Bike traffic on San Diego streets up over 300% after buffered bike lanes added - BikeSD

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According to the count data obtained from SDSU’s Active Transportation Research, the bike traffic in Uptown has gone up – by an average of 346% since 2012.

And it looks like the biggest jump in bike ridership happened after the buffered bike lanes were striped on Fourth and Fifth Avenues in 2014.

Even in car-centric San Diego, if you build the bike lanes, people will ride.

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Bike traffic on San Diego streets up over 300% after buffered bike lanes added - BikeSD

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MoBikeFed comment: Well designed bicycle facilities dramatically increase ridership. we know that the more protection riders have from motorized traffic, the more use the facility receives--so a street with a bike lane is likely to have more bicycle traffic than one with no bike lane; a buffered bike lane will be used more than a bike lane; a cycle track or protected bike lane will be used more than a buffered bike lane, and so on.

The reason is not complicated: People will ride more where they feel safer.

Communities across Missouri are increasingly working on facilities like bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, and cycle tracks. Expect to see more of them soon.