This year’s City Ratings includes 816 new locales across the U.S., including a brand new best city for biking — Mackinac Island, Michigan! This may come as no surprise to those familiar with the island, which banned cars in 1898, but there is still plenty to learn from this small town off the tip of northern Michigan. Learn more about the best city for biking in the U.S. at https://bit.ly/3zCSx4j 📷Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau
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2024 marks the seventh year of our City Ratings program. Check out our summary report of this year’s ratings and explore how bicycling has improved in cities nationwide since City Ratings began in 2018. Dive into the data now at https://bit.ly/4eUA8QD
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From lowering speed limits to increasing funding for dedicated bike infrastructure, there are so many great strategies you can help support to make your community a great place to ride. Learn how you can improve your city’s City Ratings score at https://bit.ly/4eLyscn
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With the release of our 2024 City Ratings, we’re celebrating cities that put in the work to improve their score and sharing lessons that any city can use to make biking better in their communities! Salt Lake City raised their City Ratings score from 46 (out of a possible 100) in 2020 to 52 in 2024! Learn lessons from one of this year’s Cities on the Rise at https://bit.ly/3RUFgKL
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On May 24, Minnesota took a big step in becoming one of the safest places in the U.S. to ride a bicycle as Governor Tim Walz signed HF5247 into law. This new, nation-leading legislation is set to protect vulnerable road users, more clearly define electric bicycles, and require the implementation of Complete Streets policies across the state. Read more about Minnesota’s statewide effort to create safer streets for all road users at https://bit.ly/4cgEUqf
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We're excited to welcome the United Kingdom and Australia to the 2024 City Ratings. There's a lot to learn and explore with 130 new international cities. Any guesses on who will rank #1? See if you're right at https://lnkd.in/gJXhdKw8.
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More than 50 industry-leading brands and manufacturers ( https://lnkd.in/gN8_Q4hY ) are united to tackle e-bike battery recycling. Are you ready to join them? Cities and states nationwide are increasingly considering the waste implications of electric bicycle batteries and our Hungry for Batteries program, powered by Call2Recycle and endorsed by PeopleForBikes, offers a turnkey solution for your brand to lead the way in safe and responsible battery recycling. Contact Call2Recycle's e-bike team at [email protected] to get involved today.
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This year’s City Ratings results feature some new and familiar faces across our best small, medium, large, and international cities for biking! Check out 2024’s Best Places to Bike at https://bit.ly/4c9O7jU . Which cities were you expecting to do well? Did your city’s rating score improve from last here? Let us know in the comments. #PFBCityRatings
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Congratulations to our 2024 Best Places to Bike! Explore this year’s top small, medium, large, and international cities and find out how your community ranks out of more than 2,500 cities worldwide at https://lnkd.in/gJXhdKw8 Share your city’s score in the comments below!
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“The uptake of cycling in cities is directly connected to government priorities. When government leaders invest in making cycling more accessible and appealing, more people choose cycling for everyday transportation,” PeopleForBikes President and CEO Jenn Dice told Zag Daily. “If more cities in England make similar long-term commitments to invest in cycling, they will gradually catch up to their European peers.” - Read the complete Zag Daily article below and be sure to visit https://lnkd.in/dxSd-ng
New data from PeopleForBikes finds that England is lagging behind Europe for how cycling-friendly its towns and cities are. England received an average city score of 59 out of 100, compared with an average European city score of 71 when England is excluded. “The uptake of cycling in cities is directly connected to government priorities. When government leaders invest in making cycling more accessible and appealing, more people choose cycling for everyday transportation,” PeopleForBikes President and CEO Jenn Dice told Zag Daily. “If more cities in England make similar long-term commitments to invest in cycling, they will gradually catch up to their European peers.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7ttCK9p
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