Inside the City Cycling Index: How We Score a City for Cycling — and How It Holds Up to ITDP, BNA, Bike Score, CROW & Can-BICS

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +1000

Ask two people to name the world’s best cycling city and you’ll get the same short list — Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Utrecht. Ask why, or ask where your city sits, and the conversation gets vague fast.

Cycling-friendliness has been measured many times by many excellent programmes. But those scores are usually periodic, proprietary, or limited to a hand-surveyed list of cities. If your city isn’t on the list, you’re out of luck — and even if it is, the number often arrives once every few years with no way to see the working.

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Inside the City Cycling Index: How We Score a City for Cycling — and How It Holds Up to ITDP, BNA, Bike Score, CROW & Can-BICS