Local traffic engineers cite the city’s density and wide landscape for incentivizing driving over biking.
Leag of American bicyclists awarded Rockford an honorable mention for being bike friendly but City officials say there’s a lot left to do before becoming a bicyclist Community while close cities like Jamesville and Madison have built out bike paths for Generations Rockford began expanding its Lanes in 2010 adding
More than 70 Mi of paths in the last decade officials now shift to safety and comfort for Riders but before earning the title of being bike friendly Traffic Engineers face an uphill climb with Rockford’s spread out density we haven’t quite moved to the having on Street facilities like say on State Street uh
Just because we would worry about the safety a lot of people still have to use cars um just because you know it it’s it would be a 2hour bike ride to a grocery store yeah don’t want to do all that Carter says Rockford will soon receive a biking report card to know what
Specifically holds the city back from being bicyclist friendly