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The Low-Stress US Bike Map

Make a chill bike map in your city. Share your favorite routes, connect them to other people's favorites, and build a low-stress bike map.

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15 Minute Map

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Milestones

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VAMOS Financial Analysis

VAMOS is our concept for how cities in America can build a complete bike network for everyone — faster, for less money, and with less conflict than ever before.

Complete network

— ~8 years · 3 phases

Low-Stress Bike Map

Now

The community-created Best Available Network identifies the chill bike network hiding in plain sight. This makes it possible for people ride anywhere — today.

Complete Network v1.0

3 yrs

Denver can have a complete bike network in less than three years.

Bike Boulevards—

— mi · $20,000/mi

Multi-Use Path Markings—

— mi · $4,000/mi

Total (v1.0)—

Complete Network v2.0

5 yrs

Within an additional two years, Denver can upgrade hundreds of point locations to make the network even better.

Multi-Use Path Upgrades—

— mi new concrete · $300,000/mi

Multi-Use Path Protection—

— mi · $250,000/mi

Four-Way Stops—

— new stops · $3,000/stop

Total (v2.0)—

Complete Network v3.0

8 yrs

Within an additional three years, Denver can add signals and protected bike lanes that straighten the routes.

New Protected Bike Lanes—

— mi · $570,000/mi

Hardened Protected Bike Lanes—

— mi · $300,000/mi

HAWK Beacon Crossings—

— crossings · $420,000/crossing

Total (v3.0)—

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Suggestions

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Chill Routes

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Network

Low-StressTrails, protected bike lanes, quiet neighborhood streets, and occasional sidewalks — comfortable for all ages.

More TrafficConventional bike infrastructure — painted lanes and routes that share a lane with cars on busier streets.

Under ConstructionLow-stress segments temporarily disrupted by active construction. Avoid until it clears.

Routes

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Suggestions (Suggestions layer)

Suggested routeA favorite route shared by a rider.

ConstructionA construction closure or detour.

HazardA spot to watch out for.

NoteA general note from a rider.

Walk BikeA spot to get off and walk your bike.

Level of Traffic Stress (LTS layer)

Color every street by Peter Furth's 1-4 stress classification — green for kid-comfortable, red for strong-and-fearless only (learn more).

LTS 1Suitable for children — separated paths and slow, calm streets.

LTS 2Most adults will tolerate — calm residential and protected lanes.

LTS 3Experienced cyclists — moderate-speed mixed traffic, painted lanes.

LTS 4Strong and fearless only — fast, multi-lane arterials.

VAMOS Network Plan (VAMOS Financial Analysis)

New four-way stopProposed where a Bike Boulevard crosses a tertiary street without existing control.

Traffic calmingProposed at intersections to calm cut-through traffic. Priced segments are colored by their LTS level.

About the Map

The Best Available Network

The goal of the Low-Stress Bike Map is to identify the "Best Available Network," the network of existing trails, protected bike lanes, quiet streets, sidewalks, and alleys, that make it possible for people of all ages and abilities to ride to any destination today – even if a complete formal bike network doesn't exist. Learn more.

Help Us Improve the Bike Map

This map is a crowdsourcing project to tap into local knowledge of how to comfortably get around your city on a bike. Download the mobile app to share your favorite routes and help us make a better map.

Walk Your Bike

Occasionally, there are sidewalks where we encourage you to get off your bike, be a pedestrian, and push your bike. Walking is great and it helps us make challenging network connections.

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