City Ratings

CITY RATINGS

The PlacesForBikes City Ratings offer a data-driven approach to identifying the best U.S. towns for bicycling and rewarding those that are improving the fastest.

The ratings are based on five factors: Ridership, Safety, Network, Reach and Acceleration. It includes publicly available data from government sources and new data gathered from our Community Survey, City Snapshots, and Bicycle Network Analysis tool.

You can help improve the ratings by adding your local knowledge and opinions:

> City Snapshot – for city officials

The City Snapshot gathers data on a city’s existing bike network and planned improvements to provide a full picture of bicycling in the community. The City Snapshot survey is now closed but will open again September 2020. Click here to sign up. Here’s a PDF preview of the PlacesForBikes City Snapshot. Here’s how to convert centerline miles for varying types of infrastructure.

> Community Survey – for everyone

The Community Survey asks questions such as how safe biking feels, whether it’s getting better, and about favorite places to ride in your hometown. Our next community survey will be live in Fall 2020.

> Bicycle Network Analysis

The Bicycle Network Analysis helps communities assess the degree to which people can comfortably bike to the places they want to go. Its information comes from the OpenStreetMap. Learn more about the Bicycle Network Analysis here.

For questions about the PlacesForBikes City Ratings, visit our FAQ page or contact us at [email protected]