The Scientific American article says that the men-women bicyclist ratio in New York City is 3:1. In Madison, my impression is that men on bikes outnumber women, but not by all that much. Does anybody have solid statistics for Madison?
Paul T. O'Leary wrote: > From: Robbie Webber <[email protected]> > >> Got this today and thought others might like to see it. >> >> "How to Get More Bicyclists on the Road. To boost urban bicycling, >> figure out what women want" >> >> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=getting-more-bicyclists-on-the-road >> >> >> >> Robbie Webber >> Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee >> www.bikewalkmadison.org > > In days of yore (many of you will remember), before Bike to Work Week > registration was > mostly online and I was a worksite co-ordinator, one of the survey > questions was "I would > bike to work more if..." followed by several multiple-choice options. The > most common > response, esp. from women who registered, was "better facilities to change > / clean-up at > work" (or the like). Interesting that this article didn't even mention > this as a "what > women want" item. I suppose one could draw, from this, that the > street/safety issue isn't > as prominent _here_, but that would be a surprise. > > --------------------- > Paul T. O'Leary > Desktop Insurgent > Madison WI USA > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
