Traffic Engineering: City of Madison, Wisconsin

PLATINUM BIKING CITY PLAN

In the fall of 2006 Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz formed the Platinum Biking City Planning Committee with the overall goals of

1) achieving the Platinum designation level through the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Communities program, and

2) putting forward a roadmap - or bike path - for Madison to become the best city in the country for bicycling.

The Committee's report was adopted by the Common Council on April 8, 2008

Platinum Biking Committee Final Report

Making Madison the Best Place in the Country to Bicycle

Adopted by the City Council April 8, 2008 (PDF 1.4 MB)

For more information on bicycling in Madison see the links below or send an email to

Traffic Engineering or call 608/266-4761

City of Madison Information:

Bicycle Transportation Plan for the Madison Urban Area and Dane County September 2000: A long-range plan for improving bicycling conditions and safety both within the Madison urban area and countywide. The plan includes bicycle facility and route recommendations, policy, planning, and program objectives and recommendations, and bicycle facility design guidelines.

Bicycle Friendly Community Information:

Madison BFC Application: Part I (PDF 18KB)and Part II (PDF 44KB)
LAB Comments on Madison's Application (PDF 22KB)
League of American Bicyclists awarded Bicycle Friendly Communities as of 9/22/2006 (PDF 43KB)

What are other communities doing?

City of Chicago: Bike 2015 Plan (PDF 4.614KB)
City of Davis, California (PDF 157KB), Regional Report, February 2006
These Roads Were Made for Biking: With its innovative urban planning, Portland could become the model for a cleaner, healthier American city -- and bring cycling to the masses. (PDF 32KB)
By Linda Baker, OnEarth, Summer 2006, http://www.nrdc.org/OnEarth/06sum/livgreen.asp
Wheeler Dealers (PDF 217KB)
By Paula Bock, The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine, Sunday, October 22, 2006
"PEDAL PUSHERS: Fair- and foul-weather cities alike are gearing up to make it safer and easier for commuters to bicycle to work." (PDF 19KB)
By Zach Patton Governing Magazine, November 2006

Other Material of Interest

John Pucher, "Cycling for Everyone: Key to Public and Political Support," keynote address at the 2007 National Bike Summit, League of American Bicyclists, Washington, DC, March 16, 2007. (PDF 5MB)