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Bicycle Friendly America
Alaska
State Rank: 43 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Alaska has no restriction on cell phone usage and no accomodation or complete streets policy. The state does have a share the road campaign.
Alaska's Bicycle Friendly Community
Alabama
State Rank: 48 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Alabama promotes bicycling through its tourism board, yet lacks a state-wide bike route network and still has dated, discriminatory mandatory sidepath laws on the books. The state also falls behind the majority of the country in Safe Routes to School programming.
Alabama's Bicycle Friendly Community
Arkansas
State Rank: 39 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: While Arkansas has a bicycle accomodation policy, there are inadequate traffic laws covering bicycling and no statewide bike route network.
Arkansas's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Arkansas that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Arkansa's Bicycle Friendly Business
Arizona
State Rank: 3 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Arizona is one of the few to promote protection of cyclists through a 3-foot minimum passing law, and was one of the early adopters of a bike-friendly rumble strip policy. The state has also taken a leading role by including increasing bicycle trips in their statewide carbon emission reduction plan.
Arizona's Bicycle Friendly Communities
California
State Rank: 7 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: California has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance and dedicated state funding for bicycle projects. They also have high crash and fatality rates.
California's Bicycle Friendly Communities
California's Bicycle Friendly Businesses
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Colorado
State Rank: 22 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Colorado has a statewide bicycle operator's manual. Cyclists are required to use the shoulder, but there is no minimum width in their rumble strip policy. The state does not have a statewide bike plan.
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Colorado's Bicycle Friendly Business
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Connecticut
State Rank: 42 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Connecticut's state carbon reduction plan includes bicycling, but there is currently no state funding for bike education programs.
Connecticut's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Connecticut that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Washington, DC
Washington DC's Bicycle Friendly Business
Delaware
State Rank: 31 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Delaware has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance. They have a legal BAC above .08% but high crash and fataility rates.
Delaware's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Delaware that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Florida
State Rank: 20 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Florida has an excellent complete streets policy. However, the state has no cell phone use restrictions and high crash and fatality rates.
Florida's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Georgia
State Rank: 49 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Georgia offers a state-wide bike route network, but offers no routine accommodation or complete streets policy to guarantee the inclusion of facilities for cyclists. Additionally, the state does not offer information on the rights and responsibilities of cyclists in the state driver’s manual.
Georgia's Bicycle Friendly Community
Hawaii
State Rank: 14 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Bicycling is included in the highway safety plan, and there is dedicated state funding for bicycle projects. However, there is currently no training for officers or traffic court judges on the rights and resposibilities of cyclists.
Hawaii's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Hawaii that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Iowa
State Rank: 21 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: In Iowa, bicycle enforcement is included in POST standards and police academy training, and there are good education efforts for cyclists and motorists. However, the state has no bike master plan.
Iowa's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Iowa's Bicycle Friendly Businesses
Idaho
State Rank: 37 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Idaho's accomodation policy was recently updated, but there is no statewide route network and no dedicated funding from state.
Idaho's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Illinois
State Rank: 8 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Illinois passed a complete streets law in 2007 and has a statewide bike map with suitability ratings. However, there are no performance measures or project lists in the state bike plan.
Illinois' Bicycle Friendly Communities:
Illinois' Bicycle Friendly Business
Indiana
State Rank: 24 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Cyclist's rights and responsibilities are in the driver's manual, but there is no identified bike route network and low levels of available federal funding are spent on bicycle projects.
Indiana's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Kansas
State Rank: 25 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Kansas has a statewide route network, and a legal BAC above .08%, but has no accomodation or complete streets policy.
Kansas' Bicycle Friendly Communities
Kentucky
State Rank: 29 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Kentucky has good bike laws but no safety funding and no bike route signage.
Kentucky's Bicycle Friendly Community
Louisiana
State Rank: 26 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Louisiana has a routine accommodation policy but also has discriminatory mandatory sidepath and bike lane laws. The state has high crash and fataility rates.
Louisiana's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Louisiana that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Massachusetts
State Rank: 16 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Massachusetts has a statewide mountain biking plan and bicycle users manual. However, there are no photo enforcement and no cell phone use restrictions.
Massachusetts' Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Massachusetts that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Massachusetts' Bicycle Friendly Businesses
Maryland
State Rank: 35 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Maryland has a signed and mapped route network. They also have a discriminatory mandatory bike lane law and no cell phone use restrictions.
Maryland's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Maryland that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Maryland's Bicycle Friendly Business
Maine
State Rank: 6 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Rights and responsibilities of cyclists are included in Maine's driver's manual, and they have a statewide mountain biking plan. However, bicycling is not included in the Highway Safety Plan.
Maine's Bicycle Friendly Community
Michigan
State Rank: 12 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Michigan has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance and dedicated state funding for bicycle projects. However, there is no routine accomodation or complete streets policy.
Michigan's Bicycle Friendly Community
Minnesota
State Rank: 5 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: In addition to their exemplary bike-related laws, Minnesota further strives to protect and promote cyclists through its model Share the Road campaign. The state also has a policy requiring bike parking at state buildings, as well as state funding for the installation of bike racks.
Minnesota's Bicycle Friendly Community
Minnesota's Bicycle Friendly Business
Missouri
State Rank: 28 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Missouri has a bike route map with suitability ratings, but no bike master plan and no cell phone use restrictions.
Missouri's Bicycle Friendly Community
Mississippi
State Rank: 47 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Though Mississippi promotes bicycle tourism along the Mississippi River Trail and Natchez Trace Parkway, it lacks a bicycle master plan, a routine accommodation policy for cyclists, and has no state-level dedicated funding source for bicycling related projects.
Mississippi's Bicycle Friendly Community
Montana
State Rank: 44 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Montana has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance, but has no League certified bike ed and no map or signage for identified bike route network.
Montana's Bicycle Friendly Community
North Carolina
State Rank: 13 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: North Carolina has a statewide mountain biking plan and dedicated state funding for bicycle projects, but has made slow progress on safe routes to school.
North Carolina's Bicycle Friendly Communities
North Carolina Bicycle Friendly Businesses
North Dakota
State Rank: 46 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: North Dakota has bicycle usage included in SCORP but has a discriminatory mandatory sidepath law and no League certified bike ed.
North Dakota's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in North Dakota that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
Nebraska
State Rank: 33 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Nebraska has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance. However, the state has a discriminatory mandatory sidepath law, no bike master plan, and no accommodation policy.
Nebraska's Bicycle Friendly Community
Nebraska's Bicycle Friendly Business
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New Hampshire
State Rank: 10 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: New Hampshire has exemplary bike laws, a bike parking policy and funding for racks. However, bicycling enforcement is not a police academy requirement.
New Hampshire's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in New Hampshire that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
New Jersey
State Rank: 9 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: New Jersey has dedicated state funding for bike projects and a statewide mountain biking plan. However, they do not have a safe passing distance law.
New Jersey's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in New Jersey that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
New Mexico
State Rank: 45 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: While New Mexico has a bicycle advisory council that has meetings scheduled every quarter, the state still has discriminatory mandatory sidepath and mandatory bike lane laws, no bike master plan or accommodation policy, and no League Bike Ed classes have been taught in New Mexico within the last year.
New Mexico's Bicycle Friendly Community
Nevada
State Rank: 19 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Nevada has a rumble strip policy with a minimum 4 feet of clearance and good education efforts for both cyclists and motorists. However, there are no signed our mapped state bike routes.
Nevada's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Currently there are no cities in Nevada that have been designated as bicycle friendly communities. Your city can be the first. To apply for BFC designation, review the materials at www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/apply.cfm.
New York
State Rank: 34 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: New York has a signed and mapped route network, but no accomodation or complete streets policy and slow progress on safe routes to school.
New York's Bicycle Friendly Community:
Ohio
State Rank: 32 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Ohio has a routine accomodation policy adopted in 2005, but no bike master plan and bicycling enforcement is not a police academy or POST training requirement.
Ohio's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Ohio's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Oklahoma
State Rank: 43 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Oklahoma does include cyclist rights and responsibilities in their driver's manual, but has no accomodation or complete streets policy and no bike master plan, or accommodation policy.
Oklahoma's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Oregon
State Rank: 4 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Oregon was one of the first adopters of a complete streets policy - accounting for all roadway users, including bicyclists, when constructing roads. The state helps educated motorists of cyclists rights to the roads in its driver’s manual. Oregon also excels in highlighting its fantastic cycling opportunities through its bike tourism promotion.
Oregon's Bicycle Friendly Communities
Oregon Bicycle Friendly Businesses
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Pennsylvania
State Rank: 38 out of 50.
Reasons for Ranking: Pennsylvania has an exemplary route network, but no safe passing distance law and no accomodation or complete streets policy.
Pennsylvania's Bicycle Friendly Communities
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