StreetLight Data Reveals Latest Bicycling Trends in Top 100 U.S. Cities
From PRWeb.com
Select findings from Bike Boom or Bust? Metro & Statewide U.S. Bicycle Activity Trends, include:
National Trends
- Nationally, annual average daily bicycle trips per year grew a considerable 37% between 2019 through 2022. The biggest year-over-year (YoY) uptick was in 2020.
- Biking activity in dense urban regions increasingly drove national trends. The top 100 metros increased their share of national bike activity, from 72% in 2019 to 77% in 2022.
State Trends
- All of the top 10 U.S. states by population saw at least a 25% increase in biking activity between 2019 and 2022.
- More than half of states saw average daily bicycle trips per year increase by at least 25% between 2019–2022.
- The East Coast states of New York, New Jersey, and Delaware were the only states where bicycling activity grew by over 50%. North Carolina and Illinois ranked fourth and fifth for growth, respectively.
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