The Alliance for Biking and Walking has collected and analyzed data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states, the 52 largest U.S. cities, and a select number of mid-sized cities to create its biennial Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2016 Benchmarking Report (http://bit.ly/1nvZzgu). The 2016 Report combines original research with over 20 government data sources to compile data on bicycling and walking levels and demographics, safety, funding, policies, infrastructure, education, public health indicators, and economic impacts.
Boston and Washington D.C., tied at the top of the 2016 Benchmarking Report for the share of commuters who bike or walk to work in the 50 most populous U.S. cities— 16.7 percent of both cities’ commuters bike or walk to work. That’s a 2 percent increase in D.C. since the 2014 report, with Boston’s rates unchanged in the same time period.
