Biking Boom

Bicycling in the United States has been increasing over the last decade or two in certain cities and places, like Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, Washington D.C. Bicycling has gotten an additional boost by a very unfortunate event which is the COVID crisis. Many people found themselves at home and in the need for physical activity and they were flocking to bikes, often for recreational purposes. We have people who still go to work or have to make a trip but are not comfortable making it on a public transport anymore. And they are switching to the bicycle to make that trip. So, they are using the bike for a utilitarian trip purpose or as a substitute for public transport. Many European countries have had higher cycling levels historically as the United States, but even from those levels now, they have made efforts for putting in bike lanes, putting in cycle tracks, doing intersection modifications to accommodate bicyclists. They've seen a big growth in cycling. A big part of the population, according to research, between 50 and 60 percent, are not willing to ride with fast moving traffic and a lot of traffic in the streets. So, what they need are separate facilities.