Vermont’s Bike-Friendly Ranking Surges!
Posted by Chapin on May 26 2011
Tags: Bicycling, Economy, Tourism, Vermont
After two years of declining rankings, advocates and public officials have successfully rebounded Vermont’s bike-friendly rating to 15th in the country. As we continue to promote Vermont as a premier cycling destination, our ranking is good for business.
2008: VT 17th
2009: VT 23rd
2010: VT 34th
2011: VT 15th
There are many reasons for the improvement. The VT Bike & Pedestrian Coalition helped pass the “Safe Passing” bill last legislative session. Local Motion has geared up our Safe Streets activities in Chittenden County. Burlington officials overhauled their cycling ordinances last year to include a 3′ passing law. VTrans continues to improve internal processes including bike/pedestrian counts on sidewalks and trails around the state.
We expect to improve VT’s 2012 ranking too as we’ve had many recent successes — a passage of a statewide Complete Streets bill (thanks AARP), a bike parking bill at state buildings (thanks VBPC), and VTrans is poised to reopen the state’s Bike & Pedestrian Program to new projects (after being suspended for seven years). Let’s do more so that we can crack the Top 10 in 2012!
The League of American Bicyclists coordinates the Bike Friendly States ranking. The Bicycle Friendly State Program is generously supported by program partners Bikes Belong and Trek Bicycle.
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