{"id":23588,"date":"2013-05-23T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=23588"},"modified":"2013-05-23T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T18:18:14","slug":"where-bike-commuting-grows-fastest-infographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/where-bike-commuting-grows-fastest-infographics\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Bike Commuting Grows Fastest (Infographics)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The League of American Bicyclists recently created some cool infographics about bicycle commuter growth across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In general, bike commuting has skyrocketed,\u00a0doubling from 1.7 billion in 2001 to 4 billion in 2009. However, the growth has occurred to a much greater degree in cities and towns that have been designated as <a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/tag\/bicycle-friendly-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bicycle-Friendly Communities<\/a> by the League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/where-bike-commuting-grows-fastest-infographics\/bike-commuting-growth\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23589\" alt=\"bike commuting growth\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From 2000 to 2011, the bicycle commuting rate has risen\u00a0<strong>80%<\/strong>\u00a0in the largest Bicycle Friendly Communities \u2014 far above the average growth of\u00a0<strong>47%\u00a0<\/strong>nationwide and more than double the rate of\u00a0<strong>32%<\/strong>\u00a0in the cities not designated as bicycle-friendly,&#8221; Carolyn Szczepanski\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bikeleague.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/infographics-where-is-bike-commuting-growing-the-fastest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the League writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several cities have even seen growth of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bikemonth\/League-info-BikeCommuting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100% to 450% [PDF]<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/where-bike-commuting-grows-fastest-infographics\/growth-of-bicycle-commuting-top-cities\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23591\" alt=\"growth of bicycle commuting top cities\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/growth-of-bicycle-commuting-top-cities.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/growth-of-bicycle-commuting-top-cities.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/growth-of-bicycle-commuting-top-cities-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want more data? Carolyn&#8217;s rounded some up for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Looking for bike commute data for your area?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bikemonth\/375%20cities%202010.xls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to download\u00a0<strong>2010 bicycle commuting data for all 375 cities<\/strong>included in the American Community Survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bikemonth\/70%20largest%20cities.xls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to download bicycle commute data from\u00a0<strong>1990 to 2011 for the 70 largest U.S. cities<\/strong>, including percentage of bicycle commuters and percent change<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bikemonth\/state%20and%20gender.xls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>2011 state commute rates<\/strong>, including bicycle commuting by gender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The League of American Bicyclists recently created some cool infographics about bicycle commuter growth across the country. In general, bike commuting has skyrocketed,\u00a0doubling from 1.7 billion in 2001 to 4 billion in 2009. However, the growth has occurred to a much greater degree in cities and towns that have been designated as Bicycle-Friendly Communities by &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/where-bike-commuting-grows-fastest-infographics\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where Bike Commuting Grows Fastest (Infographics)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,350,26],"tags":[1279,1280,30,1278,22],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg",800,1107,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth-216x300.jpg",216,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg",768,1063,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg",800,1107,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg",800,1107,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bike-commuting-growth.jpg",800,1107,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"The League of American Bicyclists recently created some cool infographics about bicycle commuter growth across the country. In general, bike commuting has skyrocketed,\u00a0doubling from 1.7 billion in 2001 to 4 billion in 2009. However, the growth has occurred to a much greater degree in cities and towns that have been designated as Bicycle-Friendly Communities by&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}