Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: california, car culture, FHA, Gloria, Hecox, mode share, National Household Travel Survey, patterns of use, San Diego, transportation, trip distance, vehicle trips, Vmt, Voice of San Diego
Saw this first at http://www.cyclelicio.us
The new definition of 40%.
The 2009 study [National Household Travel Survey] showed 40 percent of trips recorded by more than 300,000 participants were two miles or less.
The statistic incorporated all forms of transportation — cars, bicycles, subways and more, said Doug Hecox, a spokesman for the Federal Highway Administration.
[…]
If one simply focuses on car trips, the percentage of short trips increases significantly.
According to the research, 69.1 percent of trips were two miles or less, Hecox said.
via Driving When You Could Bike: Fact Check – Voice of San Diego: San Diego Fact Check.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle commuting, bicycle mode share, bicycle ridership, bicycling, bike commuting, cycling, Oregon, patterns of use, Portland, urban cycling
A measure of commuter cycling, from the new City of Portland bike count report:
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See The Industrialized Cyclist Bicycling Research Page to download the report, and just about any other report you may want.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: active commuting, childhood obesity, Columbia, patterns of use, South Carolina
It’s changed a lot over the years. For the worse. A 2005 study found that only 5% of kids in Columbia, South Carolina commuted to school by walking or biking.
Industrialized Cyclist Notepad 