The 2025 City Ratings are out from People for Bikes. In the past, Detroit has not scored very well but some methodological changes have helped give a clearer picture of where Detroit stands among other global, United States, and Midwest regional cities. One area that dings Detroit is the presence of bike lanes with parking, which is true for almost all bike lanes in the city. The difference is that Detroit has the bike lane along the curb and car parking next to the roadway – more ideal for people on bikes.

The bike network in Detroit has some clear wins with well connected neighborhoods, but what appears to be more islands of bikeability rather than a connected city until the Joe Louis Greenway is completed near the end of 2030. I think most of my friends on bikes often are coming from Hamtramck which has almost no “bike network” connecting to Detroit.