Bicycle Friendly Communities
As of October 2012, the League has formally recognized 242 communities across 47 states as bicycle-friendly communities for "providing safe accommodation and facilities for bicyclists and encouraging residents to bike for transportation and recreation." These are the communities:
Platinum-level
- Boulder, Colorado
- Davis, California
- Portland, Oregon
Gold-level
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- Corvallis, Oregon
- Durango, Colorado
- Eugene, Oregon
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Jackson, Wyoming
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Missoula, Montana
- Palo Alto, California
- San Francisco, California
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Seattle, Washington
- Stanford University
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Tucson, Arizona
Silver-level
- Ada County, Idaho
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Arcata, California
- Arlington, Virginia
- Aspen, Colorado
- Austin, Texas
- Bellingham, Washington
- Bend, Oregon
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Bozeman, Montana
- Burlington, Vermont
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Carrboro, North Carolina
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chico, California
- Claremont, California
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Columbia, Missouri
- Denver, Colorado
- Evanston, Illinois
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Folsom, California
- Gainesville, Florida
- Gunnison, Colorado
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- LaCrosse, Wisconsin
- Long Beach, California
- Longmont, Colorado
- Mountain View, California
- New York City
- Olympia, Washington
- Park City, Utah
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Port Townsend, Washington
- The Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Redmond, Washington
- Sacramento, California
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Luis Obispo, California
- Santa Barbara, California
- Santa Cruz, California
- Sisters, Oregon
- Tempe, Arizona
- Venice, Florida
- Wood River Valley, Idaho
- Washington, D.C.
- Alameda, California
- Albany, Oregon
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Arlington, Massachusetts
- Arvada, Colorado
- Ashland, Oregon
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Athens, Georgia
- Auburn, Alabama
- Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Beaverton, Oregon
- Bemidji, Minnesota
- Bentonville, Arkansas
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Billings, Montana
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Brentwood, California
- Brunswick, Maine
- Calistoga, California
- Carbondale, Colorado
- Carmel, Indiana
- Cary, North Carolina
- Castle Rock, Colorado
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Chandler, Arizona
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Columbus, Indiana
- Columbus, Ohio
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Conway, Arkansas
- Cottonwood, Arizona
- Cupertino, California
- Davidson, North Carolina
- Dayton, Ohio
- Decatur, Georgia
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Durham, North Carolina
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Emeryville, California
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Fitchburg, Wisconsin
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Franklin, Pennsylvania
- Frederick, Maryland
- Fresno, California
- Gilbert, Arizona
- Golden, Colorado
- Goshen, Indiana
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Greater Mankato, Minnesota
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Gresham, Oregon
- Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Houghton, Michigan
- Huntington Beach, California
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Irvine, California
- Juneau, Alaska
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Keene, New Hampshire
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Lakeland, Florida
- Lakewood, Colorado
- Lansing, Michigan
- Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Lawrence, Kansas
- Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Lewes, Delaware
- Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky
- Liberty Lake, Washington
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Los Altos, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Manhattan, Kansas
- Marquette, Michigan
- Menlo Park, California
- Mesa, Arizona
- Miami, Florida
- Midland, Michigan
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- Napa, California
- Naperville, Illinois
- Nashville, Tennessee
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Newark, Delaware
- Norman, Oklahoma
- North Little Rock, Arkansas
- Northampton, Massachusetts
- Oakland, California
- Ocean City, New Jersey
- Oceanside, California
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Orange County, California
- Orlando, Florida
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Portage, Michigan
- Provo, Utah
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Redding, California
- Reno-Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada
- Richmond, Virginia
- Ridgeland, Mississippi
- River Falls, Wisconsin
- Riverside, California
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Rochester, New York
- Rock Hill, South Carolina
- Rockville, Maryland
- Roseville, California
- Roswell, Georgia,
- Salem, Oregon
- San Antonio, Texas
- San Jose, California
- Sanibel, Florida
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Santa Clara, California
- Santa Clarita, California
- Santa Monica, California
- Schaumburg, Illinois
- Sedona, Arizona
- Shawnee, Kansas
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Shorewood, Wisconsin
- Simsbury, Connecticut
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Sitka, Alaska
- Snohomish, Washington
- Somerville, Massachusetts
- Sonoma, California
- South Bend, Indiana
- South Lake Tahoe, California
- South Sioux City, Nebraska
- South Windsor, Connecticut
- Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Spokane, Washington
- Springfield, Illinois
- State College - Centre Region, Pennsylvania
- Stillwater, Oklahoma
- St. Louis, Missouri
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Summit County Government, Colorado
- Sunnyvale, California
- Tacoma, Washington
- Tallahassee, Florida
- The Woodlands, Texas
- Thousand Oaks, California
- Tybee Island, Georgia
- Traverse City, Michigan
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- University Heights, Iowa
- Urbana, Illinois
- Vail, Colorado
- Vancouver, Washington
- West Windsor, New Jersey
- Westerville, Ohio
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Windsor, California
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