top 50 large Cities where
bike commuting is growing the fastest City Detroit, MI Pittsburgh, PA Cincinnati, OH Portland, OR St. Louis, MO Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Washington, DC Milwaukee, WI Oakland, CA New Orleans, LA Omaha, NE Denver, CO Anchorage, AK Boston, MA Minneapolis, MN Charlotte, NC New York, NY Memphis, TN St. Paul, MN Columbus, OH Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD
rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
population
% of bike commuters
680,281 305,434 298,162 619,445 317,419 2,722,407 389,524 658,893 599,653 413,782 384,320 446,618 663,862 301,010 656,051 407,181 809,974 8,491,079 656,876 297,644 836,293 1,560,297 622,793
0.8% 2% 0.9% 7.2% 1.3% 1.7% 0.7% 3.9% 1% 3.7% 3.4% 0.4% 2.5% 1.3% 2.4% 4.6% 0.4% 1.1% 0.3% 1.5% 0.8% 1.9% 0.7%
% growth from 2000 to 2014 403.2% 361.3% 350.1% 306.6% 269.9% 240.5% 238.2% 234.0% 202.9% 199.6% 189.5% 168.8% 161.7% 153.4% 148.1% 145.9% 141.6% 132.7% 130.5% 128.2% 123.5% 123.3% 122.4%
Photo by todd mecklem League of American Bicyclists 2014 American Community Survey data report