Washington Area Bicycle Facts: According to the Commuter Connections 2007 State of the Commute Survey: 17% of all commuters live less than five miles from work The average bike commute is 6 miles each way 0.7% of the region’s commuters bicycle to work at least once a week. Mean days per week for bicyclists is 3.2

Bike to Work Day May 2007 Washington Region Event Survey

• The Bike to Work Day event increases bicycle commuting- 21% of survey respondents
  said they never commuted by bicycle before participating in the annual event.
• The Bike to Work Day event expands the frequency of bicycle commuting- 12% of survey
  respondents who commuted by bicycle previous to the event, said they started
  bicycling even more after particpating in the event.

Video Counts

Memorial Bridge usage 699 bicycles; 14th Street Bridge intersection 2,990 bicycles.
Conducted by VDOT in 2008 (12 hour counts).