By Larry Lagarde
Saturday, December 09, 2006
While browsing some of the up and coming sites on the web this morning (as per Alexa), I came across a site that creates charts from database information provided by users (Swivel).
I noticed a search box on Swivel and decided to see if anyone had submitted data related to cycling. Interestingly, I found this chart featuring the reasons people give for not riding their bicycles. Supposedly, the data comes from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (sfbike.org) which is a pretty respectable cycling advocacy organization. Unfortunately, when I searched their site to verify the data references, I failed to find any mention of the data. It's a big site so it's possible I just ran the wrong seach keywords...Anyhow, here's a table that corresponds with the chart above. The table lists each of the complete responses (rather than the abbreviated ones shown above).
| Reason Given For Not Cycling | Percent of Responses |
| Weather | 15 % |
| Worried about bike theft | 14 % |
| Worried about safety | 13 % |
| Can | 10 % |
| Street conditions (potholes / tracks / etc.) | 9 % |
| I ride as much as I want | 8 % |
| Other | 7 % |
| Too far to travel where I need to go | 6 % |
| Not enough bike lanes | 6 % |
| Too hilly | 5 % |
| Bike lanes don | 4 % |
| Too busy / no time | 3 % |
Larry
Labels: alexa, bike stats, biking stats, cycling stats, sfbike, swivel
Originally published in the RideTHISbike archive.