WHERE WE RIDE Analysis of Bicycle Commuting in American Cities
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WHERE WE RIDE Analysis of bicycle commuting in American cities REPORT ON 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA BY THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA REPORT From 2000 to 2017, bicycle RIDING TO WORK BY THE NUMBERS commuting has seen Where is bike 43% commuting growing in GROWTH NATIONWIDE the United States? Nationwide, in 2017, there were a total of Every year, the U.S. Census Bureau studies Americans’ commuting habits, including how many people commute by bike. The League of American Bicyclists digs into this data to assess the state of bicycle commuting in cities across 836,569 the country — and gives you a glimpse into how your BIKE COMMUTERS community stacks up. The city with the highest % of All of the data in this report is based on ONE question in residents biking to work: the American Community Survey, shown below. 15.5 Source: U.S. Census Burea, Modes Less Traveled, 2014 COVER PHOTO BY RICHARD MASONER 2 WHERE WE RIDE: ANALYSIS OF BICYCLE COMMUTING IN AMERICAN CITIES CITIES WITH THE MOST BICYCLISTS IN 2017 These cities have the largest number of bicycle commuters riding on their streets. GEOGRAPHY STATE % OF COMMMUTERS WHO BIKE # OF BIKE COMMUTERS NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 1.3% 51733 PORTLAND OREGON 6.3% 22647 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 1.7% 22520 WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5.0% 18624 LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 0.9% 18171 PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA 2.6% 17180 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 3.1% 16266 SEATTLE WASHINGTON 2.8% 11976 MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA 3.9% 9412 DENVER COLORADO 2.2% 8628 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 2.2% 7990 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 1.0% 7154 AUSTIN TEXAS 1.2% 6265 BOULDER COLORADO 10.7% 6141 PHOENIX ARIZONA 0.8% 5985 MADISON WISCONSIN 4.1% 5982 TUCSON ARIZONA 2.5% 5953 CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS 8.2% 5335 NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA 2.9% 5129 OAKLAND CALIFORNIA 2.3% 4934 DAVIS CALIFORNIA 15.5% 4914 BERKELEY CALIFORNIA 7.9% 4846 SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS 9.0% 4781 FORT COLLINS COLORADO 5.4% 4682 SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA 13.2% 4384 LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA REPORT 50 STATES RANKED BY MODE SHARE GEOGRAPHY % OF COMMMUTERS WHO BIKE CHANGE 2006-17 CHANGE 2011-17 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4.96% 149% 57% OREGON 2.04% 22% -10% MONTANA 1.11% -16% -18% COLORADO 1.10% 2% -19% WYOMING 1.06% 0% 10% HAWAII 0.93% 24% 17% CALIFORNIA 0.91% 15% -18% MASSACHUSETTS 0.91% 71% 31% IDAHO 0.83% 9% -7% ARIZONA 0.82% 10% -26% ALASKA 0.78% -6% -24% VERMONT 0.71% 54% -12% MINNESOTA 0.71% 14% 0% NEW YORK 0.71% 70% 40% WASHINGTON 0.70% -3% -16% UTAH 0.69% 9% -10% WISCONSIN 0.63% -11% -9% NEW MEXICO 0.63% 12% -21% ILLINOIS 0.62% 32% 3% LOUISIANA 0.60% 68% 19% FLORIDA 0.57% 7% -1% PENNSYLVANIA 0.57% 79% 38% IOWA 0.51% 5% 8% NORTH DAKOTA 0.51% -1% -22% MAINE 0.49% 19% 42% MICHIGAN 0.44% 28% -4% INDIANA 0.44% 15% -14% VIRGINIA 0.41% 89% 19% MARYLAND 0.39% 44% 48% DELAWARE 0.36% -18% 64% NEVADA 0.36% -34% -6% 4 WHERE WE RIDE: ANALYSIS OF BICYCLE COMMUTING IN AMERICAN CITIES 50 STATES CONTINUED GEOGRAPHY % OF COMMMUTERS WHO BIKE CHANGE 2006-17 CHANGE 2011-17 KANSAS 0.36% 6% -9% SOUTH DAKOTA 0.35% -50% -48% CONNECTICUT 0.31% 16% 4% OKLAHOMA 0.29% 49% 10% OHIO 0.29% 41% -2% NEBRASKA 0.28% -42% -39% NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.27% 18% 53% NEW JERSEY 0.27% -18% -13% TEXAS 0.25% 13% -11% GEORGIA 0.24% 52% -14% SOUTH CAROLINA 0.24% -15% -25% NORTH CAROLINA 0.22% -13% -3% RHODE ISLAND 0.20% -14% 0% KENTUCKY 0.18% 41% -31% ARKANSAS 0.18% 14% 3% MISSOURI 0.17% -4% -5% WEST VIRGINIA 0.15% 30% 91% TENNESSEE 0.14% 42% 6% PUERTO RICO 0.12% -24% -48% ALABAMA 0.10% 51% -32% MISSISSIPPI 0.04% -73% -63% LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA REPORT 70 LARGEST CITIES WITH Commuting trends have changed dramatically over the years. Here HIGHEST SHARE OF are the 70 largest cities ranked by the percentage of their commuting population that identified as bike BICYCLE COMMUTERS commuters. 6 WHERE WE RIDE: ANALYSIS OF BICYCLE COMMUTING IN AMERICAN CITIES 2017 2017 CHANGE IN BICYCLE COMMUTING OVER TIME CITY 5-YEAR % OF COMMMUTERS POPULATION 1990 TO 2006 TO 2011 TO 2016 TO AVERAGE WHO BIKE 2017 2017 2017 2017 PORTLAND, OR 6.54% 6.3% 648121 447.4% 52.7% 1% 0.1% WASHINGTON, DC 4.42% 5.0% 693972 554.0% 148.6% 57% 7.9% MINNEAPOLIS, MN 4.19% 3.9% 422326 139.3% 55.7% 15% 6.2% SAN FRANCISCO, CA 3.90% 3.1% 884363 223.9% 37.2% -10% -19.9% NEW ORLEANS, LA 3.29% 2.9% 393292 219.8% 73.3% 26% -11.4% SEATTLE, WA 3.50% 2.8% 724764 85.1% 21.9% -19% -20.5% PHILADELPHIA, PA 2.24% 2.6% 1580863 358.7% 125.4% 48% 20.5% TUCSON, AZ 2.85% 2.5% 535676 -10.4% 58.6% -9% 1.3% OAKLAND, CA 2.96% 2.3% 425204 102.8% 1.6% -27% -25.8% DENVER, CO 2.18% 2.2% 704621 153.0% 19.2% -10% 0.6% BOSTON, MA 2.11% 2.2% 683015 145.4% 76.7% 24% -12.1% SACRAMENTO, CA 1.95% 1.8% 501890 -4.8% 39.6% -18% -5.0% HONOLULU, HI 1.88% 1.7% 350388 37.3% 10.7% 41% 10.6% CHICAGO, IL 1.65% 1.7% 2716462 503.7% 83.0% 21% -0.5% PITTSBURGH, PA 2.00% 1.4% 302414 240.4% 67.4% 2% -45.2% ST. PAUL, MN 1.62% 1.4% 306604 169.3% 38.0% 10% 4.2% NEW YORK CITY, NY 1.20% 1.3% 8622698 318.0% 129.0% 53% 4.7% BUFFALO, NY 1.06% 1.2% 258592 243.2% 132.5% 40% 14.8% MESA, AZ 0.93% 1.2% 496395 -16.5% 110.8% 4% 65.2% ATLANTA, GA 0.93% 1.2% 486299 312.1% 115.4% -20% -13.7% AUSTIN, TX 1.34% 1.2% 950714 49.1% 26.9% -38% -24.1% BALTIMORE, MD 0.85% 1.1% 611648 358.5% 432.2% 40% 17.0% ANCHORAGE, AK 1.30% 1.1% 294356 141.4% 7.6% -6% -28.5% SANTA ANA, CA 0.94% 1.0% 334135 -8.3% 57.9% -7% 19.9% SAN DIEGO, CA 0.96% 1.0% 1419488 -12.3% 21.0% 2% -3.8% MILWAUKEE, WI 1.00% 1.0% 595365 186.4% 104.5% 27% 6.7% LOS ANGELES, CA 1.14% 0.9% 3999742 53.7% 47.3% -13% -13.7% ALBUQUERQUE, NM 1.43% 0.9% 558558 -22.5% -22.0% -34% -44.3% LONG BEACH, CA 1.03% 0.9% 469459 -10.5% 77.5% -19% 23.1% MIAMI, FL 0.97% 0.9% 463354 43.7% 202.4% -1% 12.5% ST. LOUIS, MO 0.82% 0.8% 308626 207.3% 11.8% 156% 6.6% COLUMBUS, OH 0.77% 0.8% 881901 111.8% 56.5% 49% 41.2% SAN JOSE, CA 0.92% 0.8% 1035353 27.8% 81.0% -19% 4.6% PHOENIX, AZ 0.73% 0.8% 1626085 -30.4% 23.8% 1% 23.6% STOCKTON, CA 0.64% 0.7% 310476 -18.4% 24.4% 103% 27.9% DETROIT, MI 0.74% 0.7% 673103 590.5% 99.3% 1035% -28.8% TAMPA, FL 1.33% 0.7% 385423 -23.1% 8.0% -54% -53.1% LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA REPORT TOP 70 LARGEST CITIES 2017 2017 CHANGE IN BICYCLE COMMUTING OVER TIME CITY 5-YEAR % OF COMMMUTERS POPULATION 1990 TO 2006 TO 2011 TO 2016 TO AVERAGE WHO BIKE 2017 2017 2017 2017 ANAHEIM, CA 0.68% 0.7% 352456 -41.4% 66.0% -47% 57.7% VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 0.55% 0.6% 450435 38.3% 9.9% 39% 3.3% JACKSONVILLE, FL 0.55% 0.6% 892064 -1.1% 13.8% 35% -14.0% BAKERSFIELD, CA 0.55% 0.6% 380887 8.1% 182.6% 45% 12.7% CINCINNATI, OH 0.52% 0.6% 301305 180.4% 1619.4% 59% 54.4% CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 0.30% 0.6% 325600 146.7% 739.7% 75% 245.7% LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY, KY 0.74% 0.5% 321959 52.7% -10.2% -71% 64.6% COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 0.62% 0.5% 464470 3.1% -9.4% -33% -2.4% RIVERSIDE, CA 0.70% 0.5% 327722 -60.7% -29.9% -51% -34.7% CLEVELAND, OH 0.61% 0.4% 385552 231.6% -8.4% -32% -59.4% INDIANAPOLIS, IN 0.47% 0.4% 857386 143.1% 88.3% -12% -24.6% FRESNO, CA 0.85% 0.3% 527422 -65.0% -67.8% -58% -49.3% RALEIGH, NC 0.39% 0.3% 464972 -29.8% 5.2% -27% -51.4% DALLAS, TX 0.23% 0.3% 1341103 78.3% 60.1% 37% 71.0% HOUSTON, TX 0.52% 0.3% 2313230 -23.0% -37.8% -36% -39.9% LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY 0.41% 0.3% 621337 37.8% 88.3% -8% -39.4% METRO, KY OMAHA, NE 0.32% 0.2% 466903 70.1% -16.0% 60% -55.2% AURORA, CO 0.18% 0.2% 367250 13.5% -31.5% -49% 301.0% WICHITA, KS 0.30% 0.2% 390599 -15.9% -33.0% 94% -57.7% CHARLOTTE, NC 0.22% 0.2% 859052 36.9% 508.9% 141% 596.2% MEMPHIS, TN 0.22% 0.2% 652231 57.7% 40.8% -47% 58.1% TOLEDO, OH 0.19% 0.2% 276494 53.6% 36.1% -56% -14.9% SAN ANTONIO, TX 0.24% 0.2% 1511913 23.4% 130.2% -39% 34.0% NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON METRO, TN 0.22% 0.2% 665967 25.9% 38.1% -42% -11.4% LAS VEGAS, NV 0.37% 0.2% 641708 -75.1% -41.0% -47% -44.5% TULSA, OK 0.29% 0.2% 402227 -22.2% 149.4% -62% -20.0% OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 0.21% 0.2% 643574 13.3% -54.4% -14% -52.0% FORT WORTH, TX 0.18% 0.1% 876060 -21.9% 28.8% 45% 25.0% KANSAS CITY, MO 0.26% 0.1% 488825 19.6% 136.8% -56% -43.5% ARLINGTON, TX 0.20% 0.1% 396407 -49.5% 6.2% -49% -82.9% EL PASO, TX 0.18% 0.0% 683583 -88.8% -80.3% -81% -90.0% PLANO, TX 0.12% 0.0% 285312 -89.9% -90.0% -86% -81.6% NEWARK, NJ 0.23% 0.0% 285156 -100.0% -100.0% -100% -100.0% 8 WHERE WE RIDE: ANALYSIS OF BICYCLE COMMUTING IN AMERICAN CITIES TOP 20 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST SHARE OF BICYCLISTS Any ranking of great places to bike must account for the simplest metric of all: what percentage of trips are made by bike.