Bicycle Friendly Community

Ada County, ID | Bronze Level

Community Highlights: Ada County development policies mandate bikeway accommodations in all new development and redevelopment projects. Bikeways get the full planning and engineering review along with motorized vehicles. In a six-year period, Ada County doubled bikeway miles on its roadway system. ACHD specific communitywide iniatives include a $600,000 effort to create new livable street standards to accommodate all modes of transportation. In addition, the county promotes Bike to Work day through their May in Motion initative and recently funded a new velodrome and mountain bike park.

Most Compelling Community Statistic: The region’s annual May in Motion month long Commuter Champion Employer Challenge saw an increase in bicycle round trips from employees participants go from 4,630 in 2006 to 8,601 in 2007!