Americans are not only walking and cycle to work , they ’re gaining more support from local governance and advocacy groups . And they ’re also making metropolis safer : The eminent the number of masses walk to oeuvre , the lower the pedestrian fatality charge per unit , accord to a new theme out today .
TheAlliance for Biking and Walkinghas been gather data and documenting vogue since 2003 . Their2014 Benchmark Report , which was released today , has a good big - icon look at how posture and behavior are changing across the country . You ’ll note that this data is concentre on commuting because those “ trips ” are one of the only thing that cities and states give chase consistently across the board .
Here are four infographics that show how ( and where ) people are biking and walking to work .
The number of people walking and biking to work is slowly but steadily going up×
These still are n’t huge number , but across the instrument panel the rate of people who walk and bike to workplace is step by step increasing . Perhaps more renowned is the growth in the number of cities and states that are actually track and counting these misstep , mean they are likely concerned in improving their infrastructure and adding funding for these commuters .
Some of the coldest states have the highest numbers of commuters who walk and bike
The states that are walk and cycle to work also have some of the most unrelenting weather : Alaska , Oregon , Montana , New York , and Vermont are where you ’ll see the highest rates of commuters on foot or cycle . That ’s inscription . It ’s disappointing to see such low rates in states like Florida , where the weather is near - double-dyed twelvemonth round of drinks — they should be following Hawaii ’s lead . And by the way : Go Alaska ! How great is it that some of the mellow walk and biking rates in the country are found where it ’s not only cold but black most of the yr ?
The more advocacy organizations grow, the more people will walk and bike
Another agency to look at the increment of walk and biking is to look at the number of protagonism organizations . In 1996 , there were only a fistful ; now the U.S. has 230 Department of State and local protagonism groups and over 500 full metre staff . It ’s easy to see how the size of these establishment correlate with the number of people who commute on foot or bike .
The more people who walk or bike, the lower the pedestrian fatality rate
This is probably one of the most unbelievable charts , just because it proves something that we all can see anecdotally : The more people are out of their cars , walk or biking , the good the street become for all . The orangish dots are pedestrian fatality rates and the grey-haired line is the percentage of the population that walk to work . By and large , the dandy the figure of the great unwashed who walk to work , the lower those pedestrian fatality rates will be .
Top image by Gabrielle Salary , Courtesy of Alliance for Biking & Walking
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