Comments on: 15 of the world’s most bike friendly cities

By: Joe Michaels

Joe Michaels — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:31:00 +0000

Appropriate quote: “When I’m a pedestrian, I hate drivers. When I’m driving, I hate pedestrians. No matter when, I hate cyclists.”

By: Joe Michaels

Joe Michaels — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:31:00 +0000

Appropriate quote: “When I’m a pedestrian, I hate drivers. When I’m driving, I hate pedestrians. No matter when, I hate cyclists.”

By: Shuichikobayashimana

Shuichikobayashimana — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:39:00 +0000

I well understood Davis is really bicycle friendly city. I also agree with Beijing because I saw many bicycles there recently.
I wonder why no Japanese cities are listed here. Please tell me.

By: Joyson

Joyson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:26:00 +0000

indian people are not using cycle nowaday only low poor people only using cycle foringer you want to give support for indian to use the best cycle in the world that to use to give interest

By: Paul van Bellen

Paul van Bellen — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:48:00 +0000

”The only reason I know of for people to refuse to wear them is, they don’t want to look silly.”
And that’s the exact reason helmet laws are a bad idea…. people don’t want to look silly!

By: Steve B

Steve B — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:46:16 +0000

Boulder needs to be dropped from the list. I live in Boulder and they just finished denying access to mountain bikes on the main part of our Open Space. Boulder is not friendly to bikes.

By: Hal Amen

Hal Amen — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:59:12 +0000

Good question. Not sure why I didn’t link to the source back when I wrote this in ’09. If you can share a reliable resource that contradicts the claim, I’ll be happy to update it in the piece.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:29:52 +0000

Just wondering where you got the figure to support the claim that Ottawa has the highest percentage of bike commuters in North America. There are a lot (for North America), but the figures I’ve seen place us well below Portland and Minneapolis.

By: Gustav

Gustav — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:07:08 +0000

I just thought I should inlight you on the small fact that the image just underneath Ottawa is from Umeå, Sweden. People could believe that the picture was taken in Ottawa

By: Minnesota-resdent

Minnesota-resdent — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:02:13 +0000

I’m not very surprised that the Twincities (Minneapolis/St.Paul) weren’t mentioned here, but I think Minneapolis was recently declared the best biking city in the US by some magazine or other. Apparently the percentage of bike commuters is second only to Portland, and when you consider that Minnesota (including the twincities) has some of the harshest and most inhospitable winter in the country, that’s pretty impressive. Also Minneapolis (and to a lesser extent Saint Paul) has a pretty strong cycling infrastructure. Lots of bike lanes, and a few dedicated bike trails. There’s also a pretty generally strong bike culture and general outdoorsy culture.