Is your city a good and safe one for biking? Walk Score has developed a Bike Score ranking of 154 U.S. cities and more than 10,000 neighborhoods. The scores are measured by four components: bike lanes, hills, destinations/road connectivity, and share of local workers’ commutes traveled by bicycle.
Minneapolis is the most bikeable city in the U.S. in 2015. With a Bike Score of 81.3, Minneapolis has a strong lead over San Francisco (75.1) and Portland (72.0).
Of cities with populations of 300,000 or more, the 10 most bikeable cities are Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Sacramento, Tucson and Philadelphia.
Other cities in the top 20 include Seattle, Miami, Aurora CO and Mesa AZ.
“Biking is central to the healthy Minneapolis lifestyle and to a lot of people’s decisions about where to live in and around the city,” said James Garry, a Redfin agent and avid biker in Minneapolis.
Thanks to investments in infrastructure such as protected bike lanes and networks of bike paths, several cities saw big increases in their Bike Scores since the 2013 ranking.
In San Francisco, cyclists have seen more protected bike lanes added over the past couple years, reflected in a five-point Bike Score increase from 70.0 in 2013 to 75.1 today.
