Where would you ride, if you weren’t afraid of cars? Would you bike with your children to school? Ride to work? Run errands around the neighborhood?
Although 100 million Americans ride a bike each year, most of them do so sporadically. Of those who reported biking in 2014, the majority rode less than three times a month, and only 15 percent rode for transportation, rather than recreationally.
Fear of traffic keeps many from riding. Even in "bike friendly" Portland, traffic worries keep people from pedaling. According to the Portland Bureau of Transportation, 60 percent of its residents fit into the “interested but concerned,” category.