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More than just a place to buy a bike, local bike shops are community hubs for support, celebration, and belonging.

Our 2025 ratings include 185 new small cities, 51 new medium cities, and five new large cities as a result of splitting New York City into its different boroughs.

With an average 2025 City Ratings score of 48, cities across America’s Dairyland prove that local progress can correlate to big wins for biking statewide.

Using Chicago as a case study, we unpack how PeopleForBikes’ SPRINT principles can help cities big and small become great places to ride.

Cities nationwide are investing in safe and connected bike infrastructure, giving millions of people the opportunity to get out and explore their communities by bike.

Brooklyn, New York, tops PeopleForBikes’ 2025 City Ratings as the best large U.S. city for biking with an impressive score of 72 thanks to dedicated investments in safe and connected places to ride.

Thanks to dedicated investments in safe and connected places to ride, the small Midwest town improved its PeopleForBikes City Ratings score from just 25 in 2020 to an impressive score of 55 in 2025.

PeopleForBikes’ 2025 City Ratings highlights the growing momentum toward more connected and mobile communities being built across the Heartland — the 20 states that make up the middle of America.

Cities across the U.S. are investing in safer, more connected places to ride, giving millions of Americans the opportunity to experience the joys and benefits of biking right outside their front door. 

This year’s City Ratings features the first perfect score in program history alongside a new best large U.S. city for biking.

234 U.S. cities scored 50 or higher in PeopleForBikes’ 2025 City Ratings, up from just 33 cities in 2019, signaling an improvement in bikeability in cities across the country.

Ryan Johnson, founder of Culdesac, is leading a national movement to build communities where bikes, connection, and vibrant public life come first.

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.

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.

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.