Erick L

Depends when and where on my commute. I work on sundays too and late evening, sometimes at night. I'm outside usual commuting hours so here goes...

- 10 to very crowded on the bike path.
- 3 to 10 in the residential streets
- Usually none in the industrial area, sometimes one or two.

lala

Sweet!

khuon

I live in Seattle but work from home most fo the time except for those days I'm called away to the corporate office (average a day every week). My commute consists of either a crawl across the hallway from the bedroom to my home office or a 30 mile ride in a car at 0430 to the airport where I wait for a two-hour flight to the Bay Area. However, when home on the weekdays and I do my early morning rides or my after-work ride, I will see countless commuters. I would have to estimate somewhere in the 50-100 range depending on how long I stay out. According to SDOT...

toyota200x

I live in Grand Rapids, Mn and I will maybe see one on my 6 mile round trip.

Crazy Cyclist

It's hard to say, depending on what day of the week it is, Saturday I usually see the most, I would say around 10, but I never really thought to keep track. I live in Winnipeg

SchreiberBike

I occasionally see one. The other day one of the club rides went by me and there were probably 15 people in the group. The average is less than one though.

In the country outside of Champaign, Illinois.

Bryan T

Nashville, southwest part of town. (West End/Harding)
I really only see other people out for a cruise
in the afternoons, although I know of two others
that commute at different times from me.

Although it would be good to have a little strength in
numbers, I have to admit that it's nice to have the
road "to myself", because I always end up wanting to go
faster than other commuters on the rare occasion I
encounter them. Just like in a car, hah.

abc

20, sometimes more on a busy day.

13km (8 miles?) round trip.

seely

Just the one under me, and maybe 2 or 3 lower income people riding on the sidewalks on a Huffy or whatever.

latortilla

Pittsburgh, PA
Only 1-2 actively riding as I bike ~2 mi from Bloomfield to Oakland
But racks are usually full around the hospital complex, especially in warmer weather
Everything from fixies to brand spankin' new MTBs
Currently punting around on a Raleigh c40 myself

Relatively unfriendly bike town: narrow roads, door ambushes, fast traffic, unpredictable driving

ollo_ollo

Olympia, WA (60 miles South of Seattle, WA & 110 miles North of Portland, OR) Population 42,000
My commute is 4 miles each way, 6-6:20 AM & 3:30-3:50 PM. Besides the 3 other commuters in my office, I see 0-5 a day through the Fall, Winter & early Spring; then from 5-20 or more a day during the warm months. Depends on the weather as rain seems to drive them inside. We also have a sizeable group of transients in town & many get around on old road bikes.

The Wanderer

The bay bridge shuttle makes 3-4 trips in the morning and evening during the time period that one cannot take a bike on BART. It only runs from MacArthur Bart to the Transbay Terminal in the financial.

Going from Marin to Richmond(?) and vice-versa over the San Rafeal/ Richmond Bridge, the best option is Golden Gate Transit buses. And as a concession to fewer route times, there is a program that if no bike space is available on the front rack (2 bike limit) or inside (the only route that one can take a bike inside) the driver gives you a taxi voucher and calls a cab to take you and your bike across!

pyze-guy

Uptown Toronto. On my commute I see 1 person on my way home at night, 10:30. The ride is through side streets thought. In the day I would say hundreds of people commute. T.O. seems to be very cycle friendly. Threre are lots of bike lanes across the city and alternative routes marked for bikes to take to avoid heavily trafficed areas.

chuckfox

Ames, Iowa. It's a university town, so I see a lot of students when classes are in session. Probably 10-20 on my 6 mile commute this time of the year.

HereNT

At least 30-50 a day, really varying (I work third shift, so the ones at night could be going out to the bars or coming home from work) A lot of them are poorer people on X-mart bikes, but I don't start off in a very affluent neighborhood...

Patrick A

In the morning, usually none. I saw another commuter once a few weeks ago, and I haven't seen her since. In the afternoon, maybe two or three commuters, many more sportsman or recreational folks. When I'm off my bike is when I see the commuters. When I see them I always comment "go dude! go!", and my girlfriend rolls her eyes.

There's at least two-three other bikes on the rack at work, though. One guy I know rides a Walmart MTB bike 12 miles each way in street clothes (but he does use the bus racks, too). Another one is a beautiful chrome finnish Cannondale touring bike, (T800 maybe?) decked out with a rack and fenders, and it's beautiful!

madpogue 

Anywhere from none to eight or ten, depending on when I ride. At work, I see a score or more commuter bikes parked.

jfz

Every 3 or 4 commutes I see a recreational rider in the morning. Every 10 or so commutes I see another commuter. I do see 2 bike commuters around 6:00 AM when I am walking my dog.

When I drive to work I leave later in the morning and I see an occasional commuter.

kb0tnv

Well I am usually lucky to see just one on my way to/from work. I saw one today...probably since I read this thread.... ;0) Since I started commuting in Oct. '03 I have seen about 5 different commuters on my normal route.

Shalom,

JJ

gonesh9

On the bike path out of Sellwood into downtown Portland I see about 15-20 bikers. Crossing the Hawthorne bridge another 15 or so. Riding north on the waterfront I see about 30 bikers. So all together around 50-60 bikers each way. Like randya said, these numbers don't really change when it's raining.

ChezJfrey

I commute from southwest to northwest Portland and my experience differs -- I encounter 20-30 during the summer, and 5 or less during the winter. I recognize 2 year-long commuters (which, I've never met over the years, but I almost feel like I know them since I see them so often) that I see every day going the opposite direction.

Tree Trunk

On a good day, 2-3. A lot of days, zero. I live in the western burbs of Chicago and commute from Warrenville to Downers Grove. A lot of days I see people out for their evening road training ride, especially lately.

How is Cleveland for riding and commuting? I thinking of taking a job in Strongsville.

randya

Downers Grove sounds like a bummer for stoners!!

khuon

You couldn't be more right. Actually, Downers Grove is not all that bad but I haven't been back there in a few years. I do know that the traffic and congestion was getting pretty bad when I was growing up in Naperville in the 1980s. I still have a lot of family in that area.

ToasterLocker

None. I am all by myself on the three miles from my dorm at St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) to the tech college.