KC bike/ped stats

I've been wondering for some time how the amount of bicycling and walking the the KC metro area stacks up to the national average.

For some reason I had the feeling we might be a bit lower than the average.

Sure enough we are.

Bicycling and walking are 9.5% of trips nationally (2001 data).

In KC bike/ped makes up 4.3% of trips.

A Gallup poll says that 27% of adult Americans bicycle regularly (defined as at least once per month during the summer months).

In KC it is only 24% of adults bicycle even once during the entire summer.

Got some work to do . . .