Bicycle Commuting Data

For the most up-to-date data on bike commuting please see our new data portal: data.bikeleague.org. You can find data on biking and walking for the nation, all 50 states, and 76 large cities there.

The number of bicyclists is growing rapidly from coast to coast. The National Household Travel Survey showed that the number of trips made by bicycle in the U.S. more than doubled from 1.7 billion in 2001 to 4 billion in 2009.

Read our report, "Where We Ride: An Analysis of Bicycling in American Cities" for an in-depth look at bike commuting in the United States.

For bicyclists of all stripes, there's nothing like Bike to Work Day (BTWD), an annual celebration of active transportation. Thanks, in part, to encouragement efforts like BTWD, the number of bike commuters is on the rise, as well — especially in Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC). From 2000 to 2013, bicycle commuting rates in large BFCs increased 105% — far above the national average of 62% and more than double the rate in non-BFCs (31%).

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Click here to download a PDF of the above infographic.