01—Double the number of cyclists.

01—Double the number of cyclists.

Deadline: 2020

Not Measurable Not Measurable

The city originally used the In-Season Commuter Cycling Index for this indicator, but has since stopped using it. However, according to the NYC Department of Transportation, cycling increased 55% between 2012 and 2017.

Although the city no longer uses its In-Season Commuter Cycling Index, the city does use a different indicator that estimates cycling within central areas over time. According to a 2019 report by the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), nearly 1.6 million New Yorkers ride a bike, and almost half a million cycling trips are made on a typical day—a figure that increased 55% between 2012 and 2017. In addition, the DOT conducts an annual Citywide Mobility Survey to determine travel behavior, preferences, and attitudes of city residents. They are working with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include questions about cycling in the survey.

Of the 24% of New Yorkers that have used a bike at least once, 53% ride at least several times a month. Chart data sourced from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2017 Community Health Survey.
Image credit: NYC Department of Transportation
NYC is seeing an overall rise in bicycling as a mode of transit to work. Each data point in the chart represents the average number of people in a given borough who biked to work over the three previous years. For example, 20,771 Brooklynites biked to work on average over 2015, 2016, and 2017. The 2017 Community Health Survey is the chart data source.
Image credit: NYC Department of Transportation

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