Ann Freeman writes: > Based on the recently published 2000 Census Supplemental Survey, > Minneapolis is ranked #1 in the country for bicycle commuting with an > estimated average of 5,366 people riding to work each day on a bike. That > is a 2.63% mode share.
Steve Brandt: Not to rain on anyone's parade but C2SS census data ought to be treated with extreme caution. It's basically a sample that was done as a reality check for the actual census. It has a very small sample and an extremely wide margin of error. In fact, the margin of error dwarfs the hundredths of a percentage point differences among the cities. The actual range covered by the margin of error is between 2,330 and 8,402 bikers. I'd like to believe that Minneapolis is a bike-friendly city, although the climate dampens use seasonally, but more accurate numbers should be coming with next summer's release of long form data. It covered every seventh household. At the Star Tribune, we're waiting for those numbers before drawing conclusions. Steve Brandt Kingfield Home of the Killer Greenway Steve Brandt _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
