Percent Change in Bicycle Commuting

Share of Bicycle Commuters

BFC Status

2010 Estimated
Population
309,349,689

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2000

1990

0.62%

0.62%

0.61%

0.56%

0.53%

0.55%

0.55%

0.48%

0.45%

0.40%

0.38%

70 large city average

n/a

1.24%

1.20%

1.16%

1.08%

1.02%

1.02%

0.93%

0.79%

0.72%

0.75%

Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC)

n/a

1.55%

1.52%

1.46%

1.35%

1.27%

1.26%

1.16%

0.99%

0.90%

Non-Bicycle Friendly Communities

n/a

0.51%

0.50%

0.50%

0.52%

0.48%

0.49%

0.43%

0.37%

2014

2013

2012.00

2011

2010

2009

2008

6.1%
4.5%
3.8%
4.1%
4.1%
2.7%
2.8%
2.4%
2.9%
2.0%
1.4%
2.3%
2.3%
2.6%
1.4%
0.9%
1.6%
1.4%
1.6%
1.1%
1.0%
1.2%
1.1%
0.6%
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
0.9%
1.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.7%
1.1%
0.6%
0.7%
0.8%
0.7%
1.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
1.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%

6.3%
3.4%
3.4%
3.2%
3.5%
3.1%
2.8%
2.3%
2.4%
1.7%
1.4%
1.2%
1.8%
2.2%
1.5%
1.4%
1.4%
1.2%
1.9%
0.9%
1.0%
0.3%
1.2%
1.1%
0.8%
1.0%
0.8%
0.8%
0.9%
0.9%
0.4%
0.8%
1.1%
0.1%
0.9%
0.5%
1.8%
0.8%
0.4%
0.6%
1.5%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
1.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%

6.0%
3.5%
3.5%
3.1%
3.6%
1.8%
3.0%
1.8%
2.2%
1.4%
1.6%
1.6%
1.8%
2.5%
1.9%
1.4%
1.3%
0.9%
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
1.5%
1.3%
0.8%
0.6%
0.8%
0.7%
0.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.6%
1.1%
0.3%
0.9%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.1%
0.8%
0.9%
0.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.5%
0.7%
0.4%
0.8%
0.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%

5.8%
3.9%
3.0%
2.2%
3.0%
2.5%
1.9%
2.5%
1.8%
2.1%
1.4%
2.3%
2.2%
2.1%
0.8%
1.4%
1.1%
1.3%
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
0.7%
0.7%
1.1%
0.6%
0.9%
0.7%
0.6%
0.4%
1.1%
0.6%
0.9%
1.5%
0.5%
0.8%
0.7%
0.8%
1.0%
0.6%
0.4%
1.1%
1.1%
0.8%
0.3%
0.4%
1.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.5%
0.9%
0.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%

6.0%
4.3%
2.7%
2.3%
2.9%
2.1%
2.0%
0.9%
1.6%
1.6%
0.8%
1.5%
1.6%
2.7%
1.2%
1.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.3%
0.9%
0.9%
0.7%
1.0%
1.0%
0.6%
1.2%
0.6%
1.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.8%
0.8%
0.3%
1.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
1.2%
0.4%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%

State

City
United States

BFC Status
Platinum
Gold
Gold
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Gold
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze

Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Bronze

Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

State
OR
MN
CA
DC
WA
CA
AZ
LA
CO
MA
PA
HI
PA
CA
FL
NM
IL
MN
TX
CA
CA
MO
AK
CA
NY
CA
CA
WI
FL
NY
OH
AZ
CA
MI
CA
OH
KY
MD
CA
OH
GA
AZ
CO
NV
FL
CA
TX
CA
KY
VA
OK
NC
IN
NE
NC
NJ
TX
TN
TX
TX
TN
CO
TX
KS
TX
MO
OH
OK
TX
TX

2013 Estimated 2014 Rank 2013

City
Population
by Bike Rank by
Bike
Portland, OR
611134 1
1
4
Minneapolis, MN
400079 2
3
San Francisco, CA
837442 3
2
Washington, DC
649495 4
6
Seattle, WA
652429 5
8
Oakland, CA
406228 6
7
Tucson, AZ
526141 7
5
New Orleans, LA
378715 8
13
Denver, CO
646449 9
14
Boston, MA
644710 10
11
Pittsburgh, PA
305838 11
9
Honolulu, HI
347907 12
10
Philadelphia, PA
1553165 13
12
Sacramento, CA
479671 14
24
Tampa, FL
352981 15
17
Albuquerque, NM
556489 16
20
Chicago, IL
2718789 17
16
St. Paul, MN
294873 18
19
Austin, TX
885415 19
35
San Diego, CA
1355885 20
22
Los Angeles, CA
3884340 21
36
St. Louis, MO
318416 22
25
Anchorage, AK
300950 23
21
Long Beach, CA
469384 24
23
New York City, NY
8405837 25
31
San Jose, CA
998514 26
28
Fresno, CA
509965 27
26
Milwaukee, WI
599168 28
30
Miami, FL
417670 29
18
Buffalo, NY
258945 30
46
Cincinnati, OH
297498 31
42
Phoenix, AZ
1513350 32
15
Santa Ana, CA
334241 33
45
Detroit, MI
688740 34
41
Riverside, CA
316613 35
29
Columbus, OH
822762 36
27
Lexington-Fayette county, KY
308428 37
40
Baltimore, MD
622104 38
52
Bakersfield, CA
363630 39
55
Cleveland, OH
390106 40
37
Atlanta, GA
447848 41
32
Mesa, AZ
457595 42
38
Colorado Springs, CO
439858 43
49
Las Vegas, NV
603525 44
54
Jacksonville, FL
842588 45
39
Anaheim, CA
345015 46
34
Houston, TX
2197374 47
33
Stockton, CA
298115 48
47
Louisville/Jefferson County metro, KY
609908 49
44
Virginia Beach, VA
448479 50
64
Tulsa, OK
398724 51
66
Raleigh, NC
431897 52
51
Indianapolis, IN
838425 53
63
Omaha, NE
434353 54
60
Charlotte, NC
792849 55
48
Newark, NJ
278436 56
57
San Antonio, TX
1409000 57
56
Nashville-Davidson metro, TN
634465 58
65
Fort Worth, TX
794189 59
67
El Paso, TX
674438 60
53
Memphis, TN
653450 61
61
Aurora, CO
345814 62
59
Dallas, TX
1257676 63
50
Wichita, KS
386558 64
70
Corpus Christi, TX
316389 65
43
Kansas City, MO
467082 66
62
Toledo, OH
282313 67
58
Oklahoma City, OK
610617 68
68
Arlington, TX
379565 69
69
Plano, TX
273519 70

Notes: list contains 70 largest cities as of 2009.

7.16%
4.65%
4.38%
3.89%
3.69%
3.66%
3.51%
3.35%
2.49%
2.41%
2.04%
1.96%
1.92%
1.91%
1.86%
1.73%
1.70%
1.48%
1.34%
1.33%
1.30%
1.29%
1.28%
1.13%
1.10%
1.06%
1.05%
1.01%
0.93%
0.89%
0.86%
0.82%
0.80%
0.80%
0.78%
0.76%
0.75%
0.73%
0.73%
0.73%
0.70%
0.67%
0.66%
0.64%
0.64%
0.58%
0.56%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.46%
0.44%
0.42%
0.37%
0.36%
0.35%
0.34%
0.28%
0.27%
0.26%
0.25%
0.25%
0.23%
0.23%
0.22%
0.21%
0.17%
0.13%
0.13%
0.03%

5.9%
3.7%
3.8%
4.5%
3.5%
3.0%
3.4%
3.6%
2.0%
1.9%
2.2%
2.4%
2.3%
2.2%
1.2%
1.7%
1.4%
1.8%
1.4%
0.8%
1.2%
0.7%
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
1.0%
1.1%
1.1%
1.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.6%
1.8%
0.6%
0.7%
1.0%
1.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.7%
0.8%
0.9%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%

0.41%

1990 to
2014
52.2%

2000
to 2014
62.8%

2005
to 2014
54.3%

2013 to 2010 to
2014
2014
0.5%
17%

0.63%

0.61%

102.8%

97.4%

65.0%

3.3%

21%

0.88%

0.74%

0.69%

123.9%

109.5%

76.6%

2.0%

22%

0.34%

0.38%

0.38%

0.43%

18.1%

33.9%

34.8%

2.6%

7%

2007

2006

2005

2000

1990

1990 to
2014

2000
to 2014

2005
to 2014

2012 to 2010 to
2014
2014

3.9%
3.8%
2.5%
1.7%
2.3%
1.4%
1.9%
1.6%
1.6%
1.0%
1.1%
1.1%
1.0%
1.8%
0.9%
0.8%
1.1%
1.4%
0.9%
0.9%
0.6%
0.5%
1.3%
0.9%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.1%
0.8%
n/a
0.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.7%
0.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.7%
1.4%
0.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%

4.2%
2.5%
2.3%
2.0%
2.3%
2.2%
1.6%
1.7%
1.8%
1.2%
0.8%
1.5%
1.2%
1.3%
0.6%
1.2%
0.9%
1.0%
0.9%
0.8%
0.6%
0.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.6%
0.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.6%
0.7%
0.4%
0.7%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.5%
0.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%

3.5%
2.4%
1.8%
1.7%
2.3%
1.5%
2.2%
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
1.8%
n/a
0.8%
0.7%
0.7%
1.3%
0.6%
0.6%
0.4%
1.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
n/a
n/a
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.5%
0.6%
n/a
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
1.0%
0.3%
n/a
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
n/a
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
n/a
n/a
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
n/a
0.2%
n/a
0.1%

1.8%
1.9%
2.0%
1.2%
1.9%
1.2%
2.2%
1.2%
1.0%
1.0%
0.4%
1.2%
0.9%
1.4%
0.9%
1.1%
0.5%
0.7%
0.9%
0.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.9%
1.1%
0.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
1.2%
0.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%

1.2%
1.6%
1.0%
0.8%
1.5%
1.1%
2.8%
0.9%
0.9%
0.9%
0.4%
1.2%
0.6%
1.9%
0.9%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.8%
1.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
1.0%
0.3%
0.6%
1.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
1.1%
1.1%
0.1%
1.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.7%
0.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%

518.6%
186.2%
356.4%
412.2%
143.5%
230.1%
25.3%
267.9%
188.7%
174.8%
389.7%
57.3%
236.8%
0.6%
105.4%
47.4%
506.2%
192.4%
72.5%
21.1%
119.9%
380.3%
181.2%
15.8%
260.4%
69.9%
5.9%
200.2%
52.7%
155.0%
313.6%
-25.5%
-28.9%
662.7%
-33.1%
98.2%
115.7%
196.4%
35.4%
461.1%
145.8%
-53.0%
33.5%
-6.7%
7.6%
-50.2%
59.3%
-44.8%
168.0%
15.8%
122.7%
0.5%
156.5%
151.3%
128.7%
56.7%
124.2%
93.7%
46.1%
-22.0%
90.4%
19.3%
48.7%
-13.3%
-6.7%
83.9%
33.2%
-4.2%
-19.5%
-81.5%

306.6%
145.9%
120.8%
234.0%
96.6%
199.6%
58.4%
189.5%
161.7%
148.1%
361.3%
57.2%
123.3%
41.4%
107.7%
54.7%
240.5%
128.2%
44.4%
83.6%
115.4%
269.9%
153.4%
54.6%
132.7%
72.0%
34.0%
202.9%
68.0%
104.1%
350.1%
-4.3%
-28.7%
403.2%
-4.0%
123.5%
31.1%
122.4%
38.0%
238.2%
122.1%
-45.3%
25.9%
66.6%
51.0%
-52.1%
22.1%
-36.1%
13.2%
53.9%
122.2%
32.5%
101.6%
168.8%
141.6%
63.6%
109.9%
98.5%
112.4%
121.2%
130.5%
49.2%
71.0%
28.5%
-10.5%
66.7%
-22.9%
17.2%
-23.3%
-63.9%

106.3%
91.8%
137.2%
123.9%
60.0%
137.8%
56.6%
247.5%
76.3%
156.7%
101.0%
35.7%
116.3%
9.1%
n/a
114.9%
153.2%
113.2%
2.2%
114.2%
120.7%
221.3%
8.4%
87.5%
128.0%
162.9%
60.7%
75.9%
75.4%
n/a
n/a
38.1%
8.0%
288.1%
59.2%
19.5%
n/a
84.0%
101.1%
85.2%
36.4%
-11.1%
12.0%
87.2%
152.4%
-42.4%
98.6%
n/a
87.2%
-11.1%
75.5%
n/a
333.2%
215.8%
123.0%
-21.5%
165.3%
60.6%
16.9%
-18.3%
n/a
n/a
19.0%
96.8%
-13.7%
787.8%
n/a
-23.3%
n/a
-46.7%

16.6%
2.5%
16.4%
-6.1%
-9.9%
33.5%
27.2%
38.8%
-13.0%
20.4%
47.9%
-13.5%
-15.9%
-25.4%
32.3%
87.2%
8.3%
4.0%
-13.8%
26.8%
32.5%
11.0%
11.8%
87.3%
12.5%
25.9%
-13.8%
8.6%
-7.0%
-44.8%
83.3%
12.8%
-29.2%
35.1%
12.5%
-3.1%
12.4%
-29.6%
-30.2%
15.7%
8.7%
-25.6%
65.8%
93.1%
18.5%
-6.1%
48.8%
-6.7%
78.1%
-17.0%
207.8%
-55.9%
-9.4%
19.8%
57.4%
55.1%
91.3%
25.4%
15.6%
177.9%
13.7%
-35.8%
12.8%
-21.9%
-38.0%
-52.3%
-50.9%
-29.8%
-48.5%
-38.9%

20%
34%
26%
24%
2%
105%
19%
89%
13%
71%
25%
20%
7%
-23%
0%
27%
32%
60%
30%
30%
38%
39%
-15%
-15%
42%
67%
28%
46%
-1%
126%
143%
42%
-28%
141%
-15%
15%
4%
5%
407%
-11%
-21%
4%
4%
36%
185%
29%
23%
-28%
26%
-38%
101%
-19%
-20%
221%
48%
106%
72%
-37%
91%
214%
337%
-36%
52%
-51%
-56%
-38%
-58%
-47%
-44%
-81%