Interesting Figures

The following information was collected from the Bicycling and Walking in the United States 2010 Benchmarking Report prepared by the Alliance for Biking and Walking:

 

General Characteristics

State	Population (rank)	Bike/Walking Levels (1-high)	Bike/Ped Fatality Rates (1-low) (deaths per 10K bicyclists)	Bike/Ped Per Capita Funding (1-high, 50-low)	Cycle to Work (1-high, 50-low) (Total %)	Estimated percent of all trips by bike	Bike Safety Rankings (1-best, 50-worst)
Maryland	5,618,344 (19)	32	35 (6.9)	45	46 (0.2%)	0.3%	36
Pennsylvania	12,432,792 (6)	13	21 (4.3)	16	29 (0.3%)	0.7%	21
Ohio	11,466,917 (7)	35	23 (4.6)	31	33 (0.3%)	0.6%	23
Indiana	6,345,289 (15)	37	28 (8.1)	21	30 (0.3%)	0.6%	40
Illinois	12,852,548 (5)	22	24 (3.0)	43	18 (0.5%)	1.2%	15
Iowa	2,988,046 (30)	12	12 (6.3)	9	24 (0.4%)	0.8%	32
Minnesota	5,197,621 (21)	18	9 (1.8)	14	12 (0.7%)	1.3%	8
South Dakota	796,214 (46)	7	11 (0.8)	24	20 (0.5%)	1.0%	2
Wyoming	522,830 (50)	6	4 (1.1)	4	3 (1.2%)	3.7%	3
Montana	957,861 (44)	4	15 (2.5)	5	2 (1.4%)	0.9%	12
Idaho	1,499,402 (39)	15	7 (1.4)	17	5 (1.1 %)	1.0%	4
Washington	6,468,424 (13)	16	16 (2.5)	12	10 (0.7%)	0.4%	13
North Carolina	9,061,032 (10)	43	44 (13.7)	33	43 (0.2%)	0.4%	47
Average	-	-	- (5.2)	-	- (0.5%)	0.9%	-

 

State Policies

State	Goal: Increase Bicycling	Goal: Decrease Bicycling Fatalities	Master Plan Adopted	Advisory Committee Formed	Public Bicycle Map	Complete Street Policy	Annual Statewide Bicycle Conference
Maryland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ohio	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Indiana	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Illinois	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Iowa	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
South Dakota	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Wyoming	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Montana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	No	No
Idaho	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Washington	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Average	- (25)	Yes (32)	Yes (27)	No (20)	Yes (36)	No (18)	No (16)

 

 

State	Bicycle a Vehicle by Law	Legal to ride 2 abreast	3 ft passing distance for cars	Full use of lane regardless of sidepath/bike lane	Mandatory Helmet (age)
Maryland	Yes	Yes	No	No (bike lane)	Yes (<16)
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (<11)
Ohio	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Indiana	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Illinois	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Iowa	No	No	No	Yes	No
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
South Dakota	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Wyoming	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Montana	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (All)
Idaho	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Washington	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (<16)
Average	Yes (43)	Yes (45)	No (14)	Yes (43)	No

 

Funding

State	Spending target	Fed. Transportation funds for bike/ped projects (5 yr avg)	Fed. Transportation funds per capita	% Fed. Transportation Dollars to Bike/Ped	% Transportation Enhancement to Bike/Ped
Maryland	No	$3,752,521	$0.67	0.7 %	13%
Pennsylvania	No	$24,740,241	$1.99	1.7%	61%
Ohio	No	$14,112,511	$1.23	1.2%	44%
Indiana	No	$10,128,848	$1.60	1.3%	51%
Illinois	No	$10,237,261	$0.80	1.0%	32%
Iowa	N/A	$8,490,443	$2.84	2.2%	54%
Minnesota	No	$11,487,168	$2.21	2.0%	81%
South Dakota	No	$1,160,072	$1.46	0.5%	35%
Wyoming	No	$2,445,508	$4.68	1.1%	56%
Montana	N/A	$3,708,734	$3.87	1.1%	59%
Idaho	No	$2,950,445	$1.97	1.2%	59%
Washington	Yes ($20,000)	$15,069,147	$2.33	2.2%	67%
North Carolina	Yes ($6,000)	$10,604,949	$1.17	1.2%	47%
Average	No	$7,793,010	$1.29	1.2%	48%

 

Staffing

State	Full time equivalent (2006-2008 avg)	Staff/1 million
Maryland	24.6	4.4
Pennsylvania	1.5	0.1
Ohio	2.0	0.2
Indiana	1.7	0.3
Illinois	1.9	0.1
Iowa	2.0	0.7
Minnesota	5.8	1.1
South Dakota	0.8	1.0
Wyoming	2.0	3.8
Montana	N/A	N/A
Idaho	2.0	1.3
Washington	10.0	1.5
North Carolina	9.8	1.1
Average	4.9	0.8

 

 

Notes

The Transportation Enhancement program provides over 800 million federal funds to distribute to community based projects that expand travel choices and enhance the transportation experience by improving the cultural, historic, aesthetic, and environmental aspects of transportation.