What Is PeopleForBikes and What Does the Organization Work On?

PeopleForBikes is a U.S. bicycle advocacy organization whose stated mission is "making the U.S. the best place in the world to ride a bike." It pursues that goal through three pillars—Infrastructure, Policy, and Participation—and supports the work with research, data, and industry resources. It is most useful to people who want to understand or compare bike-friendliness in U.S. cities, follow bike-related policy, or find industry market intelligence.

The Three Pillars

PeopleForBikes describes its work as focused on three key areas:

Infrastructure programs

The site highlights several concrete infrastructure efforts:

• The Great Bike Infrastructure Project — invests in communities across the U.S. to create safer, more connected places to bike.
• City Ratings — an annual ranking of more than 3,000 U.S. and international cities on the quality and connectivity of their bike networks, scored 0–100 and tracked over time.
• Bicycle Network Analysis (BNA) — measures how easy it is to get around by bicycle in cities nationwide and includes an inventory of U.S. bike infrastructure.
• The Future of Mobility / The Final Mile — a 2022 partnership with Wend Collective that set out to accelerate safe, complete bicycle networks in five U.S. cities.

Policy work

The policy section addresses the changing e-bike landscape: the site notes that more than 12 million e-bikes are expected to be sold between 2020 and 2030, and describes PeopleForBikes' role in helping cities, states, and federal legislators plan for, incentivize, and regulate them.

Research, Data, and Resources

Beyond advocacy, the organization publishes and curates reference material:

• Research + Data — academic research and reports on specific topics affecting the bike industry.
• Resource Marketplace — described as the bicycle industry's leading authority on market intelligence.

These are the sections to check if your goal is finding reports or industry data rather than advocacy news.

Who It's For

• Riders and local advocates who want to see how their city scores through City Ratings or understand local bike-network quality via the BNA.
• Policymakers and city staff looking for guidance on e-bike regulation or infrastructure investment models.
• Industry professionals seeking market intelligence through the Resource Marketplace.

Practical Notes

The site also provides membership access and login, a contact page, and a stories section with dated articles (for example, "2024's Best Places to Bike" and a piece on pro-bike policies in Cambridge, Massachusetts). The provided site information does not state pricing for membership or resources, so check the membership page directly if cost matters to you.