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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Where do people actually bicycle? Planners, non-bicyclists, and bicyclists themselves often have misconceptions.
 Many studies have been done and they all come up with similar results. Here is a summary of the results from a typical survey, by William Moritz (1998): Minor roads, no bicycle facilities: 45%A similar study by the National Safety Council of "typical" college-age bicyclists--ie, those who bicycle for practical reasons rather than that they are avid bicyclists--found that 71% of their riding is on the street with traffic. |