Originally Posted by
danarnold
BTW, from the LAB:
Percent of Americans who bike to work
2000 Census: 0.38%
2005: 0.40%
2006: 0.45%
2007: 0.48%
2008: 0.55%
Yes, in 8 years Americans bicycling to work rose from .38 of a percent to a whopping .55%
LAB touts this as a "43% increase."
Whoopie!
http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/2009/...ng-since-2000/
Kinda pulls the rug out from under the "paint it and they will come" argument, doesn't it.