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Old Posted Nov 23, 2013, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fflint View Post
Source: the League of American Bicyclists' new survey, "Where We Ride: Analysis of Bicycling in
American Cities."

City - Population - Bike commuters - Percentage of all commuters

New York - 8,336,697 - 36,496 - 1%
Chicago - 2,714,844 - 19,147 - 1.6%
Portland - 603,650 - 18,912 - 6.1%
Los Angeles - 3,857,786 - 17,223 - 1%
San Francisco - 825,863 - 16,864 - 3.8%
Seattle - 634,541 - 15,007 - 4.1%
Philadelphia - 1,547,607 - 13,726 - 2.3%
Washington DC - 632,323 - 13,493 - 4.1%
Minneapolis - 392,871 - 9,688 - 4.5%
Denver - 634,265 - 9,416 - 2.9%
Madison - 240,315 - 8,375 - 6.2%
Austin - 842,595 - 6,999 - 1.6%
San Diego - 1,338,354 - 6,929 - 1.1%
Boulder - 101,812 - 6,560 - 12.1%
Boston - 637,516 - 6,536 - 2%
Ft. Collins - 148,634 - 6,190 - 7.9%
Tucson - 524,278 - 6,189 - 2.8%
Eugene - 157,984 - 6,121 - 8.7%
Davis - 66,009 - 5,830 - 19.1%
Cambridge - 106,456 - 5,067 - 8.5%
Sacramento - 475,524 - 5,016 - 2.6%
Oakland - 400,740 - 5,012 - 2.7%
Phoenix - 1,488,759 - 4,784 - 0.7%
Berkeley - 115,417 - 4,290 - 7.6%
Tempe - 166,862 - 3,966 - 4.5%
Not surprising to see Philly high up on this list especially considering they're removing vehicular lanes and replacing them with bike lanes.

I wonder when Pittsburgh will start to climb the rankings. They just recently opened the Great Allegheny Passage trail to DC, and the Burgh also has its new bike boulevard, in the Polish Hill community, with more such infrastructure to come.
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