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BikeDutchess

11-19-2010, 03:51 PM

This Bloomberg article (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-18/bikers-get-backing-of-kimberly-clark-sprint-as-800-000-hit-road.html) describes several programs employers have implemented.

765,000 Americans […] regularly bike to work, according to 2009 figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s up 22 percent since 2006.

Progress!

Tri Girl

11-19-2010, 04:24 PM

Progress in the right direction for sure! :)

Not as many as I'd like with a population of roughly 153 million Americans of working age (between 23 and 65), but it's definitely a move in the right direction. That's a half of one percent of Americans who cycle to work.

Imagine if we could get 1 or 2% of the working force to commute. WOW! That's why places like Denmark with double-digit percents of the population that commute is so incredible to me.