Madison friends - The League of American Bicyclists just issued a report on bike commuting in US cities. I've always felt that Madison didn't get its due because we were not one of the largest 50 (or 70) cities, so we get left off the list of "top cities."
But the new report shows how well we do in a number of categories: 11th overall in the shear number of bike commuters. Pretty impressive, considering we are 92nd in size in the US. By percent of commuters: #1 in the Midwest #1 in cities over 200,000 (Take that Portland and Minneapolis, who are always ranked # 1 and 2 in most surveys.) #1 for coldest cities #1 for snowiest cities #9 overall by bike share - and all above us are smaller, and all are college communities We are also way, way ahead of any other city our size - 200k - 300k. In Madison 6.23 percent of people get to work by bike. The next closest is Boise, ID with 2.78 percent. However, we should not be resting on our laurels, because we do NOT rank anywhere in the 50 cities where bike commuting is growing the fastest. Wisconsin is also # 13 as a state in percent of bike commuters, bested by some other very rural and also cold-winter states. Wisconsin also isn't seeing big gains in the percent of people biking to work. Tennessee had more than a 100% increase 2005-2012. (Of course, if you start low, it's easier to make gains.) Great job to everyone who has worked so hard to make biking easier, safer, and more fun. But let's not let up on doing even better. We don't want to slip in the rankings! Full report here: http://www.bikeleague.org/sites/lab.huang.radicaldesigns.org/files/ACS_report_forweb.pdf Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected]
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