Infographic: Number of Bicycle Commuters Skyrockets

If you live in a major city, then you don’t need to do much research to know that bicycle commuting is on the rise. You might be surprised by just how quickly the number of bicycle commuters is rising, however. From 2001 to 2009, the number of bicycle commuters more than doubled, from 1.7 million to more than 4 million. Since 2009’s recession? The 2009 + years make 2001-2009 seem like slow growth years.

Gas 2’s stated goal is to keep you up to date on a world that’s no longer about oil and gasoline, but things like bicycles (which use no fuel), motorcycles (which use less fuel), and electric/bio-fuel cars (which use different fuel). Things, in other words, that will take the focus of the world’s economy away from cars and oil. Over at our sister site, Planetsave, their thinking is a little more focused: what’s good for the Earth is good for us. Those guys do it best, so I’ve decided to share their original “bicycle commuters” article, and keep my usual snarky-ness to a minimum. Enjoy!

Bike Commuting Skyrocketing, Especially In “Bike Friendly Communities” (via Planetsave)

Here are a couple reposts from Bikocity. The first documents the rise of bike commuting in the US, especially in “Bicycle Friendly Communities” and 10 key cities. The second repost is about how Bicycle Friendly Communities are evaluated. Check them out: Where Bike Commuting Grows Fastest (Infographics…

Source: Planetsave.

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Jo Borrás I've been involved in motorsports and tuning since 1997, and write for a number of blogs in the Important Media network. You can find me on Twitter, Skype (jo.borras) or Google+.

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Hi Jo ! Love the stuff on bikes but feast on videos with sound of fully electrics! Even electric bikes? Sweden/Quebec make on with a belt CV transmission? Electric is the future – Chinese bid oil evermore higher than we can afford?
UKGary

This is great news, but there is still a long way to go to match Copenhagen (Denmark) for bicycle commuting where a massive 36% of citizens commute to work, school, or university by bicycle.

This is I think as a result of two major factors.

1. A law passed in 1935 and upheld to this day requiring construction of a bicycle lane as well as a foot path and vehicle carriage way on every road other than small single track roads.

2. Very high taxes on the registration of new vehicles – which can double the cost of a new car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_Copenhagen

Riding a bicycle in Denmark is comfortable and safe with full provision of traffic lights and road markings on the bicycle lanes which are maintained to the same excellent standard as the roads.

Likewise in the Netherlands, huge provision is made for bicycles at railway stations where only bicycle parks for > 1,000 bikes are considered large – the recently re-built railway station in the Hague for example has parking for 6,000 bicycles. Again well organised bicycle lanes are everywhere..
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