The U.S. Census Bureau has released the bike to work stats for 2009 for America's biggest cities. As you can see, Portland is insane. Those smelly rain-soaked indie hill folk, are insane. Look how far ahead they are from the other top cities. Maybe they should start a Drive To Work program just so they don't look so smug.
If you're like us, you're curious where Fresno is on this list: 35 out of 70. Decent, decent. A lot of room for improvement but it feels like we've been doing that this year since this is becoming Bike Lane City. We were 37th in 2008 so it's a small step forward. There was a 28% rise in Fresnans biking to work from 2008. In total, 00.75% of Fresnans bike to work. In Portland 5.81% bike their ass to work.
So, we'll just put that whole we're-coming-for-you-Portland thing on the back burner and maybe set our sights on the 34th ranked city. YA HERE THAT, RIVERSIDE!? YOU'RE OUR NEW BIKE BITCH!*
*You can look at the complete stats here.
[Source: Phily Bicycle Coalition and Bike League]
