Bike Town USA

Bicycling Magazine has crowned Portland as the nation’s top cycling city.

Again.

This was the city’s 4th time as the top overall burgh for bikes in the U.S. Portland had been chosen previously in 2001, 1999, and 1995.

Bicycling considered 250 cities in its survey and judged each by its number of bike lanes and routes, ubiquity of bike racks, city bike projects, commuters, clubs, events, bike shops, climate and geography.

Other winners by population:

San Diego, Calif. (population greater than 1 million)
Madison, Wisconsin (population 200,000 to 500,000)
Boulder, Colorado (population 75,000 to 200,000) Eugene, Oregon was second in this category.
Davis, Calif. (small town)

According to the magazine, Atlanta, Houston, and Boston are the least bike-friendly.

More coverage and a copy of the article courtesy of BikePortland.org here.

Photo by: WadeB

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