The Pandemic Bike Boom Hits in Some Unexpected American Cities

In a September 23, 2020 Bloomberg CityLab article, Laura Bliss reports on how Los Angeles and Houston, hardly cycling capitals, both saw surges in biking after COVID-19 began, according to data from the fitness app Strava.

“Among the six U.S. cities for which Strava provided data, Houston and Los Angeles, two sprawling metropolises where just .5% and 1% of the respective populations biked to work in pre-pandemic times, stand out. In Houston, the total volume of cycling trips in Houston was 138% higher in May 2020 than in May 2019. In Los Angeles, the jump was 93%. Unlike their peers, these two places also saw cycling increases in April, the first full month of widespread stay-at-home order and economic shutdowns.”

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