If you ’ve been to NYC , Washington , D.C. , or San Francisco lately , you ’ve in all probability noticed a proliferation of peoplecommuting via bicycle . Indeed , bike commutation has more than tripled in America ’s biggest cities since 1990 . But the places where the great unwashed are pedaling to work in orotund dimension are n’t the big city : it ’s the smaller burgs where the largest percentage of commuter train are bicyclist .
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The Atlantic Cities dug into the datato find the U.S. metropolis where cycling is most popular among commuter . The far - and - away victor is Davis , CA , population 66,000 , where nearly 20 percent of commuters get to employment by pedal magnate . Boulder , CO comes in minute with just over 12 percent of its commuter cycling , and Palo Alto , CA comes in third at 9.5 percentage per cyclist .
Compare that to Portland , OR , the most cycle - oriented among prominent U.S. city — it chart a mere 6 percent of commuter hinge on bicycles to work .
This may be a little surprising given the attention paid tocity bike sharesandcyclist - friendly base changes — it seems like the bicycle battlegrounds are all big metropolis . But the shorter distances and easier dealings of little cities seems to counteract that .
Calm Down , People : Citi Bike Is Gon na Be Just Fine
Ride on , small cities of America . You ’re doing the cloggy pedaling to make bike commuting a safe , more popular choice for people everywhere . [ The Atlantic Cities ]
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