Well, we live in a world that is ever-growing and evolving, with new trends coming to replace old ones. There was a time when the world never knew mechanical transports like cars and motorcycles. But now the world is filled with different types of automobiles.
Among the long list of vehicles and automobiles gaining recognition is bikes. Yes, you heard correctly; bikes. This vehicle which we hear our children nag for is fast becoming popular among older and more mature ones on a day-to-day basis. As a result, the bicycle has now been recognized in many countries as a vehicle.
This has giving bikers access to the main road, with some countries even creating special cycling paths exclusively for bikes. Are you a fan of bikes and are looking for locations that will help take your cycling to the next level? Then you must stay till the end of this article, as we bring you the best bike-friendly locations around the world.
10 Bike-Friendly Locations In The World
Amsterdam – Netherlands
This is one of the most bike-friendly locations in the world. The country has invested both time and money in improving and renovating bicycle tracks all over Amsterdam.
This city is working hard to be number one and is working hard at some major innovations. Some of those innovations include the widening of bicycle tracks, creation of new and improved royal routes, which will help create room for more bikes on a single track.
The city is also making available more low-speed cycle routes and making sure that the laws governing mobility are implemented.
Utrecht – Netherlands
The Netherlands is not a country known for its bike-friendly nature. But Utrecht stands out as one that sees the seriousness of this amazing vehicle. As a result, bikes have been given great recognition in this particular city.
Since this is a Dutch city, it benefits greatly from its bicycle innovations and infrastructure. Such innovations as the high bicycles modal share for increasing biking convenience and the prioritizing of bicycles as a strong mode of transport.
All this was further implemented, with even improvement in some areas due to the expensive use of cars as a mode of transport.
Strasbourg – France
This city is known as the number one bike-friendly city in the whole of France. This city has set out to improve cycling networks beyond urban centers. It plans to achieve this by encouraging new riders.
It also does this by strategizing and modernizing existing cycling networks. The city also plans to expand the Veloster cycling highway to smaller routes. Because of the political willpower of this city, we are sure to see most of these changes implemented.
Antwerp – Belgium
This city has slowly but steadily built a reputation for being one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. It has created a lot of bicycle routes and has focused on improving each route as the years go by.
They also work at connecting cycling networks through the use of track intersections. The city has also added traffic light management to the list of things to improve upon, starting by lowering the speed limit for each biker to about 30kmhrs.
They have also worked at extending bicycles parking spaces at the cities train stations. They plan on expanding their biking highways in the future.
Bordeaux – France
This city is number takes the sixth position when it comes to bike-friendly locations. It does this by working extremely hard to give bikes equal rights, as like any other vehicle. It also works at improving and maintaining attitudes towards bicycles in general.
In 2019, this city took a bold step by banning cars from point De Pierre. This helped to increase bicycle traffic along that route. And as a result of the cities political ambition to be the number one bike-friendly location in the world, they are one city to look out for.
Oslo – Norway
This city has worked hard in maintaining its status as part of the top 20 bicycle-friendly locations in the world.
This goal was further met by the banning of cars in almost half of the city, giving room for more biking routes to be created, with connecting routes. All this makes this city one to watch out for in the coming years.
Paris – France
The city of Paris has finally decided to take biking seriously by building more track routes dedicated to biking.
They also created protected facilities on camp Elysees and have fought at renovation and creation of newer tracks and even creating a cycling highway. All this was achieved even under opposition from many.
Helsinki – Finland Photo by Tapio Haaja on Unsplash
Like every other city, Helsinki thrives and is determined to be the best bike-friendly location in the world. They try to achieve this further by improving on-track routes. They also work at increasing innovative bike shares by about 15 percent.
They are currently at 11 percent and do not seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Bremen – Germany
This German city takes the 11th spot on the list of bike-friendly cities. It holds a record of the highest bicycle modal share in the whole of Germany by 25%.
This city has worked hard in improving biking infrastructure, creating new biking routes, and expanding those already in use for the accommodation of more bikes.
Barcelona – Spain
Barcelona is becoming a very bike-friendly location in Spain. It works at innovating modal mobility and expanding the biking track networks.
It has remained in the top 20 list of bike-friendly locations in the world for over eight years now and is looking to expand its cycling network force to about 190km come ending of this year.
Conclusion
If you are a fan of biking and are looking to improve your bicycle riding skills, then why not try visiting one of these cities this summer, where you would have as much freedom as you would ever need with your bike.
