By Charles Pekow — We all know that city bike riding is increasing in the USA. So is the amount of cycling infrastructure. But to what extent do increases in the latter cause increases in the former? And what aspects of increased infrastructure might help?
Researchers at several institutes of higher education took a look at 12 American cities over 13 years. Some of their findings:
- Adding off-street trails increased cycling 6-14 percent, with the biggest increases in afternoon peak periods.
- More cyclists were observed going through intersections when sharrows and low speed limits were added.
- It didn’t matter whether an intersection was a common route between destinations.
Find Impacts of Bicycle Infrastructure and Network Characteristics on Bicycle Traffic over Time in 12 US Cities at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381850582_Impacts_of_Bicycle_Infrastructure_and_Network_Characteristics_on_Bicycle_Traffic_over_Time_in_12_US_Cities
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