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U.S. states and cities ranked for biking, walking habits

Alaska has the highest number of bicycle and pedestrian commuters and Alabama has the lowest, according to a new report on bicycling and walking in the U.S.

The Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report, released by the Alliance for Biking & Walking, provides a look at commuting by cycling and walking in the U.S., how safe those commutes are, and where transportation funding is going -- or not going -- to promote these alternative means of local travel.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/la-heb-bicycling-walking-us-re...

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on January 25, 2012 at 1:48pm

This says it all.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 25, 2012 at 2:34pm

Here's a couple of statistics that may play into the high rate of pedestrian and bicycle commuting in the great state of Alaska.

2007 Population of AK (7/07): 683,478

2007 DUI arrests AK: 5187

2007 Population of IL (7/07): 12,852,548

2007 DUI arrests IL: 5624

Illinois has approximately 19 times the population of Alaska, but only 8% more DUI arrests.

Permalink Reply by David Barish on January 25, 2012 at 2:50pm

I am kind of amazed. The state with the highest level of commuting by cycling and walking is Alaska. I guess cold weather is not much of an excuse.  C'mon, tell me who had Alaska in that pool? :-)

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on January 25, 2012 at 5:50pm

And probably the fact that in many, many towns, any trip of more than two miles is a trip of not less than 250 miles.

Cameron Puetz said:

The essentially car free fly in towns probably also factors into it. I'd wager that Alaska leads the nation in snowmobile and airplane commuters as well.

Kevin C said:

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on January 25, 2012 at 7:27pm

Or it's easier to walk than dig your car out and try to drive a few blocks to work.

Juneau (population of about 31,262) the only state capital is the US with no road access. It can only be reached by air or sea.

Besides the largest city in Alaska is Anchorage, Alaska population - 269,070.



David Barish said:

I am kind of amazed. The state with the highest level of commuting by cycling and walking is Alaska. I guess cold weather is not much of an excuse.  C'mon, tell me who had Alaska in that pool? :-)

Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on January 25, 2012 at 9:30pm

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Permalink Reply by John Wayman on January 26, 2012 at 4:11pm

Actually, and perhaps not this year, but for the most part in January and February, it's typically colder in Chicago than it is in places like Anchorage and Juneau...Not Fairbanks though. And I would assume it's much nicer to ride in Alaska in July and August vs. the 95 degree days we get in Chicago...But this does still sound weird that Alaska would be so bike friendly...Unless you consider that it's a mountain bikers wet dream...And apparently a lot of people lose their drivers license's due to DUIs.

Permalink Reply by J.P. on January 27, 2012 at 8:20pm

Chicago is No 12, after Baltimore. Disappointing.

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