Separated Bike Lanes Will Get More Women on Bikes
18 July 2011 - 11:00am
Proportionally more women bike on New York City streets with protected bike lanes than not at all, and turning a painted lane into a protected one caused female ridership to soar.
Nonprofit Transportation Alternatives studied New York bicyclists and found twice as many women biking in a protected bike lane in comparison to a nearby one that shared the road:
"As the roads offered more separation for bikes, T.A. counted dramatically more cyclists using them. The effect was particularly dramatic for women: Only 15 percent of the cyclists on Seventh were women, compared to 32 percent on Second."
Streetsblog digs deeper with data from the NYC Department of City Planning.
Source:
Streetsblog, July 13, 2011
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