Benchmarking Bicycling and Walking Changes in the U.S

Benchmarking Bicycling and Walking Changes in the U.S.

Prepared for the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ 2006 Annual Meeting

Sue Knaup, Executive Director

Thunderhead Alliance

National coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations

• 125 organizations in 48 states• Trainings, executive coaching, on-call support• National Complete the Streets Campaign• Benchmarking Project

www.thunderheadalliance.org

The Benchmarking

Gap• Bicycling and walking data is

collected haphazardly

• Bicycling and walking provisions vary wildly from state to state

• Organizations and agencies require bicycling and walking data systems in order to improve conditions

Thunderhead’s Benchmarking

Project• All 50 states and at least

the largest 50 cities• Only government

endorsed data sets• Bike/ped mode share• Crashes, funding, facilities• Obesity & diabetes• Age, income, immigrants

Partners for Full Report

50/50• Institute of Transportation Engineers: traffic

engineer peer review

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: health data and health practitioners peer review

• Bicycle industry: bicycle sales and bike shops

A total picture of the built

environment

Reveal and implement

needed improvements

First Report on 15 States and

15 CitiesBicycling

• Mode Share

• Miles Traveled

• Miles of Facilities

• Fatalities and Crashes

• Complete Streets Policies

• Bike staff and police

• Enhancements Funding

• CMAQ Funding

• 402 Safety Funding

Thunderhead Organizations

• Staffing levels

• Income from membership

• Income from events or rides

• Income from government contracts

• Members per capita

Estimated Bicycling Mode Share (Year 2000)

1.8%

1.2%

3.4%

1.6%

11.3%

2.0%

6.7%

4.1%

1.7%

3.1%

1.6%

6.2%

5.2%

6.7%

1.2%

0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0%

Chicago

Columbus

Denver

Houston

Madison

Miami

Minneapolis

New Orleans

New York

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Portland

Salt Lake City

Seattle

St Louis

mode share

Per capita bicycle miles

traveled

0.1

0.09

0.01

0.27

0.09

0.05

0.36

0.09

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4

Chicago

Denver

Houston

Miami

New York

Philadelphia

Portland

Seattle

per capita bike miles traveled per day

Miles of Existing Facilities

0 100 200 300 400 500

Chicago

Columbus

Denver

Houston

Madison

Minneapolis

New Orleans

New York

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Portland

Salt Lake City

Seattle

St Louis

Lanes

Routes

Trails

Miles of Planned Bike Facilities

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Chicago

Columbus

Denver

Houston

Madison

Minneapolis

New Orleans

New York

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Portland

Salt Lake City

St Louis

LanesRoutesTrails

Statewide Bicycling Fatalities per

10,000,000 trips

0.72 0.59

2.85

1.3

3.13

0.63

1.331.62

1.43

0.84 0.83

2.04

0.53 0.4

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Fatalities per 10,000,000 trips

Annual Crash Rate per Bicyclist Mode

Share

4336

14680

25254

11080

4157

23651

39

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Chicago

Columbus

Denver

Houston

Madison

Miami

Mpls

N Orleans

NYC

Phil

Portland

Salt Lake City

St Louis

1 crash per x number cyclists

Bicycle Funding: Transportation Enhancements

33%34%

95%

56%

75%76%

58%

37%41%

32%

56%

49%48%

61%

36%

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10%

20%

30%

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Regional Bicycle Funding: CMAQ

6.40%

0% 0%

2.60%

0% 0% 0%

9.50%

6.60%

10.40%

0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

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% CMAQfor bike

Statewide Bicycle Funding:

CMAQ

1.9%1.2%

3.6%2.8%

0.0%0.0%0.3%

3.0%

0.4%

31.5%

2.4%1.5%0.2%

15.9%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

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% CMAQfor bike

Members Per 10,000

Residents

0 5 10 15

Chicago Bike Fed

Central Ohio BAC

Transportation Alt- NYC

Bike Coalition Philadelphia

Bike Pittsburgh

MBAC- Salt Lake

St Louis RBF

BTA- Oregon

Bicycle Colorado

Bike Fed Wisconsin

Florida BA

Bicycle Alliance Washington

members per10,000 residents

Data Sources First Report

• Year 2000 Census: http://factfinder.census.gov

• National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) : http://nhts.ornl.gov

• The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) : http://www.bts.gov/

• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) : http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

• National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse (NTEC) : http://www.enhancements.org/

• Federal Highway Administration CMAQ Annual Reports: http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/cmaqpgs/

Next Steps

• Work with partners for pedestrian, health and underserved populations data sets

• Secure new funding

• Full Report 50/50

• Biennial Reports

Sue Knaup, Executive Director

928-541-9841

sue@thunderheadalliance.org

www.thunderheadalliance.org