Why is bike transportation still not possible for most people in American cities, and how can we make it a reality?

Despite decades of voter support for candidates who’ve run on the promise of affordable, healthy active transportation and billions of dollars of investment, bike transportation is still not a practical reality in American cities.

On the 2025 Copenhagenize Index, the global ranking of bike-friendly cities, the top American city was Portland, which ranked a paltry number 35 globally.

America Thirty-Fifth!

Why are we so low? Simple: our cities aren’t bike-friendly.