The top five cities for biking are Boulder, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Eugene, OR; Manhattan, NY; and Arlington, VA, according to the 2019 PlacesForBikes City Ratings from PeopleForBikes.
The PlacesForBikes City Ratings uses a scoring system to rank cities based on five key areas: Ridership (how many people ride bikes?), Safety (how safe is it to ride bikes?), Network (how easy is it for people to get where they need to go?), Acceleration (how fast is the bike network expanding?) and Reach (how well the network serves all neighborhoods in the community).
“Our City Ratings play an important role in furthering PeopleForBikes’ mission to make bike riding better for everyone across the U.S,” says PeopleForBikes president Tim Blumenthal. “Providing annual ratings helps cities make quick, cost-effective progress toward building a network where people of all ages and bicycling abilities can ride safely and easily to destinations all around town.”
The full report is here.
