Denver continues to invest in walkable, bike-friendly infrastructure, and has landed the No. 4 spot on Walk Score’s (an apartment listing company owned and operated by Redfin Corp.) new “Most Bikeable Cities 2018” ranking, which gave Denver a 71.3 bike score.
The ranking came just in time for Denver’s official Bike to Work Day.
To compile the ranking, Walk Score analyzed 1,985 cities and 20,000 plus neighborhoods.
The ranking’s top 10 most bikeable cities were:
Rank City Bike Score Change from 2015 Previous Rank (2015) 1 Minneapolis 81.9 +0.7 1 2 Portland 81.2 +9.2 3 3 Chicago 71.5 +1.3 6 4 Denver 71.3 0.0 4 5 San Francisco 70.7 -4.4 2 6 Seattle 70.0 +7.0 13 7 Boston 69.0 -1.4 5 8 New York 67.7 +2.6 12 9 Washington, D.C. 66.9 -2.6 7 10 Sacramento 65.9 -3.0 8
Cities were scored on a scale of 0-100 based on four equally weighted components:
Bike lanes
Hills
Destinations and Road Connectivity
Share of Local Workers’ Commutes Traveled by Bicycle
