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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.

PeopleForBikes is supporting the nonprofit advocacy organization’s efforts to transform Chicago streets by making biking safer and more accessible for everyone.

Explore top policy approaches to accelerate the construction of bike infrastructure to help your community climb the ranks of PeopleForBikes’ City Ratings program.

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.

Explore a first-hand account of what it’s like to travel around one of the best cities for biking in the world.

Using the popular Strava Art method, eight PeopleForBikes staffers share what it’s like to bike where they live.

We’re celebrating Ames, Iowa; Madison, Wisconsin; and Ann Arbor, Michigan as Cities on the Rise as part of PeopleForBikes’ 2024 City Ratings.