2007 Benchmarking Report - Alliance for Biking & Walking

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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007 66 BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS miles per square mile of city 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Building for Bicycling & Walking Facilities - Infrastructure Chart 5 Existing Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities in 50 Cities Miami Tucson San Francisco Sacramento Las Vegas San Diego * Denver Washington Philadelphia Minneapolis Portland Albuquerque Phoenix Mesa Long Beach Chicago Oakland * One or more data components not available Source: City Surveys (No available data o r Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Jacksonville, Louisville, and San Antonio) * = one or more data components not available; no data available for Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Jacksonville, Louisville or San Antonio Note: Data are unavailable for Arlington, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Jacksonville, Louisville, and San Antonio. Milwaukee Honolulu San Jose Fresno miles of signed bike routes per square mile city area miles of on-street striped bike lanes per square mile city area miles of multi-use multiuse paths per square mile city area Omaha Amarillo cities Page 1 Virginia Beach New York * Seattle Los Angeles Colorado Springs * Boston Houston * Tulsa Cleveland Columbus Baltimore Fort Worth * Memphis * Charlotte Atlanta * Nashville-Davidson Kansas City (MO) Oklahoma City Indianapolis * New Orleans Detroit
miles per square mile of city 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Las Vegas Miami San Diego Source: City Surveys Miles of Planned Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Per Square Mile in Major Cities New York Baltimore Washington Seattle Atlanta Portland Sacramento Honolulu Albuquerque Oakland Cleveland Philadelphia Long Beach Denver Tulsa Charlotte Omaha San Jose cities ON AVERAGE, CITIES REPORT 1.23 EXISTING MILES OF BICYCLE FACILITIES PER square mile. The average of planned bicycle and pedestrian facilities is 2.49 miles per square mile (roughly double the miles of existing facilities). For existing bicycle facilities, cities were asked to report on miles of multi-use paths, on-street striped bike lanes, and signed bike routes. Miami reported more miles of combined cycling facilities than any other city with 3.95 miles of facilities per square mile. Las Vegas ranked highest for planned facilities with 16.2 miles of bicycle and pedestrian facilities planned per square mile. Fresno Fort Worth Minneapolis New Orleans Chicago Indianapolis Los Angeles Virginia Beach Tucson Louisville Memphis Milwaukee Columbus Oklahoma City Nashville Mesa Houston Detroit Cities are planning for twice as many facilities as they have at present. BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS 67 Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007
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Acknowledgements This report has de
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Contents PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN DRE
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Executive Summary Government offici
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to bicycle and pedestrian programs.
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1: Introduction Benchmarking Bicycl
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Denver, CO receives Bicycle-Friendl
Page 17 and 18: all and included recommendations fo
Page 19 and 20: 2: Data Collection The Benchmarking
Page 21 and 22: 3: Current Status of Bicycling How
Page 23 and 24: PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY KELLOGG Bicyc
Page 25 and 26: % work trips by bike Percent of Tri
Page 27 and 28: State % of work trips Trips to work
Page 29 and 30: City Trips to work by bike % of wor
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Page 33 and 34: Number of People per Bike Shop in M
Page 35 and 36: anks lowest here with only 4.0% wal
Page 37 and 38: 7% Pedestrian Percent of Trips to W
Page 39 and 40: 100% Distribution of those who walk
Page 41 and 42: State % of trips by foot Trips to w
Page 43 and 44: City % of Trips by Foot Trips to Wo
Page 45 and 46: Pedestrian Mode Share & Safety in C
Page 47 and 48: includes funding for biking and wal
Page 49 and 50: Other Source: FHWA (2001-2006) Fede
Page 51 and 52: Funding for Bicycling & Walking Pro
Page 53 and 54: Distribution of Transportation Enha
Page 55 and 56: Percent of TE Funds to Bicycle & Pe
Page 57 and 58: Education Projects by State Ratio o
Page 59 and 60: Bicycle & Pedestrian Staff Levels i
Page 61 and 62: Members of LAPD Bicycle Police Team
Page 63 and 64: Excerpts from Model Policies: Chica
Page 65 and 66: State % of transportation $ to bike
Page 67: City Per capita spending on bicycle
Page 71 and 72: Minneapolis Top for Bike Parking Mi
Page 73 and 74: Transit Integration with Bicycling
Page 75 and 76: Thunderhead Alliance Bicycle & Pede
Page 77 and 78: Budgets of Thunderhead Organization
Page 79 and 80: evenue in dollars $2,500,000 $2,000
Page 81 and 82: State Total populationserved by org
Page 83 and 84: City Population served larger than
Page 85 and 86: City-Based Advocacy Organizations M
Page 87 and 88: average temperature (degrees farhen
Page 89 and 90: Demographic Influences Income Incom
Page 91 and 92: miles of bicycle facilities per squ
Page 93 and 94: percent of trips to work by foot %
Page 95 and 96: 8: Impacts of Bicycling and 40% 35%
Page 97 and 98: percent of trips to work by bicycle
Page 99 and 100: 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Alaska Montana
Page 101 and 102: 9: Conclusions Safety in Numbers Da
Page 103 and 104: Levels, Safety, and Funding 25% per
Page 105 and 106: 10: Recommendations How You Can Use
Page 107 and 108: surveys. The team will expand outre
Page 109 and 110: State Thunderhead Organization AK N
Page 111 and 112: Nebraska Bikeable Communities: Omah
Page 113 and 114: City Census 2000 % bike to work Cen
Page 115 and 116: States Bike fatalities WISQARS Bike
Page 117 and 118: Bibliography: Chapter 1 - Introduct
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