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Originally Posted by Crawford
Austin and Rio strike me as terrible for biking.
Shouldn't the first 50 or so cities pretty much all be in Netherlands and Denmark? Maybe a flat Northern German city sneaks in too?
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Yes, they were probably seeking out some geographic diversity, but did a poor job.
If you're going to select some of the best from each continent, the best cities for biking in South America are in Colombia (ie Bogota), which generally has the largest bike culture, but it's still far from ideal.
Utrecht and Copenhagen are at the top for cities I've visited. Montreal, Portland, and DC are some of the best in North America.
I frankly don't think Boulder deserves as much credit as it gets. A large part of that is the university skewing the mode share stats, but the on-street infrastructure is nothing special and the place is largely suburban (of the sorta-New Urbanist variety). I actually think Denver, and neighboring Fort Collins do better.