How Bike-Friendly Is Your City?

How bike-friendly is your city? Find out with PeopleForBikes’ latest City Ratings. 

According to an article by Kea Wilson in Streetsblog USA, the report gives the borough of Brooklyn, New York the top spot in the nation with 73 points. “Last year's top-ranked Minneapolis fell to number two with 72 points, followed by Seattle (66); the newly ranked borough of Queens (63) and San Francisco (63) tied for fourth, and St. Paul (62) rounded out the top five.” Davis, California maintained its reputation as the most bikeable mid-sized city.

In 2019, only 33 U.S. cities scored over 50 in the ranking. Last year, that number shot up to 234. “The small city of Hailey, Idaho, for instance, experienced a staggering single-year jump of 53 points, rising to a total score of 77 and technically outpacing the top-ranked large city on the list, thanks in large part to an effort to drop speed limits as low as 15 to 20 miles per hour on many of its streets.”

PeopleForBikes hopes the rankings encourage cities to improve their bike infrastructure “because with the right messaging and strategies, any community can chart a path to a better biking future.”