2% is pathetic, but it's still the highest percentage in Texas.
This list below lists College Station has having 2.1% of its commuters commuting by bicycle, which at number 49, is the only Texas city on the top 50 list. College Station is an anomaly, though, because of Texas A&M University being there. A large percentage of College Station's population is made up of college students, most of which commute by either walking or biking. It's similar to UT in Austin, except it's exaggerated because of College Station's smaller native population compared to the student population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ycle_commuters Quote:
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^Of course, 9 of the top 10 are primarily college towns, and several of the others are too.
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Very informative links, fflint. Impressive that Portland's numbers are higher than SF's. What % of Portland commutes to work via bicycle?
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Yep Portland is the bicycle capital of the USA! The 2011 American Community Survey said that 6.3% of Portlanders commuted by bicycle in 2011. I've read in other places that a more accurate number is around 7-8%. This seems like a small percentage but it's extremely high by U.S. standards (average for the country is 0.5%). Also, keep in mind that this is the percentage of the whole city of Portland. Neighborhoods closer to downtown are in a much higher mode share range. Bicycle use to commute as well as get around is exploding in the U.S. I'm relatively new to bicycle use. I started bicycling a year ago and within the past few months I have gained the confidence to bike all around Austin. I'm never alone when biking... I always see plenty of people on bicycles around and the numbers are growing fast. It's such a sight to see. It's truly a no-brainer form of transportation. I would love to see our cities filled with bicycles like in Amsterdam and Copenhagen |
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And while I've never set foot in the U.K., I suspect that's the actual reality in London, too. Phrases like "moral order" might sound nicer, but the root of that is really defending one's sense of privilege and right to a certain speed, not some lofty abstract morality, not in 2013. |
Great analysis Emathias, I agree.
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Fort Collins becomes 4th platinum level bike-friendly community
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Hilarious short video documenting how humans despise any change in their physical environment. Includes lots of gratuitous shots of long, stylish bike racks arrayed along the curbs of NYC streets.
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Bloomberg’s Banana Republic
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Raleigh recently installed North Carolina's first real bike corral.
http://dtraleigh.com/images/transit/...ikecorral1.jpg Source Also, a growing trend here is bike racks other than the boring loop kind. There are new ones in Raleigh: http://dtraleigh.com/images/transit/...ke_racks-6.jpg http://dtraleigh.com/images/transit/...ke_racks-5.jpg http://dtraleigh.com/images/transit/...ke_racks-3.jpg http://dtraleigh.com/images/transit/...ke_racks-1.jpg Source And of course some new pics of the 28 mile Neuse River Greenway. Construction is under way on two different segments that will connect it to downtown. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8...69ac1bce_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8409/8...35036eb2_c.jpg Ten foot wide paved trails that will run the entire length of the county, around the 440 beltway, and into downtown. The two segments connecting Neuse to Crabtree Creek and Walnut Creek will be compete by early 2014: http://raleighdla.com/wp-content/upl...shot-View2.jpg Source |
Love that bridge.
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This is contemptibly stupid, agenda-addled tripe. Why in the fuck would you think this bile is worthy of a reality-based discussion forum? Mark, what is wrong with you?
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I'm hoping he meant it as a joke?
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Toronto’s first dedicated bike lanes on Sherbourne start of bigger network
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While New York is getting all the press lately, Chicago is also rolling out its new bike-sharing system this month.
It's branded as "Divvy" and aims to have 4,000 bikes and 400 stations across the city this summer, 2013. Their official launch date is June 14th, but as far as I can tell they're doing a piss-poor job of actually getting anything done. Their installation of racks is behind schedule (even behind their most recent schedule - and their original schedule had them opening last year, which they obviously didn't manage to accomplish). My alderman sent out a list today of locations he'd been told were "installed" in the ward I live in - it was about 10 locations. I checked three of them on my way to work and none had been installed yet. It's quite annoying to see their performance on this to be so mediocre. Maybe once it's installed it will run great, but their execution on getting things started is so poor that I'm pretty worried. |
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