Biking Boulder

Presets & Wayfinding

Select a route preset or click points on the map to start planning.

Playgrounds from Cedar Ave

Starts at Cedar Ave. Select a park playground destination:

Routing Weights
Toggle ON and click any street on the map to inspect its raw OSM & GIS attributes. Or, hold Shift while clicking the map.

Adjust sliders to influence path selection. Lower values attract routes; higher values penalize roads.

Separated Paths 0.5x
Multi-use paths, greenways, cycletracks
Quiet Streets (Sharrows) 1.5x
Quiet streets with shared lane markings
Residential Streets 0.7x
Quiet side streets without designations
Sidewalk Routing 2.0x
Separate sidewalks, pedestrian ways, slow speed
Busy Roads w/ Bike Lane 5.0x
Secondary/tertiary roads with painted lanes
Busy Roads w/ Sharrows 8.0x
Busy arterials with sharrows
Busy Roads (Undesignated) 15.0x
Arterials without bike infrastructure (feeder-only)
Sidewalk on 4+ Lanes 6.0x
Forced sidewalk walk on 4+ lane roads
Safe Crossings 1.0x
Signalized, beacon-flashing, or bike crossings
Unsignalized Crossings 6.0x
Unmarked or non-signalized busy street crossings
Low Stress Modifier 0.7x
Additional multiplier applied to streets matching Low Traffic Stress overlay
High Stress Modifier 2.0x
Additional penalty applied to streets matching High Traffic Stress overlay
Multi-Use Path Modifier 0.8x
Additional multiplier applied to off-street Multi-Use Paths
E-Bike Prohibited Penalty 1.0x
Additional penalty applied if e-bikes are prohibited on the path
Map Layers

Toggle additional GIS data overlays on the map.

Bike Route Designations

Multi-Use Path (Off-Street)
Protected / Separated Lane
On-Street Bike Lane
Designated Bike Route
Bikeable Shoulder
How to Route
  1. Click on the map to set a Start point.
  2. Click another location to set a Destination.
  3. Or select from the presets above!

Route Summary

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Turn-by-Turn Route Cues

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    Separated Path
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    Quiet Sharrow
    Sidewalk / Footway
    Busy w/ Bike Lane
    Busy w/ Sharrow
    Busy Undesignated
    4+ Lane Sidewalk
    Safe Crossing
    Unsignalized Crossing
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