Bikes, babes & ‘biding citizens. We’re filled with ’em.
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia released a report today using 9 years of beautiful biking data. We’ve been #1 for bike commuting for a while now and continue to dominate the scene.
For example, our city-wide bike gang grew 260% between 2005-2013. We have 2 of the top 25 neighborhoods nationwide for bike commuting (props to South Philly & Center City). And more ammo for more bike lanes: We see way more bike helmet use and less salmons/sidewalk riders on streets with bike lanes. (BTW – Salmons are the WORST.)
Want to impress the ladies, Philly? Our city’s improved bike infrastructure is like a chick magnet, as women prefer them over the bad-ass street boys without a lane.
6 Top-Level Facts from the report:
Don’t pee your bike shorts with excitement just yet: We’re only #11 as far as percentage of population bike commuting at a little over 5%, after Portland (10%), Madison, Boulder & others.
Find the full Bicycle Coalition report filled of pretty graphics & stats here.
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