Iowa Factoids

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Posted Aug 4, 2013
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We just saw this posted by the Des Moines Business Record as a side note for an article about 4 Iowa bosses who bike.

We thought the statistics were pretty cool and eye-opening.

By the Numbers

24,941 Iowans who ride a bicycle to or from work, between one and six times a week
149,916 Iowans who use the state’s network of trails recreationally
61 Bike shops in Iowa
$8 million Bike sales annually in Iowa
$3.6 million The amount spent on bike repairs in Iowa annually

Source: – “Economic and Health Benefits of Bicycling in Iowa,” 2011.

Factoids:

RAGBRAI participants spend an average of nearly $2,000 in Iowa while on the weeklong ride, for a total of nearly $17 million in direct economic benefit. – “Economic and Health Benefits of Bicycling in Iowa,” a 2011 study commissioned by the Iowa Bicycle Coalition.

SOURCE: www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/
images/uploads/Economic_and_Health
_Benefits_of_Bicycling_in_Iowa.pdf

Men fueled the growth in cycling in the United States between 2001 and 2009, particularly men between the ages 40 and 64 – “Bicycling Renaissance in North America?” a 2011 Rutgers University study.

SOURCE: policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/TRA960_01April2011.pdf