Pedal Power to the People! Well, in Cascadia, anyway...

The results are in, and according to recent Census numbers, Oregon leads the nation for bike commuting. The NW as a whole was outstandingly represented.

It should be noted that only commuting to work by bike as the primary mode of transit was accounted for in these numbers, meaning that the actual number of people using bikes to commute (perhaps as a secondary mode, or in conjunction with public transit) is certainly undercounted in the study. My hunch is that this is going to continue to trend upwards, given that bike commuters who use it as ancillary transit frequently increase their usage as their comfort level and experience on the road grows.

As more commuters and communities kick their auto-addiction in favor of pedaling to work, let's hope that the rest of the nation can give us Cascadians some healthy competition for the next census numbers.

Care to make things interesting, Eastern Seaboard?

(Via BikePortland. Image Bike Portland via Flickr/Creative Commons)