Bike Friendly

People on bikes on a cobblestone street in Utrecht, Netherlands.

2025's 30 Most Bike-friendly Cities

Copenhagenize has released its list of top cities for cyclists. Spoiler alert: the United States doesn’t make the list.

November 23, 2025 - Momentum Magazine

Indiana

Bike-Friendly City in Indiana is Known for Plentiful Roundabouts

Indiana's fifth-largest city, of just under 100,000, residents has 120 roundabouts, more than any city in the U.S., and only 14 traffic lights. The average traffic fatality rate is 83 percent lower than the national average.

February 2, 2020 - Smart Cities Dive

Denver Bike Lane

Critiquing the Bike Friendliness of a City with a Reputation for Bike Friendliness

One opinion writer thinks Denver is getting more credit than it deserves as a bike friendly city, but to be fair, a lot of cities have gotten good at overselling their bike friendliness.

October 2, 2017 - The Denver Post

Portland Bike

Ranking the States by Bike Friendliness

The League of American Bicyclists publishes a Bicycle Friendly State ranking as part of its Bicycle Friendly State program.

March 30, 2017 - Next City

Survey Reveals Mayoral Support of Bike Infrastructure

The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently released the results of the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which finds political support for bike lanes has reached the highest ranks of local government.

February 3, 2016 - People for Bikes

Minneapolis Getting Bike Friendlier

The city of Minneapolis will add 30 miles of protected bike lanes to its city, especially around Downtown.

April 25, 2015 - Streetsblog USA

'Bici Flats': A Bike Oriented Development in Des Moines

A new development proposal in Des Moines called Bici Flats will provide one-of-a-kind amenities to residents who love to bike. But will it become a catalytic development for a downtown neighborhood?

January 20, 2015 - WHOtv

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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