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The Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities of 2019

The Copenhagenize Index is the most comprehensive and holistic ranking of bicycle-friendly cities on planet earth.

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The 2019 index

01
(01)
Copenhagen
90.2%
90.2%
02
(03)
Amsterdam
89.3%
89.3%
03
(02)
Utrecht
88.4%
88.4%
04
(07)
Antwerp
73.2%
73.2%
05
(04)
Strasbourg
70.5%
70.5%
06
(06)
Bordeaux
68.8%
68.8%
07
(19)
rising star
Oslo
62.5%
62.5%
08
(13)
Paris
61.6%
61.6%
09
(12)
Vienna
60.7%
60.7%
10
(18)
Helsinki
59.8%
59.8%
11
newcomer
Bremen
58.9%
58.9%
12
newcomer
Bogotá
58.1%
58.1%
13
(11)
Barcelona
57.4%
57.4%
14
(08)
Ljubljana
57.1%
57.1%
15
(10)
Berlin
56.3%
56.3%
16
(09)
Tokyo
55.4%
55.4%
17
newcomer
Taipei
54.5%
54.5%
18
(20)
Montréal
53.6%
53.6%
18
newcomer
Vancouver
53.6%
53.6%
20
(17)
Hamburg
52.7%
52.7%

Success Stories of 2019

A new precedent for dockless bike share integration
Seattle
A community-driven, cargo bike solution to a garbage crisis
Lagos
Filling in the map to fill in the gaps
Kuala Lumpur
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Rank history

2011
1. Amsterdam
2. Copenhagen
3. Barcelona
4. Berlin
5. Tokyo
6. Munich
7. Paris
8. Montréal
9. Dublin
10. Budapest
11. Hamburg
12. Guadalajara
13. Portland
14. Stockholm
15. Helsinki
16. London
17. San Francisco
18. Rio de Janeiro
19. Vienna
20. New York
2013
1. Amsterdam
2. Copenhagen
3. Utrecht
4. Seville
5. Bordeaux
6. Nantes
7. Antwerp
8. Eindhoven
9. Malmö
10. Berlin
11. Dublin
12. Tokyo
13. Munich
14. Montréal
15. Nagoya
16. Rio de Janeiro
17. Barcelona
18. Budapest
19. Paris
20. Hamburg
2015
1. Copenhagen
2. Amsterdam
3. Utrecht
4. Eindhoven
5. Malmö
6. Nantes
7. Bordeaux
8. Strasbourg
9. Antwerp
10. Seville
11. Barcelona
12. Ljubljana
13. Dublin
14. Buenos Aires
15. Berlin
16. Minneapolis
17. Paris
18. Hamburg
19. Munich
20. Montréal
2017
1. Copenhagen
2. Utrecht
3. Amsterdam
4. Strasbourg
5. Malmö
6. Bordeaux
7. Antwerp
8. Ljubljana
9. Tokyo
10. Berlin
11. Barcelona
12. Vienna
13. Paris
14. Seville
15. Munich
16. Nantes
17. Hamburg
18. Helsinki
19. Oslo
20. Montréal
2019
1. Copenhagen
2. Amsterdam
3. Utrecht
4. Antwerp
5. Strasbourg
6. Bordeaux
7. Oslo
8. Paris
9. Vienna
10. Helsinki
11. Bremen
12. Bogotá
13. Barcelona
14. Ljubljana
15. Berlin
16. Tokyo
17. Taipei
18. Montréal
19. Vancouver
20. Hamburg

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