June 14, 2020 - Welcome to the Copenhagenize Index – the most comprehensive and holistic ranking of bicycle-friendly cities on planet earth. As the fifth edition of the biennial Index since 2011, this year’s effort was made possible through months of intensive teamwork, research and outreach. Creating an inventory of urban cycling in all corners of the world is no small feat – and this year we are as excited as ever to share the most fascinating cycling stories from across the globe.
Our Methodology
The Copenhagenize Index gives cities points for their efforts towards reestablishing the bicycle as a feasible, accepted and practical form of transport. Countless cities around the world are taking up the challenge of modernising their public realm, to chip away at the decades of auto-oriented street design – implementing bicycle infrastructure, better policy, bike share systems, restricting car use and more. These actions are catalogued and coded in order to paint a holistic picture of bicycle-friendliness across the globe. That is the Copenhagenize Index.
