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Commuting Statistics

Statistic

20% of Washingtonians rode a bicycle in 2001 [WA State Assessment of Outdoor Recreation, March 2002]
60 million Americans bicycle at least once per year [Bikes Belong]
25% of the U.S. population bicycles [Omnibus Transportation Survey by Bureau of Transportation Statistics, July 2001]
While in Japan 15% of commuters bicycle to work, in the Netherlands 50% of commuters bicycle and in China 77% commute by bike; only 1.6% of U.S. commuters bicycle to work [Washington State Energy Office Extension Services]
Miles of bike trails in Seattle: 28³ [City of Seattle]
Miles of striped bike lanes in Seattle: 15 [City of Seattle]

Improve Your Health

Behind tobacco, leading cause of death among adults: inactivity / sedentary lifestyles [California Dept. of Health Services]
61% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese; 13% of kids aged 6 to 11 and 14% of kids 12 to 19 are overweight. Obesity is second behind tobacco in U.S. health risk factors, contributing to 300,000 deaths a year.¹
Number one strategy for reducing inactivity-related diseases: shifting from auto trips to walking and bicycling¹
Cyclists who ride sober, with the flow of traffic, using lights at night, are 99.999% likely to survive their rides [John Hopkins]
70% of adults and 50% of children in King County wear bicycle helmets - the highest incidence in the nation [Harborview Medical Center]
A 150-pound cyclist burns 410 calories while pedaling 12 miles in an hour²
New bicycle commuters can expect to lose 13 pounds their first year of bicycle commuting. [Bicycling Magazine]
Traffic kills four times as many people as wars [World Health Organisation (WHO)]
Globally, road deaths totaled 1.26 million in 2000, claiming the highest number of victims, followed by suicide at 815,000 and interpersonal violence at 520,000) [World Health Organisation (WHO)]
In 2000, three times as many men died in road traffic accidents as women. [World Health Organisation (WHO)]

Conserve Resources

America's cars and trucks consume 10% of world's oil supply²
Trimming one vehicle from your household, saves you $340/month [City of Seattle]
Cost to purchase and install one bike parking rack: $150³
Number of bikes that can be parked in one car parking space in paved lot: 6 - 20³
Number of racks for bicycle parking in Seattle: 1,900³
Estimated cost of constructing one car parking space in a paved lot: $2,200³
Estimated cost of constructing one car parking space in a garage: $12,500³
100,000 bike boardings on Community Transit busses annually [Community Transit]
.5 million bike boardings on King County Metro busses annually [King Co. Metro]

# 1 reason for riding a bike to work: it's more fun

¹ [Centers for Disease Control], ² [League of American Bicyclists],
³ [Seattle Bicycle & Pedestrian Program]

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