News |date=April 13, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===Bicycling===
As of 2017, Colorado Springs has {{convert|121|mi|km}} of bike lanes and {{convert|82|mi|km}} of paved trails.<ref>{{cite web |title=State of Bicycling in Colorado Springs Report |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/document/cosbikesdraftappendixa.pdf |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref> [[PikeRide]] is a local electric bike-share program that operates in urban core, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs.

In April 2018, the Colorado Springs City Council approved a Bike Master Plan.<ref>{{Citation |title=Bike Master Plan |date=July 27, 2016 |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/bikes/page/bike-master-plan |publisher=City of Colorado Springs |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111359/https://coloradosprings.gov/bikes/page/bike-master-plan |url-status=dead }}</ref> The vision of the city's Bike Master Plan is "a healthy and vibrant Colorado Springs where bicycling is one of many transportation options for a large portion of the population, and where a well-connected and well-maintained network of urban trails, single-track, and on-street infrastructure offers a bicycling experience for present and future generations that is safe, convenient, and fun for getting around, getting in shape, or getting away." 

Bike lanes in Colorado Springs have not been deployed without controversy. According to [[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|''The Gazette'']], their readers "have mixed feelings for new bike lanes."<ref>{{Citation |title=Bike Master Plan |date=September 20, 2018 |url=https://gazette.com/opinion/hate-it-or-love-it-gazette-readers-have-mixed-feelings/article_d656fa12-b823-11e8-a832-af86a882dc51.html |publisher=City of Colorado Springs |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042926/https://gazette.com/opinion/hate-it-or-love-it-gazette-readers-have-mixed-feelings/article_d656fa12-b823-11e8-a832-af86a882dc51.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2016, the City removed a bike lane along Research Parkway due to overwhelming opposition; an online survey found that 80.5% of respondents opposed the bike lane.<ref>{{Citation |title=Colorado Springs terminating disputed bike lane project |url=https://gazette.com/news/colorado-springs-terminating-disputed-bike-lane-project/article_aaa70f21-b643-556c-b64d-62c80d270ef5.html |newspaper=The Gazette |date=December 22, 2016 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043732/https://gazette.com/news/colorado-springs-terminating-disputed-bike-lane-project/article_aaa70f21-b643-556c-b64d-62c80d270ef5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Gazette'' has stated that since the Bike Master Plan was adopted by city council, "no issue has elicited more argument in ''The Gazette'' pages," and due to this immense public interest, on February 25, 2019, ''The Gazette'' hosted a [[town hall meeting]] called "Battle of the Bike Lanes".<ref>{{Citation |title=Battle of the Bike Lanes in Colorado Springs: A Community Conversation |url=https://gazette.com/conversations/battle-of-the-bike-lanes-in-colorado-springs-a-community/article_8d07a236-2e56-11e9-926d-bf596adbce66.html |newspaper=The Gazette |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043359/https://gazette.com/conversations/battle-of-the-bike-lanes-in-colorado-springs-a-community/article_8d07a236-2e56-11e9-926d-bf596adbce66.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=WATCH: Battle of the bike lanes in Colorado Springs, a community conversation |date=February 15, 2019 |url=https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Battle-of-the-Bike-Lanes-in-Colorado-Springs-A-Community-Conversation-505909361.html |publisher=KKTV |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221115959/https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Battle-of-the-Bike-Lanes-in-Colorado-Springs-A-Community-Conversation-505909361.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Walkability===
A 2011 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Colorado Springs 34th most walkable of fifty largest U.S. cities.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings |url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |access-date=August 28, 2011 |publisher=Walk Score |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804175531/http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:MMT J1804 On Route 3.jpg|thumb|upright|A Metro bus arrives at a stop on Colorado Avenue.]]

===Buses===
{{Main|Mountain Metropolitan Transit}}
Mountain Metropolitan Transit (commonly referred to as MMT) is the primary public transportation provider for the Colorado Springs metropolitan region. MMT operates thirty-four bus routes, providing service for Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, and Security-Widefield. The Downtown Terminal is the system's main hub, with the Citadel Mall, PPSC, and Chapel Hills Mall acting as secondary transfer stations.

Mountain Metro Mobility is an [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA) federally mandated complementary ADA paratransit service, which provides demand-response service for individuals with mobility needs that prevent them from using the fixed-route bus system.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 27, 2014 |title=Mountain Metro Mobility |url=https://coloradosprings.gov/mountain-metro/page/mountain-metro-mobility |access-date=May 25, 2020 |website=Colorado Springs |language=en |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527064305/https://coloradosprings.gov/mountain-metro/page/mountain-metro-mobility |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 29, 2019 |title=Colorado's Mountain Metropolitan Transit Wins Transit Agency Of The Year |url=https://patch.com/colorado/colorado-springs/colorados-mountain-metropolitan-transit-wins-transit-agency-year |access-date=May 25, 2020 |website=Colorado Springs, CO Patch |language=en |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105051733/https://patch.com/colorado/colorado-springs/colorados-mountain-metropolitan-transit-wins-transit-agency-year |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Intercity bus service]] is available through the state-ran [[Bustang]] service and [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]. Bustang runs frequent trips to Denver, and daily trips to [[Lamar, Colorado|Lamar]] via Pueblo.