11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities

Wired Magazine reports that Virgin Vacations has put together a list of the 11 most bicycle friendly cities in the world.

1. Amsterdam, Netherlands : see their Bike Dispenser
   
2. Portland, Oregon : see a New York Times article on bicycle-friendly Portland
   
3. Copenhagen, Denmark : see the Streetsblog Notes on biclycling in Copenhagen
   
4. Boulder, Colorado : see the City of Boulder's bicycling transportation resources page
   
5. Davis, California : see the League of American Bicyclists' extensive article on what makes Davis bicycle friendly
   
6. Sandnes, Norway : see Marco Zanussi's profile on Sandnes Byke City (pdf)
   
7. Trondheim, Norway : see the Trondheim bicycle hill-assist in action on YouTube
   
8. San Francisco, California : get the 511 on bicycling in San Francisco
   
9. Berlin, Germany : read the CBS News report on Berlin's bicycling boom
   
10. Barcelona, Spain : see the Barcelona bicycling resources guide
    
11. Basel, Switzerland : see stats and history of bicycling in Basel
    

The eleven cities were chosen based on "The Five Es" -- criteria drawn up by the League of American Bicyclists

• ENGINEERING : facilities for accommodation of cyclists
  
• EDUCATION : provision of funds for teaching safe cycling
  
• ENCOURAGEMENT : how the community promotes and encourages bicycling
  
• ENFORCEMENT : do bicycling laws exist and are they enforced
  
• EVALUATION & PLANNING : is there a bicycle master plan