Table 2-6 Top 5 Walk and Bike Commuting Cities by City Size: 2008–2012

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Large Cities (Population ≥ 200,000)

Walk

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Boston, MA	15.1
2	Washington, DC	12.1
3	Pittsburgh, PA	11.3
4	New York, NY	10.3
5	San Francisco, CA	9.9

Bike

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Portland, OR	6.1
2	Madison, WI	5.1
3	Minneapolis, MN	4.1
4	Boise, ID	3.7
5	Seattle, WA	3.4

Medium Cities (Population 100,000-199,999)

Walk

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Cambridge, MA	24.0
2	Berkeley, CA	17.0
3	Ann Arbor, MI	15.6
4	Provo, UT	14.5
5	New Haven, CT	12.4

Bike

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Boulder, CO	10.5
2	Eugene, OR	8.7
3	Berkeley, CA	8.1
4	Cambridge, MA	7.2
5	Fort Collins, CO	6.8

Small Cities (Population 20,000-99,999)

Walk

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Ithaca, NY	42.4
2	Athens, OH	36.8
3	State College, PA	36.2
4	North Chicago, IL	32.2
5	Kiryas Joel, NY	31.6

Bike

Rank	City	Percent of commuters
1	Davis, CA	18.6
2	Key West, FL	17.4
3	Corvallis, OR	11.2
4	Santa Cruz, CA	9.2
5	Palo Alto, CA	8.5

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Modes Less Traveled—Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008–2012, available at www.census.gov as of April 2015.

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Table 2-6 Top 5 Walk and Bike Commuting Cities by City Size: 2008–2012

Medium Cities (Population 100,000-199,999)

Small Cities (Population 20,000-99,999)