Originally Posted by
closetbiker
I'm always suprised that with all I hear about green Seattle and Portland, Vancouver and Victoria have double the cycle commuters they do and nationally, cold Canada has triple the cycle commuters that the more weather friendly US does
I find it pretty amazing, myself.
Originally Posted by
duppie
While Portland leads the nation in the percentage of trips to work by bike, they are also cheap skates beyond belief
. In Portland 3.6% of people commutes to wrok by bike; 0.6% does that in Atlanta.
The bicycling retail sales per capita in Portland is $70; that number in Atlanta is $216......
People in Atlanta that
do ride their bike, spend 16 times as much doing so than people in Portland....
Duppie
Maybe because Portlanders ride more, we stick with what works for us instead of trying out new, expensive fads.
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