CNN votes Utrecht the worlds best cycling city
 

According to CNN Utrecht is the best city in the world for cycling. Not sure I would agree, since they don't include Groningen in their list - which is far better imho, or even the new city of Almere, which is extremely cycle friendly (about the only good thing one can say about the place ;) ).

Anyway their report is based on the report by http://copenhagenize.eu/index/ which actually puts Amsterdam top.

CNN disagrees - blaming tourists on hire bikes for making it less pleasant to cycle there, they also include Portland Or in their list.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/17/tr...ycling-cities/

Thank you for this! I have toured 6 of the 20 cities by bike since I retired. 14 more to go.

Our daughter just spent a few weeks in Groningen. Her summary - bikes, bikes and more bikes. And we live in a cycling city (Ottawa).

Evidently no one checked out Davis, CA, which is the U.S. cycling capital.

***Not sure I would agree, since they don't include Groningen in their list - which is far better imho,****
Maybe it was left out because the city has already won the award? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWf5fbSUNAg
The Dutch seem to prefer Zwolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRQSBiX0bEQ http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/20...ner-is-zwolle/
Others in the list were.Eindhoven - Velsen - Enschede - Almere

Also I had trouble believing the high modal share they quote. I always hear Groningen has the highest modal share of bike journeys in the Netherlands: over 60%.

The Fietsstad award is an annual thing, so every year a different city wins. I think members of the Fietsersbond can vote.

Utrecht has a large university I think and that could add to the prevalence of bike trips.

It depends.

Rotterdam has a sizeable university, but the modal share there is around 30%. That's because the rationalized street grid after the war was built for cars, primarily.