cOvER cREDIt: ImagE by PamEla Palma PHOtOgRaPHy

commutiNg treNds have changed dramatically over the years. More and more Americans are turn-ing to alternative means to get to and from work. Every year, we rank the top 70 largest cities with the highest percentage of bicycle commuters by population from data in the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. This is the ranking for 2013.

70 laRgEst cItIEs WItH

HIgHEst sHaRE Of bIcyclE cOmmutERs

cIty Rank% Of bIkEcOmmutERs POPulatIOn

% gROWtH fROm 1990 tO 2013

% gROWtH fROm 2000 tO 2013

PORtlanD, OR 1 5.9% 611134 408.2% 234.0%WasHIngtOn, Dc 2 4.5% 649495 498.5% 290.3%san fRancIscO, ca 3 3.8% 837442 300.8% 93.9%mInnEaPOlIs, mn 4 3.7% 400079 129.6% 97.2%nEW ORlEans, la 5 3.6% 378715 292.3% 208.7%sEattlE, Wa 6 3.5% 652429 128.8% 84.8%tucsOn, az 7 3.4% 526141 20.6% 52.5%OaklanD, ca 8 3.0% 406228 167.4% 142.7%HOnOlulu, HI 9 2.4% 347907 92.0% 91.8%PHIlaDElPHIa, Pa 10 2.3% 1553165 296.5% 162.8%PIttsbuRgH, Pa 11 2.2% 305838 440.1% 408.8%sacRamEntO, ca 12 2.2% 479671 16.4% 63.6%DEnvER, cO 13 2.0% 646449 129.7% 108.3%bOstOn, ma 14 1.9% 644710 122.3% 100.7%santa ana, ca 15 1.8% 334241 62.2% 62.8%st. Paul, mn 16 1.8% 294873 258.3% 179.6%albuquERquE, nm 17 1.7% 556489 42.9% 49.9%buffalO, ny 18 1.6% 258945 360.0% 268.1%austIn, tx 19 1.4% 885415 76.8% 48.0%cHIcagO, Il 20 1.4% 2718789 389.2% 174.8%lOng bEacH, ca 21 1.2% 469384 26.0% 68.2%lOs angElEs, ca 22 1.2% 3884340 105.9% 101.8%nEW yORk cIty, ny 23 1.2% 8405837 297.5% 156.6%tamPa, fl 24 1.2% 352981 31.5% 33.0%ancHORagE, ak 25 1.2% 300950 155.8% 130.5%mIlWaukEE, WI 26 1.1% 599168 237.6% 240.6%lExIngtOn-fayEttE cOunty, ky

27 1.1% 308428 218.5% 93.7%

fREsnO, ca 28 1.1% 509965 8.5% 37.2%cOlumbus, OH 29 1.0% 822762 165.0% 199.0%mIamI, fl 30 1.0% 417670 62.6% 78.9%san JOsE, ca 31 1.0% 998514 54.9% 56.8%mEsa, az 32 1.0% 457595 -33.5% -22.5%stOcktOn, ca 33 0.9% 298115 -6.1% 8.6%HOustOn, tx 34 0.8% 2197374 139.3% 83.4%san DIEgO, ca 35 0.8% 1355885 -25.5% 13.0%st. lOuIs, mO 36 0.7% 318416 169.3% 107.4%atlanta, ga 37 0.7% 447848 152.5% 128.3%

cOlORaDO sPRIngs, cO 38 0.7% 439858 44.7% 36.4%anaHEIm, ca 39 0.7% 345015 -39.0% -41.3%baltImORE, mD 40 0.7% 622104 181.6% 111.3%RIvERsIDE, ca 41 0.7% 316613 -43.8% -19.3%

PHOEnIx, az 42 0.6% 1513350 -44.1% -28.2%vIRgInIa bEacH, va 43 0.6% 448479 39.9% 85.9%DEtROIt, mI 44 0.6% 688740 438.3% 255.1%cIncInnatI, OH 45 0.5% 297498 126.3% 146.3%lOuIsvIllE/JEffERsOn cOunty mEtRO, ky

46 0.5% 609908 149.3% 5.3%

nEWaRk, nJ 47 0.5% 278436 103.2% 112.1%las vEgas, nv 48 0.4% 603525 -36.9% 12.8%WIcHIta, ks 49 0.4% 386558 65.9% 146.0%InDIanaPOlIs, In 50 0.4% 838425 150.0% 96.5%bakERsfIElD, ca 51 0.4% 363630 -26.7% -25.3%mEmPHIs, tn 52 0.4% 653450 189.0% 249.9%JacksOnvIllE, fl 53 0.4% 842588 -40.9% -17.0%clEvElanD, OH 54 0.3% 390106 168.9% 62.1%nasHvIllE-DavIDsOn mEtRO, tn

55 0.3% 634465 138.0% 144.0%

san antOnIO, tx 56 0.3% 1409000 114.1% 100.4%OklaHOma cIty, Ok 57 0.3% 610617 126.0% 176.6%Dallas, tx 58 0.3% 1257676 84.2% 111.9%cHaRlOttE, nc 59 0.3% 792849 78.1% 88.2%auRORa, cO 60 0.3% 345814 23.9% 54.9%tOlEDO, OH 61 0.2% 282313 94.3% 12.5%OmaHa, nE 62 0.2% 434353 69.5% 81.3%tulsa, Ok 63 0.2% 398724 11.9% 11.6%fORt WORtH, tx 64 0.2% 794189 -0.134 25.9%RalEIgH, nc 65 0.2% 431897 -0.657 -54.7%kansas cIty, mO 66 0.2% 467082 0.346 22.1%El PasO, tx 67 0.1% 674438 -0.589 16.4%

aRlIngtOn, tx 68 0.1% 379565 -0.192 -23.1%PlanO, tx 69 0.1% 273519 -0.674 -36.3%cORPus cHRIstI, tx 70 0.0% 316389 -0.807 -81.5%

cIty Rank% Of bIkEcOmmutERs POPulatIOn

% gROWtH fROm 1990 tO 2013

% gROWtH fROm 2000 tO 2013