Comments on: Top 10 Bicycling Cities (Highest Bike Commute Rates)

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 10 May 2014 21:30:00 +0000

Interestingly Finland makes the top ten country list for both bikes per capita and obesity

http://top10hell.com/top-10-countries-with-most-bicycles-per-capita/.

http://listcrux.com/top-10-fattest-countries-of-the-world/

By: jstack6

jstack6 — Sat, 10 May 2014 21:21:00 +0000

Many other counties are way ahead of the USA. They also don’t have as many obese people. There is a direct link between the two. I ride bicycle every day. I also help at a company that delivers everything on Bicycle BikeForceUS.com

By: Bike Commuters Healthier Than Gym Goers | PlanetSave

Bike Commuters Healthier Than Gym Goers | PlanetSave — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:42:29 +0000

[…] that commute by bike. There are some outliers to this of course, but the general trend is clear, commuting by bike rather than car leads to the maintenance of a healthier […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:28:00 +0000

No prob.

Cheers.

By: Zach S

Zach S — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:50:00 +0000

Like many thousands of other sites, this one uses the “Disqus” platform for commenting – after Facebook, it is likely the most popular multi-site commenting platform.

Disqus keeps users logged in pretty much permanently, and you post on every website that uses Disqus with the same name. In this case, it’s the one associated with my Google account. I cannot change it. I don’t mean anything personal.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Though, to not confuse other readers, it might be nice if you spelled out your last name.

But i understand that some people are very nervous about privacy for some reason, so it’s your call.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:08:00 +0000

Yes, I see that, but a ton of people post with a fake gmail acct. Checking the email acct doesn’t really help.

No need to change, since we’ve got diff images and such… but just wanted to check…

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:48:00 +0000

Zach S – please post under another name.

I don’t think anyone has to explain why.

By: Zach S

Zach S — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:24:00 +0000

You should have noticed that this is my google account, Mr. Other Zach S.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:58:00 +0000

btw, is your name really Zach S_________? or did you just copy my first name and initial of my last for some reason? seems like “Guest” would be better since it would avoid confusion, unless the answer is the former.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:56:00 +0000

yes, many factors, and college towns clearly dominate.

have never seen anyone do as you propose. but would be interesting.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:55:00 +0000

yes, sorry, just a US list.

as far as big cities, haven’t been to Copenhagen, but have been to Amsterdam and it’s similar — amazing. also, lived in Groningen for ~5 months — 50-60% bike commute rate! (if i remember correctly) insane. and also tied for the nicest town i’ve ever been to.

By: Zach S

Zach S — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:16:00 +0000

It’d be interesting to see where the top ten cities rank w/ college kids excluded. All but Portland and maybe Santa Barbara are college towns, which have unique commuting patterns. College students are less likely to own cars and tend to have very short commutes compared to working adults. This skews the statistics if the goal is to measure how many typical commuters, to the extent there is such a thing, ride bikes to work.
Larger cities are probably immune from this effect, but it would be nice to be able to compare smaller cities against each other on level ground. Which most of those college towns have in abundance – but that’s a different story.

By: Dirk Knapen

Dirk Knapen — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:55:00 +0000

A few years ago Copenhagen had 36 % bicycle commuters, 3 m wide traffic lanes and even a green wave with, if I recollect well, 13 synchronized traffic lights for cyclists.