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City Ratings

PeopleForBikes' City Ratings measures the quality and connectedness of a city's bike network — the system of protected bike lanes, off-street paths, slow shared streets, and safe crossings that enables people to comfortably bike around a city.

City Ratings scores are released annually each summer based on results from our Bicycle Network Analysis (BNA) data analysis software that measures the quality and connectivity of a city's bike network on a scale of 0-100. The BNA assesses six factors captured in the acronym SPRINT:

• Safe Speeds
• Protected Bike Lanes
• Reallocated Space
• Intersection Treatments
• Network Connections
• Trusted Data

You can read more about SPRINT at Improve Your City's Score. For more granular detail on how the BNA works, read the full methodology. For historical data and details on the software, visit our BNA Mechanics website.

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Great Bike Infrastructure Project

The Great Bike Infrastructure Project is PeopleForBikes' nationwide campaign to transform communities and make biking safer and more accessible for everyone by advancing thousands of bike infrastructure projects and the most effective infrastructure-related policies in all 50 states.

To measure progress and connect people with priority bike projects in their backyard, our National Bike Project Tracker features an interactive map and database of thousands of bicycle infrastructure projects across the United States. The tool includes crucial information including each project's status, state and local advocacy organizations supporting the project, and links to learn more. This first-of-its-kind, easily accessible resource helps people learn about the planned and proposed bike projects in their communities — like bike trails, shared-use paths, protected bike lanes, bike parks, and more — and helps ensure they get funded and built.

Local advocacy efforts are often required to advance these projects. We encourage you to explore the projects in your area and contact your state and local advocacy organizations to learn how you can support getting those projects across the finish line. If you want to add a project to our database or correct the details of an existing project, please visit our FAQ page.