The Tucson/Eastern Pima County Region is designated a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). The LAB is one of the largest and most respected bicycle advocacy organizations in the country.

The award reflects the exceptional level of cooperation among the nine regional jurisdictions, and acknowledges the depth and breadth of programs, policies, facilities and outreach that make the Tucson-Pima Eastern Region the premier bicycle friendly region in the country. 

While we are proud of the gold designation, the region strives for platinum, the highest rating given. PAG coordinates the Platinum Challenge Task Force, a group of citizens, jurisdiction staff, law enforcement and interest group representatives that work together to identify improvements needed in order to become a platinum-level community, encourage the region to implement them and develop the regional application to submit to the League of American Bicyclists.

The Platinum Challenge Task Force is working on an application which will be submitted to the League of American Bicyclists in February 2012. The group has been working with local planning efforts to address the points the League made in its critique of the region’s 2008 application. To see the critique, click on the application link to the right. We’ve come a long way since 2008.

Communities applying for LAB recognition are judged in five categories. The 5 E's are listed below. To see a more detailed description of the criteria and a sample of improvements in each category that have been completed or initiated since the last application was submitted, please click here.

• Engineering
• Education
• Encouragement
• Enforcement
• Evaluation and Planning