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Seattle grabbed the No. 7 spot for the nation's most "walkable" city and it is only one notch behind for "bikeability." (AP Photo)

Seattle ranks No. 7 on nation's most 'bikeable' list

BY Tom Kelly  on May 15, 2012 @ 8:12 am (Updated: 11:08 am - 5/15/12 )

Seattle grabbed the No. 7 spot for the nation's most "walkable" city and it is only one notch behind for "bikeability."

Walk Score, based in University Village, recently released Bike Score based on factors like bike lanes, hills, road connectivity, and the percentage of people in an area who bike to work.

Walk Score has identified as the nation's "top 10 most bikeable cities." Bike Score generates a rating of 0-100, with cities with scores of 70 or higher considered "very bikeable," those with scores between 50 and 69 "bikeable," and those with scores below 50 "somewhat bikeable."

The company it developed the Bike Score methodology in collaboration with professor Meghan Winters of Simon Fraser University, and professors Michael Brauer and Kay Teschke of the University of British Columbia, under a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Minneapolis grabbed the top spot with a rating of 79 while Seattle's No. 7 earned a 64.

Top 10 Most Bikeable Cities
1. Minneapolis (79)
2. Portland (70)
3. San Francisco (70)
4. Boston (68)
5. Madison (67)
6. Washington, D.C. (65)
7. Seattle (64)
8. Tucson (64)
9. New York (62)
10. Chicago (62)

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  • kata wrote...
    We're also
    May 15, 2012 8:13 am
    on the top ten list for "worst traffic"
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Oh, good gods -
    May 15, 2012 8:22 am
    McGinMill must be crying in his pillow, the failure to make number one. .. HINT, Mike - It's the rail ruts for light rail.
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  • shark75 wrote...
    Yes, Worst Traffic, but the politicians don't care about that
    May 15, 2012 9:40 am
    They just care about gay marriage and 60% of the transportation budget going to that money hole Sound Transit which services about 3% of the population...
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  • BikeNazi wrote...
    Avoid the traffic
    May 15, 2012 10:53 am
    Ride a bike. It will slim down your fat arse.
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  • oldreliable wrote...
    Bite off Nazi ...
    May 15, 2012 11:35 am
    biking thing is out of hand in Seattle ...I strongly dislike the idea of me paying for bikers road ways (start paying bike taxes and I will retract this email) ... and BNazi .. your typical of the hand out and give me something for nothing crowd and oh we own the street because we have tights on and we are riding a bike ...
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    And, evidently.
    May 15, 2012 12:14 pm
    your brain. Either follow ALL the traffic rules and stay in the street, or play on the sidewalk. Just there respect pedestrian - but, OH, THEY are lesser beings also.
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  • Dark Jedi wrote...
    With all the money we've sunk into bicycle projects
    May 15, 2012 11:04 am
    I'm not surprised we're in the top 10. But I don't think the Mayor will last the election cycle to be making a bigger bicycle push. All his well paid cronies will be out lobbying for a lobbist firm.
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  • awbitf wrote...
    Remind me again why bikers need bike lanes
    May 15, 2012 12:16 pm
    Is it because they don't want to follow the rules of the road or is it because they hit too many pedestrians when they ride on the sidewalks?
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  • Bubba wrote...
    I love that the bike lane...
    May 15, 2012 12:55 pm
    ...on Roosevelt Way is exactly where Metro buses drive. Those white painted pictures on the road must all be flattened bicyclists that buses have accidently taken out.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Minneapolis # 1 ?
    May 15, 2012 7:00 pm
    I call BS! Ever been there? Sure, ride around in the summer evening and the paths are clear except for the poor suckers who dont know their about to be shanked. Along the river, you need goggle & mouth guard for the mosquitoes. In the winter, it's where they move the snow to until spring.
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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    Its hard to believe
    May 15, 2012 7:04 pm
    that there are 6 more cities that are bigger nazis than Seattle.
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    i would have more respect for you bicyclist's if
    May 16, 2012 5:36 am
    you followed the same rules as the autos....for example:stopping at a red light.
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