Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization

09/10/2026

Week 1 of the RoundTrip Smart Trips Challenge was a success! 🎉 More than 300 people have already joined and logged over 2,500 bike, bus, carpool, and walk/roll trips!

Let’s keep it going! If you haven’t joined yet, there’s still plenty of time: bit.ly/SmartTripsChallenge2026

09/04/2026

The RoundTrip Smart Trips Challenge is happening all September! 🚶‍♀️🧑‍🦽‍➡️🚌🚴

Anyone 18 or older who lives or works in Dane County can join this free community challenge. Choose more sustainable ways of getting around whenever you can, whether that’s biking to the store, taking the bus to work, carpooling with friends, or walking to an appointment.

Log those trips throughout the month for chances to win in more than 20 weekly and grand prize drawings!

A big thank-you to this year’s prize sponsors: One Social Food Hall, Friends Applaud, Giant Jones Brewing Company, Monk's Bar & Grill, Marigold Kitchen, Madison Bikes, Machinery Row Bicycles and Metro Transit.

Learn more and join the challenge: bit.ly/SmartTripsChallenge2026

09/03/2026

Bike. Take the bus. Carpool. Walk or roll. You might just win a prize along the way! 🚲🚌🚶‍♀️

The fourth annual RoundTrip Smart Trips Challenge is here! Choose more sustainable ways to get around whenever you can and log your trips for chances to win in more than 20 prize drawings throughout September.

It’s free and open to anyone 18 or older who lives or works in Dane County.

Learn more and join: bit.ly/SmartTripsChallenge2026

08/25/2026

The 2026 RoundTrip Smart Trips Challenge is almost here! 🚲🚌🍂 If you’re 18+ and live or work in Dane County, we want you to join in!

All you have to do is swap solo car trips for biking, riding the bus, carpooling, or walking/rolling whenever you can throughout September. Log four round trips each week and you’ll automatically be entered into prize drawings—with some pretty cool prizes from local businesses up for grabs! 🎉

It’s free to join and a fun extra reason to try a new way of getting around (or keep up the trips you’re already making!).

The challenge starts September 1. Learn more & sign up 👉 bit.ly/SmartTripsChallenge2026

08/15/2026

E-motos—devices often marketed as e-bikes but that are actually mopeds or motorcycles under state law—are becoming more and more popular. Do your research before you buy! 👇

E-bike or e-moto? What Wisconsin law says about classes, speeds and where you can ride

STORY: https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/08/15/e-bike-or-e-moto-what-wisconsin-law-says-about-classes-speeds-where-you-can-ride/

08/07/2026

Thanks to WPR for talking with us about e-devices! Just remember: because a device is legal to buy doesn't necessarily mean it's legal to ride.

A traffic safety expert attributes the rise in crashes to the emergence of illegal “e-motos” on the market, which can reach speeds up to 70 miles per hour.

07/31/2026

Not every e-device is what it appears to be. Just because it has pedals or says "e-bike" on the box doesn't necessarily mean it is one. Knowing the differences between e-bikes, e-scooters, and other e-devices can help you choose the right device and understand where you can legally ride it.

Thanks to News 3 Now / Channel 3000 for helping us spread the word about what to look for before buying an e-device.

Learn more: greatermadisonmpo.org/e-devices

MADISON, Wis. — E-bikes, e-scooters, and other electric devices are becoming more common across the greater Madison area. However, not all e-devices are appropriate for riders, according to the Greater

07/30/2026

Happy National Intern Day to our wonderful intern, Ben Smith! Ben has been spending the summer out and about at community events gathering feedback for our Regional Transportation Plan update and helping create social media reels.

A fun fact about Ben: He's seen The Batman (2022) more than 30 times and will gladly tell you it's the greatest movie of all time. 🦇

Thank you for all your hard work and creativity this summer, Ben! We appreciate everything you've contributed to the MPO team.

07/29/2026

Is there a spot where you wish there was a crosswalk? A road that's too busy? A bike path you wish connected to another trail or extended farther? Or a place that could use a bus stop?

Now's your chance to let us know! We're working on Pathways to 2050, an update to the Regional Transportation Plan that will help guide transportation investments and improvements across the Greater Madison area over the next 20+ years.

Drop pins on our interactive comment map to show us where transportation improvements are needed, highlight places that are working well, or share other ideas and concerns. And if you haven't already, be sure to take our full survey too.

📍 Comment Map: bit.ly/pathways-commentmap
📝 Full Survey: https://bit.ly/pathways2050

06/26/2026

We're updating our Regional Transportation Plan, Pathways to 2050, and we'd like your input.

Take our survey and tell us what you'd like the Greater Madison area's transportation system to look like and what types of projects you want to see funded. Your feedback will help guide transportation priorities and investments across the region for the next 20+ years.

📝 Take the survey: https://bit.ly/pathways2050