Most Bikeable Cities of 2015

[onehandle]

In celebration of Bike to Work Week and National Bike Month, Walk Score, a Redfin company, updated its 2015 Bike Score ranking for 154 U.S. cities and more than 10,000 neighborhoods. Minneapolis wins the award for most bikeable city in the U.S., according to the ranking, with a Bike Score of 81.3. Minneapolis has a strong lead over San Francisco (75.1) and Portland (72.0).

The ranking looked at cities with populations of 300,000 or more, and used Bike Score to determine which locations are best for bikers. The scores are measured on a scale of 0 - 100 based on bike lanes, hills, destinations and road connectivity, and share of local workers' commutes traveled by bicycle.

1 Minneapolis, MN
2 San Francisco, CA
3 Portland, OR
4 Denver, CO
5 Boston, MA
6 Chicago, IL
7 Washington, D.C.
8 Sacramento, CA
9 Tucson, AZ
10 Philadelphia, PA
11 Long Beach, CA
12 New York, NY
13 Seattle, WA
14 Oakland, CA
15 Aurora, CO
16 New Orleans, LA
17 Miami, FL
18 Albuquerque, NM
19 Mesa, AZ
20 Santa Ana, CA

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/redfin/most-bikeable-cities-of-2_b_7292912.html

Note the near absence of Southern cities. This is one of many reasons I left the South.

[Katashi_itto]

1. NM is best we have lots of Bikers. Bandidos, Mongols, Hells Angels.

[leftofcool]

2. Wot? Waco is not on the list?

[Warpy]

3. BOSTON?

If I had a dime for every time I saw a cyclist jumping on a wheel bent by a huge pothole, trying to straighten it enough to get the bike to a shop, I'd be able to buy the Koch boys out. In addition, the drivers are nuts. I biked in the city but I can't say I'd recommend it to anyone.

#18, on the other hand, has plenty of dedicated bike lanes and bike trails. I've never felt unsafe on a bike in this town.

[Mika]

4. Miami #17?? WTF?

More cagers killing cyclists here every year. Almost every week there's a cyclist getting mown down.

I simply cannot believe that Miami is even on any "best of" list for cycling. No way!

[Go Vols]

5. Near absence seems to be the midwest

only one in New England too.

[frazzled]

9. Minneapolis #1, Chicago #6

I'd call that the Midwest. They sure aren't in any other part of the country.

We've lived in both cities, as well as in Boston, and my husband has biked in all three (though he doesn't do commuter biking--just road biking, which I don't think they are counting).

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. SF made the list --

due to the staggering number of bike lanes the City has added. Problem is, biking here in most areas is not easy in practice due to hills, wind, and car congestion. To get to and from my house on a bike I would have to take a bus with my bike (you can attach bikes on the front of buses here) to get somewhere I could then bike from. I could haul my bike up my hill when I was 18, but not a chance now.

[Bigmack]

8. Seattle made the list too and

it's pretty damn hilly! But....bikeable, none the less! Ms Bigmack

[Fumesucker]

7. In the South for six months of the year you arrive completely soaked in sweat when you ride

Hot, humid and largely windless in the Summer, the South is not a place to be biking to work unless you have a shower and a change of clothes there.

I speak as someone who regularly bikes in the South, when it's 98 degrees and 95% humidity you just melt on the bike and arrive a sodden overheated mess.