Interested in applying to the League's BFC program? Take our quick assessment to see where your community stands. This legacy has supported a rich bicycle culture and today, through GObike Buffalo 's collaboration with the business community and city, we are poised to become a great bicycling city especially with connections along the Niagara River Greenway to Niagara Falls and across the border to the Greater Bi-national Niagara Region." "Despite the significant decline faced in the latter part of the 20th century, our city can boast a radial street grid design by Joseph Ellicott and a parks and parkway system by Fredrick Law Olmsted, coupled with our historic architecture, Buffalo has been considered as one of the best designed cities in the country. " Buffalo is an exceptional city located along the convergence of two great lakes with a rich history," Booth said. Justin Booth, Executive Director of GObike Buffalo, told me that Buffalo's decline in the late 20th century - which was felt by many of the Rust Belt cities - has not stopped the New York city from growing stronger, with bicycling propelling this progress. Buffalo has a booming bike culture, a growing bikeshare system and nearly half of all of its schools have a Safe Routes to School program. In our latest round of Bicycle Friendly Community awards, Buffalo, New York, was awarded a Bronze. And many cities across the Rust Belt region - like Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis, South Bend, Morgantown - have shown they're committed to making biking better in their communities. We know that bicycling is a cost-effective solution for many community problems. The Rust Belt's revival appears to be pedal-powered.