The 2024 City Ratings represents the largest number of rated cities and towns in program history. By comparing the best cities for biking, local leaders, decision makers, and advocates can act on key lessons to build more safe, fun, and connected places to ride across the U.S.
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We're making the U.S. the best place in the world to ride a bike.
Cities on the Rise
Since our City Ratings program began seven years ago, we've benchmarked progress to improve bicycling in cities nationwide. In 2019, only 32 U.S. cities received a score of 50 or higher, a significant tipping point to becoming a great place to bike. Thanks to dedicated investments in the creation of safe, fun, and connected places to ride, 33 cities that scored below 50 in 2019 increased their scores to 50 or higher in 2024. Combined with new cities added to the program over that time, an impressive 183 U.S. cities scored above 50 in this year's City Ratings.
We're excited to celebrate our 2024 Cities on the Rise, all of which made impressive improvements in their City Ratings scores over the last four years.
Featured Stories
Building Better Communities Spotlight: Ryan Johnson + Culdesac
Ryan Johnson, founder of Culdesac, is leading a national movement to build communities where bikes, connection, and vibrant public life come first.
The Benefits of Great Places to Ride
Learn why great places to ride benefit everyone and see how your community’s network of great places to ride ranks with PeopleForBikes’ City Ratings.
PeopleForBikes City Ratings: What’s New for 2025
By including thousands of bike projects being completed across the U.S., we’re making the critical connection between the creation of safe and connected bike infrastructure and improved City Ratings scores.
2024’s Best New U.S. Bikeways
With amazing new bike infrastructure being built across the U.S., PeopleForBikes collected some of the best bike projects built in the last year to celebrate how all kinds of communities are benefiting from safe, fun, and connected places to bike.
Supporting Better Biking in Chicago With the Active Transportation Alliance
PeopleForBikes is supporting the nonprofit advocacy organization’s efforts to transform Chicago streets by making biking safer and more accessible for everyone.
Boost Your City Ratings Score With These Four Policies
Explore top policy approaches to accelerate the construction of bike infrastructure to help your community climb the ranks of PeopleForBikes’ City Ratings program.
2024’s Most Improved Cities for Biking
Through City Ratings, PeopleForBikes evaluates the progression of bike networks in thousands of U.S. cities. Discover which cities improved the most over the past four years and how they did it.
Utrecht's Constant Commitment to Make Biking Better
Explore a first-hand account of what it’s like to travel around one of the best cities for biking in the world.
Bikeable Hometowns: PeopleForBikes Staff Celebrate Their City Ratings Scores
Using the popular Strava Art method, eight PeopleForBikes staffers share what it’s like to bike where they live.
These Midwest College Towns Are Making Big Strides for Better Biking
We’re celebrating Ames, Iowa; Madison, Wisconsin; and Ann Arbor, Michigan as Cities on the Rise as part of PeopleForBikes’ 2024 City Ratings.