Creating Healthier Environments for Everyone
Despite what you might expect with the climate, any annual list of “most bikeable” cities is going to have Minneapolis, Minnesota near the top. The key is infrastructure—the community is intentionally designed with bikeways and paths to encourage active transportation, including biking and walking.
That’s only one way the city is, overall, incredibly healthy. But it’s not like that in every area of the community.
We have this incredibly healthy lifestyle and so many wonderful things, but we also have one of the largest gaps between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ of any city in the country—in economic disparities, in health, in education,” said Mayor RT Rybak. “So our focus is absolutely on closing those gaps.”