Originally Posted by randya
show us the numbers
Haven't found them yet, but this supports what I'm saying:
It’s far beyond the aspirations, even the dreams, of the little band of activists who campaigned for bike lanes nearly 40 years ago. But it grew from a seed planted then, in 1965.
That seed was a letter to the editor from Frank Child, who warned that the town’s tradition of bicycling was in danger. The campus had grown from 2,000 students in 1959 to 7,000 and would reach 12,000 in 1969. The town had 14,500 residents and was growing 10 percent per year.
http://www.runmuki.com/paul/writing/lottarticle.html
This at least shows that the town had a strong tradition of bicycling back in the 1960s before any bike lanes were painted. But I don't have numbers or percentages. I can tell you that we visited family friends in Davis in the 1960s, and there were bikes
everywhere, more than today. Remember, that was back in the day when most families still had only one car, and most kids, especially in Davis, went everywhere by bike.