New Statistics
- HIgher actual crash risk increases perceived crash risk, while higher perceived crash risk is negatively associated with actual crash rates.
- In New York City commuter cycling grew 26% between 2008 and 2009 and 45% since 2007. Cycling levels have more than doubled since 2002, and the number of cyclists crossing the Williamsburg Bridge quadrupled between 2000 and 2009. Since 2007, 200 miles of new bicycle routes have been added to the city's on-street bicycle network.
- In San Francisco the number of cyclists increased 9% from 2008 to 2009 and 53% from 2006.
- By 2017, Portland, Oregon residents will have saved $64 million in health care costs thanks to bicycling. By 2040, they will have invested $162 million in bicycling yet saved more than $1 billion dollars in health care costs, a return on investment of 6.5 to 1 for health care costs alone.
- After bicycle lanes were installed post-Katrina on a New Orleans, Louisiana street, there was a 57% increase in the number of cyclists. The number of female cyclists increased 133%, and the percentage of cyclists riding in the correct direction increased from 73% to 82%.
- It costs the same to build parking for 75 bikes as it does for just 4 cars.
- The average bicycle shop has 6 full-time employees. With approximately 4,200 specialty bicycle retailers in the U.S., this totals 25,620 people employed full-time by these retailers.
- The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has a Rail-Trail Statistics page with national and state trail counts and a list of the longest rail-trails in America.
- The 2009 USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships brought more than $1 million in direct spending to the Bend, Oregon region. The 2009 Road Nationals brought more than $1.4 million to the area.
- Increasing the mode share of all trips made by bicycling and walking from 12% to 15% could lead to fuel savings of 3.8 billion gallons a year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 million tons per year. This is equivalent to replacing 19 million conventional cars with hybrids.
- Bicycling generates more than $1.5 billion a year in total economic impact for the state of Wisconsin and supports more than 13,000 jobs in the state, paling in comparison the $9 million in federal funding spent annually on bike and pedestrian projects in the state.
- In Portland, Oregon 7,100 daily trips or 21% of all trips on the Hawthorne Bridge over the Willamette River are made by bike. If those 7,100 trips were made by car, Portland would have to build a new bridge.
- The Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis, MN gets an average of 3,500 bicyclists a day, more traffic than 77% of Minneapolis city roads.
- The bicycle industry is estimated to support 1.1 million jobs and generate nearly $18 billion in federal, state, and local taxes.
- Nearly 60% of all bike trips are 1 mile or less.
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