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3.1. Active transportation<br />

3.1.2. Utility cycling – American cyclists<br />

• In the United States, 27.3% of the population aged 16 or older rode a bicycle at least once during the<br />

summer of 2002.<br />

• The bicycle culture is stronger in the western United States.<br />

Percentage of bike commuters in the 27 largest bicycle-friendly communities in 2008<br />

Sources:<br />

- John Pucher and Ralph Buehler, Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities: Lessons for New York, 2011.<br />

- League of American Bicyclists, American Community Survey - Bicycle Commuting Trends 2000-2008, 2010.<br />

- League of American Bicyclists, “Facts and Figures,” League of American Bicyclists, n.d. Apr. 2011.<br />

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