Washington, DC, Ranks No. 6 in Top 10 List of Most Bikeable Cities

Need an incentive to do more biking in 2013? Maybe "bike-borne karaoke" will do the trick.

  Washington, DC, was rated as the sixth "most bikeable" city in the United States, according to WalkScore's website, with a score of 65. WalkScore takes a number of factors into account when ranking cities, including the number of commuters who ride bicycles, road connectivity, bicycle-friendly lanes and trails and hills in the area. These factors were selected based on votes from the site's community of users as well as several academics. Cities are rated on a combined score of 0-100 and fall into one of four categories: The other cities on the 2012 Top 10 list are: 1) Minneapolis (79), Portland, OR (70), San Francisco (70), Boston (68), Madison, WI (67), Seattle (64), Tucson (64), New York (62) and Chicago (62). Bicyclists in our area …

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