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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check out these stats from the League of American Bicyclists. They say 13,276 Washingtonians commuted to work on bike in 2023, which is less than the 13,493 who did in 2012. What's up with that? The number of bike lanes, protected and otherwise, has exploded and the numbers are down? It looks like biking to work peaked in 2017 and began declining even before the pandemic. Any good explanations of what's happening here?

https://data.bikeleague.org/data/cities-rates-of-active-commuting/ 
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Any theories on why bike commuting is at an all time high in NYC? And in DC it's less than it was 10 years ago? What are we doing wrong?[/quote]

because return to work is lower in DC. once again this is a meaningless number without a denominator.

cabi usage is a better indicator

and of course had the bikes = kitten-murder crowd not obstructed bike lanes in NW there would be a lot more commuting including by kids to JR and MacArthur. [/quote]

we have a denominator and a numerator. the percentage of workers commuting by bike in 2023 was 3 percent. [/quote]

Nonsense. I commute by bike and train. Most of the distance is by train. Therefore I am supposedly a train commuter. However, I am also a bike commuter. And as a bike commuter, I can say from personal experience that there are a lot of other people out there on bikes on the streets with me. Though it's true that I haven't asked them individually whether they are also going to work.[/quote]

If anything the 3 percent is probably exaggerated. I'm sure some of them biked to work once a couple months ago and now claim they are bike commuters. [/quote]

I don't understand why you would want to claim that people who exist, don't exist. What's the point? For fun? It's not like you're persuading anybody.[/quote]

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