Des Moines makes Bicycling Magazine's list of the 50 most cycling-friendly cities in the United States

Posted Sep 4, 2014
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Finally an Iowa town makes the list!

Bicycling Magazine releases its "50 most cycling-friendly cities in the USA" every two years and as far as we know this is the first time a town in Iowa has made the list.

KUDOS TO DES MOINES !

The rankings are based on percentage of bike commuters, amount and quality of cycling infrastructure, transportation budgets, civic and political commitment, historical performance, future projections and more.

Per Bicycling Magazine:

"To make our Top 50, a city must also support a vibrant and diverse bike culture. It must have smart, savvy bike shops. A few notes: We considered only cities with populations of 100,000 or more. We strove for geographical diversity, to avoid having a list dominated by California's many bike-oriented cities. If your town isn't named below—or if it falls on our worst-cities list—then use this as an opportunity to do something about it, like cyclists in Miami did after their city earned a black mark in 2008. And if your city is one of the 50 listed below? Go out and enjoy a ride."

Here is the full list:

1. New York City

2. Chicago

3. Minneapolis

4. Portland, Oregon

5. Washington, D.C.

6. Boulder, Colorado

7. San Francisco

8. Seattle

9. Fort Collins, Colorado

10. Cambridge, Massachusetts

11. Austin