Best cities for car-free visitors

More travelers than ever are skipping a car on their trips. This is fueled in part by the fact that fewer Millennials are getting drivers licenses than preceding generations. And with the easy availability of services such as Uber and Lyft, fewer business travelers rent cars in their destinations.

But some cities are much better than others at accommodating carfree travelers. A new website called MobilityScore assesses transportation options from any point in up to 100 U.S. cities.

Enter an address at transitscreen .com/mobilityscore, and it provides a score based on how easy it is to get a bus, train, taxi, bike share, Uber and other modes from that location.

USA TODAY asked TransitScreen to crunch their data to come up with the best cities for travelers who want to get around without a car. The highest ranking are generally older cities with established public transit systems, topped by New York City with a score of 95 out of 100. So it’s a surprise to see sprawling Los Angeles in the top 10, a ranking MobilityScore attributes to “the growth of LA Metro and significant changes in mobility brought by Uber and Lyft.”

Here are the top U.S. cities for carfree travelers, and their mobility ratings:

1. New York City (95)

2. Boston (81)

3. District of Columbia (80)

4. San Francisco (80)

5. Philadelphia (70)

Boston is the second-best U.S. city for car-free transportation options, according to new data. GETTY IMAGES