Have also been curious about the city where I grew up.. in terms of local cycling. It may be slightly more representative (sort of). A medium-sized city by now (100,000), with 2 universities and a college.

But still, I was dismayed after they redesigned the downtown core (we lived a 10 min. away from it) in the past decade, to be more pedestrian friendly, etc., it doesn't look like it's encouraging much change in that way nor for cyclists. Aerial shots of huge freakin' parking lots downtown from local advocacy group.

Horrible that I am...but I now judge "progress" of a city/town for its walkability at the very least. (Cycleability is still a stretch for many places in North America.)