http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Bike commuting by the numbers in the top U.S. bike-friendly cities" en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:56:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76781 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:15:18 +0000 crowriver 76781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Traffic planning in most cities is based on the congestion which in many places only manifests itself at peak commuting times. Therefore the commuting modal share is an important indicator.</p> <p>Of course, a high proportion (40% +?) of car journeys are for leisure purposes, so the planning model doesn't really factor in overall usage of cars either. Hence flawed practices such as bus and cycle lanes only operating during peak times... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76763 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:33:39 +0000 Roibeard 76763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think there's a difference between modal share for commuting and for general use - I've seen some bemoan a city being lower than it "should" because cycle commuting wasn't big in the city, but everyday cycling was big.</p> <p>Think about the demographics too - you could score well in commuting with fast, confident, on-road cyclists (insert usual stereotype here), but if children, parents and older folks (insert "indicator species" stereotype here) did their errands by bike it wouldn't impact your score, despite suggesting a much more cycle-friendly city.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76754 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:53:29 +0000 crowriver 76754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting though that Portland is only 3.9%. Portland, the cycling nirvana of Norte Americano. Edinburgh, take a bow, our modal share trounces Portland! But, where is San Francisco? Or Berkeley? Surely these places all have reasonable cycling modal share?</p> <p>Figures for California are quite impressive. No infographic with photo of hipster on a fixie though:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclelicio.us/2011/california-bicycle-mode-share/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclelicio.us/2011/california-bicycle-mode-share/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76751 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:50:06 +0000 crowriver 76751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair, the blog says North American cities.....you can't expect Twitter users to think about what they're tweeting. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76746 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:42:43 +0000 SRD 76746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Toronto and Vancouver weren't US cities last time I checked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7421#post-76744 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:32:26 +0000 chdot 76744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Maria Popova (@brainpicker)<br /> 03/07/2012 01:40<br /> Bike commuting by the numbers in the top U.S. bike-friendly cities – though, wow, dishearteningly low <a href="http://j.mp/NqC2E1" rel="nofollow">http://j.mp/NqC2E1</a></p> <p>" </p>