Where We Ride 2014: Bike and Walk Commuting Increasing across America and in Missouri | League of American Bicyclists

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In our third edition of “Where We Ride: An Analysis of Bicycling in American Cities” we take a look at the growth of bicycle commuters throughout the country, based on new data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

We dissect broad trends, like where among large cities bike commuting is growing fastest, and take on and more granular analyses, like which cities are exploding with bike commuters by region and size.

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Where We Ride 2014: Bike and Walk Commuting Increasing across America and in Missouri | League of American Bicyclists

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MoBikeFed comment: The amount of bike commuting is increasing in Missouri and in the cities of Kansas City and St. Louis (the only Missouri cities covered in the report that analyzes change in commuting over time).

Missouri is ranked 42nd among the 50 states in the percentage of bicycle commuters. The amount of bicycle commuting across the state has increased 41% since 2005.

St. Louis is ranked 22nd among the 70 largest U.S. cities in the percentage of bicycle commuting. Bicycle commuting in STL increased 280% since 2000--5th fastest of any large city in the U.S.--and an amazing 380% since 1990.

Kansas City is ranked 66th of 70 the largest cities. Bicycle commuting has increased 67% since 2000--40th fastest growing among large cities in the U.S.--and 84% since 1990.

Percentage of commuters who commute by bicycle in the Missouri jurisdictions covered in the report:

Missouri (state): 0.3%
St Louis city: 1.3%
Columbia: 1.3%
Springfield: 1.1%
Kansas City MO: 0.2%
St Joseph: 0.2%