Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

===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>