Oregon cities and towns are once again some of the best places in the United States to get on your bike and go, though one town has dropped on the list.

The annual City Ratings from People for Bikes is out now. Three Oregon towns made the top 10 in their respective categories last year, but this year, only two broke into the top 10.

One of those was Portland, which remained at No. 5 this year, as first reported by Bike Portland.

While we may have held steady in the ranking of cities with a population greater than 300,000, behind Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco and St. Paul, our score went up slightly, from 56 to 59.

People for Bikes, an advocacy nonprofit and the bicycling industry’s trade association in the United States, ranks cities across the globe. Their scores are based on bike infrastructure safety, the networks connecting people and shopping areas, transit and service, among other things.

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Also at No. 5? Corvallis, in the category of cities with 50,000 to 300,000 inhabitants. Corvallis was also fifth last year, with a score of 63. They too have improved in the intervening months, scoring a 70 this year.

Ashland, which landed at No. 9 last year in the fewer than 50,000 people category, dropped to No. 13 this year. But even Ashland got a better score this year, going from 70 to 81.

And while it may have dropped nationwide, Ashland is, according to the study, the best place in Oregon to ride your bike.

Smaller towns do well on the survey, especially the best place in the country to ride a bike this year: Mackinac Island in Michigan, which received an impressive score of 99.

To be fair, Mackinac Island is an island with a full-time population of about 500 people where cars aren’t allowed and everyone gets around in horse-drawn carriages and by bike. So, if Portland wants to get to No. 1, it’s clear what we need to do: Outlaw cars altogether.

We can do it. And we should do it, especially if it would mean beating Seattle on this one annual list.

– Lizzy Acker covers life and culture and writes the advice column Why Tho? Reach her at 503-221-8052, lacker@oregonian.com or @lizzzyacker

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