{"id":22954,"date":"2013-02-12T22:48:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T22:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=22954"},"modified":"2013-02-14T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:06:40","slug":"bikeability-of-36-cities-walk-score-rates-every-address-in-each-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/bikeability-of-36-cities-walk-score-rates-every-address-in-each-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikeability Of 36 Cities — Walk Score Rates Every Address In Each City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liberty bike trail in Florida. Image Credit: Cynthia Shahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I get lost in a time warp playing with this bike score map<\/a>. What a pleasant diversion and a bit of fun after being outside on my bike for hours this evening. The map is interesting and useful. Especially diverse and informative are the comments at the side of the scoring of a city. Those comments vary as we bikers vary, so many different styles — one person happy, another not so much, with more complaints and needs not yet met.<\/p>\n

Yes, we have some great winners in the\u00a0Walk Score<\/a> rankings of the “Bikeability of Every Address in 36 Cities.” I expected much of what I found; however, let\u2019s really applaud those Minneapolis<\/a> bikers for leading the country. Like our Danish role models<\/a>,\u00a0cold does not change their passion for biking, and the rest of us are trailing behind.<\/p>\n

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Minneapolis bicyclists<\/a> by ibikempls<\/a>\u00a0(some rights reserved<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walk Score published it bikeability rankings last spring, but they were only at the citywide level. You can also plug in your address, and come up with a custom rating for your own address with Walk Score. By using an algorithm<\/a>\u00a0that takes into account factors such as bike infrastructure, topography, and the number of cyclists on the streets, Walk Score has released \u201cBike Scores\u201d for addresses in 25 American cities<\/a> and 11 Canadian cities.<\/p>\n

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Walk Score\u2019s first 25 bike-scored U.S. cities include the top 10 vote-getters, the\u00a0top 10 most bikeable cities<\/a>\u00a0they had scored this spring,\u00a0and five others selected for mysterious reasons.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0full list\u00a0is:<\/p>\n