active transportation

This article examines primary data form 90 large American cities on cycling to work, allowing them to control for such factors as precipitation and temperature extremes (neither were statistically significant), and engage the conclusions of previous, smaller studies. They find that bicycling to work is positively correlated with both bike paths and bike lanes. The authors, however, found no significant preference between the two for commuters. Cities with safer cycling, less sprawl, and higher gasoline prices have more cycling, but regional public transport supply per capita was not a statistically significant predictor of bike commuting.