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Benchmarking Bicycling and Walking Changes in the U.S.
Prepared for the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ 2006 Annual Meeting
Sue Knaup, Executive Director
Thunderhead Alliance
National coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations
• 125 organizations in 48 states• Trainings, executive coaching, on-call support• National Complete the Streets Campaign• Benchmarking Project
www.thunderheadalliance.org
The Benchmarking
Gap• Bicycling and walking data is
collected haphazardly
• Bicycling and walking provisions vary wildly from state to state
• Organizations and agencies require bicycling and walking data systems in order to improve conditions
Thunderhead’s Benchmarking
Project• All 50 states and at least
the largest 50 cities• Only government
endorsed data sets• Bike/ped mode share• Crashes, funding, facilities• Obesity & diabetes• Age, income, immigrants
Partners for Full Report
50/50• Institute of Transportation Engineers: traffic
engineer peer review
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: health data and health practitioners peer review
• Bicycle industry: bicycle sales and bike shops
A total picture of the built
environment
Reveal and implement
needed improvements
First Report on 15 States and
15 CitiesBicycling
• Mode Share
• Miles Traveled
• Miles of Facilities
• Fatalities and Crashes
• Complete Streets Policies
• Bike staff and police
• Enhancements Funding
• CMAQ Funding
• 402 Safety Funding
Thunderhead Organizations
• Staffing levels
• Income from membership
• Income from events or rides
• Income from government contracts
• Members per capita
Estimated Bicycling Mode Share (Year 2000)
1.8%
1.2%
3.4%
1.6%
11.3%
2.0%
6.7%
4.1%
1.7%
3.1%
1.6%
6.2%
5.2%
6.7%
1.2%
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0%
Chicago
Columbus
Denver
Houston
Madison
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Salt Lake City
Seattle
St Louis
mode share
Per capita bicycle miles
traveled
0.1
0.09
0.01
0.27
0.09
0.05
0.36
0.09
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Chicago
Denver
Houston
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Portland
Seattle
per capita bike miles traveled per day
Miles of Existing Facilities
0 100 200 300 400 500
Chicago
Columbus
Denver
Houston
Madison
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Salt Lake City
Seattle
St Louis
Lanes
Routes
Trails
Miles of Planned Bike Facilities
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Chicago
Columbus
Denver
Houston
Madison
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Portland
Salt Lake City
St Louis
LanesRoutesTrails
Statewide Bicycling Fatalities per
10,000,000 trips
0.72 0.59
2.85
1.3
3.13
0.63
1.331.62
1.43
0.84 0.83
2.04
0.53 0.4
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Fatalities per 10,000,000 trips
Annual Crash Rate per Bicyclist Mode
Share
4336
14680
25254
11080
4157
23651
39
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Chicago
Columbus
Denver
Houston
Madison
Miami
Mpls
N Orleans
NYC
Phil
Portland
Salt Lake City
St Louis
1 crash per x number cyclists
Bicycle Funding: Transportation Enhancements
33%34%
95%
56%
75%76%
58%
37%41%
32%
56%
49%48%
61%
36%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%70%
80%
90%
100%
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Regional Bicycle Funding: CMAQ
6.40%
0% 0%
2.60%
0% 0% 0%
9.50%
6.60%
10.40%
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
12.00%
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% CMAQfor bike
Statewide Bicycle Funding:
CMAQ
1.9%1.2%
3.6%2.8%
0.0%0.0%0.3%
3.0%
0.4%
31.5%
2.4%1.5%0.2%
15.9%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
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% CMAQfor bike
Members Per 10,000
Residents
0 5 10 15
Chicago Bike Fed
Central Ohio BAC
Transportation Alt- NYC
Bike Coalition Philadelphia
Bike Pittsburgh
MBAC- Salt Lake
St Louis RBF
BTA- Oregon
Bicycle Colorado
Bike Fed Wisconsin
Florida BA
Bicycle Alliance Washington
members per10,000 residents
Data Sources First Report
• Year 2000 Census: http://factfinder.census.gov
• National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) : http://nhts.ornl.gov
• The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) : http://www.bts.gov/
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) : http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
• National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse (NTEC) : http://www.enhancements.org/
• Federal Highway Administration CMAQ Annual Reports: http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/cmaqpgs/
Next Steps
• Work with partners for pedestrian, health and underserved populations data sets
• Secure new funding
• Full Report 50/50
• Biennial Reports
Sue Knaup, Executive Director
928-541-9841
www.thunderheadalliance.org