Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Bikers are all rich white folks. Not.

Based on a study using the best available data (which I'll recognize may not be perfect), it seems that:
1) white people remain somewhat overrepresented; but 2) bicycling appears to be trending toward racial parity.
And:
Contrary to popular convention, the biggest share of bicyclists isn't yuppies, it's low income people. In fact, the lowest-earning quarter of Americans make nearly one-third of all bike trips.
More details here.

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