Here we are sliding into fall — for many the end of the bicycling season — and suddenly we're beset with lists of “Best” bicycling cities and trails.
The latest to chime in is the Washington Post, which touts New York City as having the potential to be the best bicycling metropolis in the US, then lists suggestions from Adventure Cycling Association and Bicycling magazine for their top 10 bike friendly cities.
Why New York City? The author cites a growing network of bike trails and bike lanes in the Big Apple.
And what are the Post's 10 Other Great Biking Cities?
1. Portland: More than 250 miles of bike lanes, paths and boulevards.
2. Seattle: (STP, above right) Burke-Gilman Trail and the coming Chief Sealth path.
3. San Francisco: Improved bicycle lane network, and cycling the Golden Gate Bridge.
4. Davis, California: More than 100 miles of bike lanes and paths.
5. Boulder, Colorado: More than 300 miles of bike lanes and paths; also plenty of mountain biking opportunities.
6. Tucson: More than 300 miles of bike lanes, as well as a climb up Mount Lemmon.
7. Madison, Wisconsin: A bike plan dating to 1975 has established bike lanes, paths and marked bike routes.
8. Chicago: 315 miles of bikeways and a bike center for bike parking, showers, etc.
9. Austin: “Myriad bike programs in the works.” Great cycling in the countryside outside of town.
10. Philadelphia: $3.7 million bicycle network plan and the 22-mile Schuylkill River Trail.
On Saturday I wrote about Sunset magazine's Top 10 City Bike Rides in the West, and on Tuesday I reported on 8 cities added to the League of American Bicyclists' Bicycle Friendly City list.
Just for grins, I compared the LAB bike friendly list with the one in the Washington Post.
Davis, Portland, San Francisco, Boulder, Tucson, and Chicago are on both; Davis in fact leads the LAB list as the most bike friendly in the nation. However, the league didn't deem Austin, Seattle, Madison, or Philadelphia worthy for their list of 58 most bike friendly.
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