New Study Looks at Bicycling in N. American Cities
Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities: Lesson for New York, is a new study out by John Pucher of Rutgers University and Ralph Buehler of Virgina Tech. The study is full of interesting statistics – here’s a sampling:
- The number of bike commuters in the U.S. rose 64% from 1990 to 2009
- The bike share of commuters in the U.S. rose from 0.4% to 0.6% from 1990 to 2009
- The number of bike commuters in Canada rose 42% from 1996 to 2006
- The bike share of commuters in Canada rose from 1.1% to 1.3% from 1996 to 2006
- From 1988 to 2008, cycling fatalities fell by 66% in Canada and 21% in the U.S.
- A 2008 survey found that 18% of Portland residents use bicycles as their primary or secondary commute vehicle.
- From 2001 to 2009 commute trips rose from 8% to 12% of all bike trips in the U.S.
- The total quantity of rail trails in the U.S. grew from 2,044 miles to 15,964 miles from 1990 to 2010.
View the study [PDF] →
5 Responses to “New Study Looks at Bicycling in N. American Cities”
Alan, just FYI the link to the study returns a page not found error.
DOH! Thanks for the heads up, John. It’s fixed now…
Excellent, I’d just finished their “Making Cycling Irresistible” study. The Bloustein School does some excellent work, I used to come across information from them a lot back in my Days of Gainful Employment as a business editor at a local newspaper.
And besides the numbers there are the choices that manifest them.
Here a great video from a small portugesue city (maybe 100K people) that has put thier heart on thier sleeve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Um3TNiZYk&feature=player_embedded
(found on Copehagenize)
The words at the end …
«there is neither wrong nor right, neither good nor evil
there’s only what you choose to do
life is about choice, you choose the road and the destination
but only in the end will you know where you are
and how you got there
Aveiro has chosen cycling»
Encouraging figures. Let’s hope they keep rising. Thanks for sharing.