Top 101 cities with the least people driving a car to work alone
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Top 101 cities with the least people driving a car to work alone
Top 101 cities with the least people driving a car to work alone.
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h30.html
Top 101 cities with the most people carpooling to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h29.html
Top 101 cities with the most people taking a bus, a trolley bus, a streetcar, or a trolley car to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h32.html
Top 101 cities with the most people taking a bicycle to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h38.html
Top 101 U.S. Cities, Counties, and Zip Codes Lists
https://www.city-data.com/top2/toplists2.html
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h30.html
Top 101 cities with the most people carpooling to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h29.html
Top 101 cities with the most people taking a bus, a trolley bus, a streetcar, or a trolley car to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h32.html
Top 101 cities with the most people taking a bicycle to work
https://www.city-data.com/top2/h38.html
Top 101 U.S. Cities, Counties, and Zip Codes Lists
https://www.city-data.com/top2/toplists2.html
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I'm not going to say this list is a little off the wall, but is Stanford CA in the Netherlands? At 42%? I have a hard time buying that one.
Also, there were quite a few Florida towns that were up in the top 25. Things must have changed since the last time I was in Florida...
Also, there were quite a few Florida towns that were up in the top 25. Things must have changed since the last time I was in Florida...
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Well, Stanford was the only university to get a Platinum Bicycle Friendly University award at the National Bike Summit last month. It beat out UCSB and UCD which only got Gold. This list seems to reflect that, so I suspect it's correct.
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I'm not going to say this list is a little off the wall, but is Stanford CA in the Netherlands? At 42%? I have a hard time buying that one.
Also, there were quite a few Florida towns that were up in the top 25. Things must have changed since the last time I was in Florida...
Also, there were quite a few Florida towns that were up in the top 25. Things must have changed since the last time I was in Florida...
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Well, if you notice, most of the places in Florida tend to be smaller areas and their rates of bike commuting are 3-4% Only Key West really shines with 12.7% and Gainesville does 5.2% which I suppose is due to U of F.
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Well... I suppose it's not a big deal, but I don't even see Minneapolis on the list. Yet it was selected as the number 2 city in the country for commuting by our beloved Census Bureau.
https://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicy...sClosesGap.asp
The only Minneasota city on the OP's list was Falcon Heights (pop 5000) at #94.
I'm sure there's some different way they calculated all this...
They may have been right about Des Moines, though... it wasn't on the list. On Friday it was raining hard with a good 40mph wind. The only other non-car commuter was a guy running up the MUP with only swimming trunks on. He probably thought I was nuts,too..
https://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicy...sClosesGap.asp
The only Minneasota city on the OP's list was Falcon Heights (pop 5000) at #94.
I'm sure there's some different way they calculated all this...
They may have been right about Des Moines, though... it wasn't on the list. On Friday it was raining hard with a good 40mph wind. The only other non-car commuter was a guy running up the MUP with only swimming trunks on. He probably thought I was nuts,too..
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I'm sure there's some different way they calculated all this...
They may have been right about Des Moines, though... it wasn't on the list. On Friday it was raining hard with a good 40mph wind. The only other non-car commuter was a guy running up the MUP with only swimming trunks on. He probably thought I was nuts,too..
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I think Stanford would be shocked to discover they'd been annexed by palo alto while their back was turned. They're in unincorporated Santa Clara county.
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The list is interesting, but it needs a lot of work. If somebody has the time, they could probably come up with a better list at the U.S. Census website.
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This is a pretty old list. I remember seeing this at least 5 years ago. My town is 17 and we have an older population and hills with no university. And we still fight city hall about more cycling friendly streets. Our speed limits are 25 mph (most people obey it) and the population is only about 8500.
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Then Stanford shouldn't even be on this list of "Top 101 Cities..." Number two on the list (Isla Vista, CA) is also an unincorporated community so it shouldn't be on the list either. That makes Davis, CA the actual champion, with 14.4% riding a bike to work. Key West FL is number two with 12.7 %.
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Who came up with this? There are too many places listed that aren't even cities for me to take it seriously...Stanford and Coronado Ca. are two off the top of my head.
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And what is so special about incorporation? Having lived in Isla Vista, I know that it's a very distinct community from any of the surrounding communities and does have a governing body. The nearest city, Goleta, for many years had the distinction of being the largest unincorporated community in California.
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Here's a list of the most carfree large cities:
Top 101 cities with the least cars per house, population 50,000+
After the top 5 (which are all in New York City), most of these are cities with large numbers of poor people, but you can't tell from the data if the poor people and the carfree people are the same people.
Ironic--6 of the most carfree cities are historical centers of the automobile industry: Youngstown, OH, and in Michigan, Saginaw, Flint, Pontiac, and Detroit itself.
Top 101 cities with the least cars per house, population 50,000+
After the top 5 (which are all in New York City), most of these are cities with large numbers of poor people, but you can't tell from the data if the poor people and the carfree people are the same people.
Ironic--6 of the most carfree cities are historical centers of the automobile industry: Youngstown, OH, and in Michigan, Saginaw, Flint, Pontiac, and Detroit itself.
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Some of the confusion about the lists Artkansas put up is that the definition of city isn't provided. So one list may vary considerable from another.
I recall a while back trying to get a handle on population density in US and European cities. I found about 6-8 lists and found that none of them seemed to agree. One would look at New York as a cosmopolitan center, while another would break it up into boroughs.
Luckily, I found some Wikipedia lists that also included a great number of footnotes to qualify the data. I know quite a few people who crap on Wikipedia, but I myself rather like the concept.
I recall a while back trying to get a handle on population density in US and European cities. I found about 6-8 lists and found that none of them seemed to agree. One would look at New York as a cosmopolitan center, while another would break it up into boroughs.
Luckily, I found some Wikipedia lists that also included a great number of footnotes to qualify the data. I know quite a few people who crap on Wikipedia, but I myself rather like the concept.
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I am familiar with #85 on that list. North Charleston, SC. According to City Data it is 21.9%, and while there are quite a few people there riding bicycles to get around I suspect most use the bus service, which isn't too bad it you aren't in a hurry.
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