Non-profit advocacy group People For Bikes this week released its ratings of the most bike-friendly cities in the US and around the world. More than 2,500 cities received a ranking this year, and the trend is incredible — scores across the country went up significantly, meaning investment in bicycle infrastructure continues to take place en masse. The group’s Bicycle Network Analysis ranks cities on a scale of 0 to 100 across what the group has dubbed its “SPRINT” criteria: safe speeds, protected bike lanes, reallocated space for biking and walking, intersection treatments, network connections, and trusted data.
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the US in 2025
Among small cities – those with a population under 50,000 – Mackinac Island, Michigan, came out on top again, the only location to score 100 — increasing the town’s already stellar 2024 score of 99.
Davis, California, once again led mid-size cities with populations between 50,000 and 300.000. The city scored an 81, three points above the 78 it scored last year That’s not to say there aren’t great metropolitan areas for biking, however. Minneapolis (score 71), Seattle (65), and San Francisco (61), which topped the charts for cities above 300,000 people, each is undergoing significant infrastructure projects to make biking easier. Factors including sprawl, traffic, and longer commuting distances make it difficult for big cities to score as highly as smaller ones. Other cities known for being bike-friendly like Portland, Oregon, and New York City, failed to score even a 60, despite having vast networks of dedicated bike lanes.
Paris, France, led international big cities with a score of 89 — kudos to Mayor Anne Hidalgo for immense effort in growing the city’s bike infrastructure.
Here are the final rankings for US cities:
Small Cities ( under 50,000 residents)
- Mackinac Island, Michigan: 100
- Provincetown, Massachusetts: 96
- Sauk City, Wisconsin: 90
- Springdale, Utah: 89
- Washburn, Wisconsin: 89
- Fayette, Missouri: 89
- Fort Yates, North Dakota: 89
- Crested Butte, Colorado: 88
- Perrysville, Ohio: 85
- Blue Diamond, Nevada: 84
Medium Cities (50,000-300,000 residents)
- Davis, California: 81
- Berkeley, California: 73
- Corvalis, Oregon: 71
- Boulder, Colorado: 70
- Cambridge, Massachusetts: 68
- Ankeny, Iowa: 65
- Hoboken, New Jersey: 65
- La Crosse, Wisconsin: 64
- Anchorage, Alaska: 64
- Ames, Iowa: 64
Large Cities (300,000+ residents)
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- Brooklyn, New York: 73
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: 72
- Seattle, Washington: 66
- Queens, New York: 63
- San Francisco, California: 63
- St. Paul, Minnesota: 62
- New York, New York: 61
- Portland, Oregon: 61
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 59
- Washington, D.C.: 52
