Bicycle Friendly Community Program

The Bicycle Friendly Community Program (BFC) provides a roadmap to improve conditions for bicycling in your community and offers national recognition for communities that actively support bicycling. A Bicycle Friendly Community welcomes cyclists by providing safe accommodation for cycling and encouraging people to bike for transportation and recreation. View an overview presentation of the program.

Current BFCs

Explore this interactive map to see current BFCs by state and to find out what these communities are doing to promote cycling.

The League named 17 new and 16 renewing Bicycle Friendly Communities during the 2013 Spring BFC awards. Read the press release for more information.

Click here for a complete list of Bicycle Friendly Communities. To see the list of communities that received Honorable Mentions in Spring 2013/Fall 2012, click here.

Upcoming Application Deadline

To be included in the next review cycle and possibly join those communities earning the award, submit the Bicycle Friendly Community application by July 16, 2013. There are two application deadlines per year, one in February and one in July.

Local Reviewer Sign Up

Each application to the Bicycle Friendly America program is reviewed by a panel of national bicycle experts and several local reviewers are consulted to share their on the ground perspective of the applicant. If you are knowledgeable about bike issues and would like to become a Bicycle Friendly America program local reviewer, please sign-up here.