The League of American Bicyclists is reporting that 14.3 percent more people commuted by bicycle in 2008 then the year before. And, a whopping 43.3 percent more people commuted by bicycle last year then in 2000.
According to a report in the Biking Bis blog, Pennsylvania was 29th in a ranking of states by percentage of bike commuters. Of the commuters in the Commonwealth, .412 percent regularly went to work on a bicycle. The national average was .545, or just over one-half of one percent. The District of Columbia led the nation with 2.33 percent of its commuters using bikes.
The Biking Bis report fails to mention the $4-per-gallon price of gas that got many commuters pedaling last year.
