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The US population increased substantially over the time of that infographic. Using their figures and census estimates, biking trips per person doubled between 1
by chroma 16y ago
The US population increased substantially over the time of that infographic. Using their figures and census estimates, biking trips per person doubled between 1990 and 1995, then stayed roughly the same since. Walking trips per person is weird though: it almost doubled between 1995 and 2000.
Here's the spreadsheet I made to do the math: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AllYoqUY9bu5dGEwTDlzTTkwXzNtUEJQV0piVjI2OVE&hl=en http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AllYoqUY9bu5dGEwTDlz...
- _delirium 16y agoCurious if anyone has any explanations for the surge in walking. Did people who were able to walk previously but chose not to suddenly decide to do so in the late 1990s? (Why?) Did a bunch of people move into walkable areas within that relatively short time span? Did these projects the chart mentions really improve the pedestrian infrastructure noticeably enough in that period of time to encourage a large increase in walking by people who previously didn't due to lack of things like good sidewalks and pedestrian bridges? Some combination?
- sophacles 16y agoThere has been a "downtown resurgence" trend all over the US. Since this makes lots of various things local to each other, and puts lots of things local to housing, I would be surprised if it wasn a contributing factor.
- chroma 16y agoI think it's more probable that the numbers in the infograph are inaccurate. We have no idea how the DOT did their survey.