Annual ‘Best Places to Bike’ Report Ranks Va. Cities Low, Rankles Officials and Advocates

Annual ‘Best Places to Bike’ report ranks Va. cities low, rankles officials and advocates • Virginia Mercury

Capital News Service)Doug Allen knows good biking infrastructure when he sees it. The Richmond resident has been to Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin — places widely considered some of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world. “Every time I travel somewhere, I try to check out the transit and the biking if I can,” he said. When PeopleForBikes’ national report highlighting the best places to bike debuted in late June, Virginia cities ranked low on…

Annual ‘Best Places to Bike’ report ranks Va. cities low, rankles officials and advocates

Doug Allen knows good biking infrastructure when he sees it. The Richmond resident has been to Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin — places widely considered some of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world. “Every time I travel somewhere, I…