2007 Benchmarking Report - Alliance for Biking & Walking

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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007 96 IMPACTS OF CYCLING & WALKING ON PUBLIC HEALTH 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% Alaska Montana New York Vermont Wyoming Oregon North Dakota South Dakota Idaho Massachusetts Hawaii Maine Pennsylvania Colorado Iowa Wisconsin Washington Phys.Act. Bike Walk States Chart 13 Comparing Biking and Walking Rates to Physical Activity 65% 8% Rates in 50 States percent of adults with 30+ minutes of daily physical activity adults with 30+ min. physical activity Source: BRFSS (2005), ACS (2005) r = 0.68 percent of adults with 30+ minutes of daily physical activity percent of trips to work by bicycle or foot New Jersey Minnesota California Nebraska New Mexico Illinois New Hampshire Arizona Kansas Rhode Island states Page 1 States with higher levels of cycling and walking have higher levels of physical activity. Utah Nevada West Virginia Indiana Connecticut Maryland Ohio Delaware Michigan Florida Louisianna Oklahoma Missouri Virginia Kentucky Arkansas Texas South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Tennessee Mississippi Alabama 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% % work trips by bicycle or foot percent of trips to work by bicycle or foot A STRONG POSITIVE CORRELATION EXISTS between levels of adults with 30-plus minutes of daily physical activity and levels of biking and walking to work. Data indicate a positive correlation (r = 0.68) between the two, suggesting that biking and walking to work help populations meet recommended levels of physical activity.
30% 25% 20% 15% 10% Alaska Montana New York Vermont Wyoming Oregon North Dakota South Dakota Idaho Massachusetts Hawaii Maine Pennsylvania Colorado Iowa Wisconsin Washington New Jersey Minnesota California phys act. state Chart 20 Comparing Biking and Walking Rates to High Blood 35% 8% Pressure Rates in 50 States percent of residents ever told they had high high blood pressure % of population ever told they had high blood pressure Source: BRFSS (2005), ACS (2005) r = -0.59 percent of adults with 30+ minutes of daily physical activity percent of trips to work by bicycle or foot DATA FROM BRFSS AND ACS SUGGEST A negative correlation between levels of high blood pressure and cycling and walking (r = -0.69). This relationship is in line with other results indicating a similar negative correlation between biking and walking levels and levels of obesity and high blood pressure. Nebraska New Mexico Illinois New Hampshire Arizona Kansas Rhode Island states Utah Nevada West Virginia Indiana Connecticut Maryland Ohio Delaware Michigan Florida Louisianna Oklahoma Missouri Virginia Kentucky Arkansas Texas South Carolina North Carolina Georgia Tennessee Mississippi Alabama 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% % work trips by bicycle or foot (ACS 2005) percent of trips to work by bicycle or foot Page 1 States with higher levels of biking and walking average lower levels of high blood pressure. IMPACTS OF CYCLING & WALKING ON PUBLIC HEALTH 97 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
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all and included recommendations fo
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2: Data Collection The Benchmarking
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3: Current Status of Bicycling How
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PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY KELLOGG Bicyc
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% work trips by bike Percent of Tri
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State % of work trips Trips to work
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City Trips to work by bike % of wor
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TRANSPORTATION AL
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Number of People per Bike Shop in M
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anks lowest here with only 4.0% wal
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7% Pedestrian Percent of Trips to W
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100% Distribution of those who walk
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State % of trips by foot Trips to w
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City % of Trips by Foot Trips to Wo
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Pedestrian Mode Share & Safety in C
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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 and 68: City Per capita spending on bicycle
Page 69 and 70: miles per square mile of city 18 16
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
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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: percent of trips to work by bicycle
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
Page 120: $24.95 Made possible in part by: MA
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