Bicycling

• Idaho Transportation Department Bicycles and Pedestrians
• Search [Stacks] Idaho Digital Repository for historic Idaho government documents from the Idaho Transportation Department and other Idaho departments.

MAPS

• Open Bicycle Map – “OpenStreetMap® is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF).”
• Ridge to Rivers – Maps, current trail conditions, and trail etiquette for the Boise area.
• Idaho Trails – ArcGIS map of motorized and non-motorized trails. Map was developed by the Idaho Transportation Department. 

DATA

• Idaho Statewide Bicycle Pedestrian Study (PDF). Sprinkle Consulting and HDR. Sponsored by the Idaho Transportation Department. September 2014. Accessed November 1, 2022.
• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Encyclopedia, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Idaho Transportation Department Crash Records and Statistics
• Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC)

ARTICLES

• Boise’s Broken Wheels: Indifference to seven years of bicycle crash data. By PJ Mitchell. The Blue Review. June 18, 2015. https://thebluereview.org/7-years-boise-bicycle-crash-data/
• Shinkle, Douglas. “Bicyclists Hope ‘Idaho Stop’ Catches On.” State Legislatures. Volume 44, Issue 1. January 2018, page 9.

GUIDES

• Master plan urban bicycle route system. Prepared by the bicycle and pedestrian subcommittee of the Boise Metropolitan Transportation Study. This report was financed by funds from the Federal Highway Administration. October 1976. Boise Metropolitan Transportation Study.
• Devitt, Michael J. Divide by two wheels: racing a mountain bike unsupported, 2,700 miles from Canada to Mexico on the Continental Divide. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Publishing, 2017.
• McCoy, Michael; and the Adventure Cycling Association. Cycling the Great Divide: from Canada to Mexico on North America’s premier long-distance mountain bike route. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2013. Second edition.
  Idaho bicycling street smarts: riding safely and with confidence. Idaho: Idaho Transportation Department: Ada County Highway Dist., [2005?] – Order current copy online from the Idaho Transportation Department.
• Idaho Bicycle Commuter Guide. Idaho Transportation Department.

MOUNTAIN BIKING GUIDES

• Adventure Cycling Association. Idaho hot springs mountain bike route: main route map: Idaho City, Ketchum, Stanley, McCall. 2014. Scale: 1:250,000. Missoula, Montana: Adventure Cycling Association, 2014.
• Devitt, Michael J. Divide by two wheels: racing a mountain bike unsupported, 2,700 miles from Canada to Mexico on the Continental Divide. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Publishing, 2017.
• Fuller, Margaret, and Jerry Painter. Trails of eastern Idaho: 103 backcountry trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Weiser, Idaho: Trail Guide Books, 2010. 3nd ed., rev. and updated.
• McCoy, Michael; and the Adventure Cycling Association. Cycling the Great Divide: from Canada to Mexico on North America’s premier long-distance mountain bike route. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2013. Second edition.
• Mountain Bike Opportunities, Bureau of Land Management.
• Painter, Jerry. Backcountry hiking & biking trails in the Idaho Falls area. [Idaho Falls, Idaho]: [Post Register], 1993.
• Ridge to Rivers, Boise, Idaho
• Ridge to Rivers. Ridge to Rivers Trail System: Shafer Butte trails. [Boise, Idaho]: [Ridge to Rivers], 2012.
• Stone, Lynne. Adventures in Idaho’s Sawtooth Country. Seattle: Mountaineers, 1990.
• Stuebner, Stephen. Mountain Biking in Boise. Boise, Idaho: Boise Front Adventures, 2002.
• Zilly, John, and Eloise Christensen. Mountain bike adventure guide: for the Sun Valley area. Ketchum, Idaho: John Zilly, 1989.
• Zilly, John. Son of the mountain bike adventure guide. Ketchum, Idaho: Adventure Press, 1992.

GREENBELTS AND RAILROAD TRAILS

• Existing Rails to Trails Conversions in Idaho as of August 2017, Idaho Transportation Department.
• TrailLink: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• Bartley, Natalie L. Best rail trails. Pacific Northwest: more than 60 rail trails in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Guilford, Connecticut: FalconGuides, 2015. Second edition.
• Idaho Rails to Trials, VisitIdaho.org
• Boise Greenbelt 
• Garden City Greenbelt
• Eagle Greenbelt 
• Caldwell greenbelts map, Idaho Press Tribune
• Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Trail
• Friends of the Weiser River Trail 
• Idaho Falls River Walk 
• Route of the Hiawatha 

PLANNING AND DESIGN

• RBCI and Idaho Smart Growth. Idaho Transportation Department. Toolbox for Bicyclists and Pedestrian Counts. Idaho Transportation Department. August 2013. https://itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/Bike/FINALContentBikePedToolbox.pdf. Accessed January 17, 2019.
• Combo, John X., Chairman; Leon E. Smith, Vice Chairman; Mike P. Mitchell, Member. Idaho Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Boise, Idaho: Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Program, Idaho Transportation Department, 1995. https://itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/Bike/IDT.pdf. Accessed January 17, 2019.
• Idaho’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program: Strategic Communications Plan. Red Sky Public Relations. October 25, 2010. https://itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/Bike/Idahos%20Bicycle%20and%20Pedestrian%20Program%20Strategic%20Communications%20Plan.pdf. Accessed February 1, 2019.
• Idaho Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Study. Idaho Transportation Department. September 2014. https://itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/Bike/StatewideBicyclePedestrianStudy.pdf. Accessed January 17, 2019.
• Manuals & Design Guides, Idaho Transportation Department

This page updated by Ronnie Joiner on March 9, 2019.