Ok, ok, now that you’re ready to zoom zoom to your work, home, anywhere around your city. But if you want to bring your biking interest beyond your city, here are some of the best cities around the world for you to bike at.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen is often considered the most bike-friendly city around the world. Tourist are often overwhelmed by the number of bicycles flying by around the city and children are taught to ride a bike are taught to ride a bike before they’re even old enough to go to school. Nearly half of all Copenhagen commute to work by riding a bike, and 35 percent of all people who work at Copenhagen, including those who work in a suburb, commute with their bike. Copenhagen excel because of many broad and wide-used cycle lanes. As well as that, it’s short ride north or south of the city of the beaches, forest and other attraction.
Portland, Oregon
Ok, ok, even though Copenhagen is number one on the world’s most bike-friendly city to bike at, but no one have this much ka-ching to travel to Europe. A more closer option is Portland, it’s hard to beat Europe, but portland is trying. The Portland Bureau of Transportation is slowly making progress in improving and involving citizens and tourist to bike on their two wheels safely around the city. Portland provides free printed city and neighborhood maps, safety informations and more for cyclists to travel around. There’s also a public rental system that considered one of the greenest in the world. They’ve managed to cut down the need of excess kiosks by utilizing pre-existing bike corral. The city also offers bike locks, bike riding classes and etiquette guides.
As of San Francisco, thousands commute on their bike to work. To start off your biking routine, friends alway motivate you to get out of your house and hop on your bike. Or try out different apps for biking. With National Bike Week, and National Bike Day, let’s go out to zoom zoom.