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Your city can improve its bike network and overall City Ratings score by making an intentional effort to address the following six SPRINT principles:

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Safe Speeds

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Protected Bike Lanes

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Reallocated Space

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Intersection Treatments

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Network Connections

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Trusted Data

The SPRINT principles enable your city to change high-stress streets into low-stress streets, providing safe and comfortable routes for bicyclists of all ages and abilities. Visit The Great Bike Infrastructure Project to learn more about legislative and advocacy strategies to implement SPRINT principles in your community. Read below to learn more about each SPRINT principle.


Sprint Framework

A slow shared street in Denver, CO.

A slow shared street in Denver, CO.

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Safe Speeds

When travel speeds are low, bikes and cars can safely mix. As travel speeds increase, each travel mode should have a separate, designated space on the road. Cities can improve their City Ratings score by reducing speed limits on residential streets to 25 mph or less, and by reducing speeds on busier roads in conjunction with other safety measures. Traffic calming features are important to ensure drivers follow the posted speed limits.

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High Stress vs Low Stress

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A protected bike lane in Seattle, WA. Credit: Image-30 by SDOT photos. https://flickr.com/photos/sdot_photos/52665456366/in/photostream/ CC BY-NC 2.0

Protected Bike Lanes

Although the street on the left has a bike lane, it remains high-stress because the road is large and provides no vertical separation between cars and bikes. The street on the right has a two-way protected bike lane that separates people bicycling from people driving using flex posts and concrete barriers.


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