{"id":146,"date":"2022-09-23T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikeleague.wpengine.com\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:19:02","slug":"reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>Convincing decision makers to prioritize people who bike and walk requires two things: great stories and great data. Our reports offer important, easy to understand case studies for both.<\/p>\n<p>As the premier resource for advocates and policy makers on how to make biking better, the League has produced scores of reports and fact sheets over the years to make the case for building a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our most recent reports, the League also hosts archives and resources created over the years through our work and that of our partners.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t find a report you&#8217;re searching for? Contact us.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/data.bikeleague.org\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for more data? Visit our Benchmarking Report site dedicated to numbers\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tRecent Reports\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/LAB-Reconnecting-New-Majority-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Reconnecting-New-Majority-cover.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/LAB-Reconnecting-New-Majority-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Reconnecting to the New Majority\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Reconnecting to the New Majority<\/h3><p>In 2013, the League of American Bicyclists (League) and the Sierra Club published &#8220;The New Majority: Pedaling Towards Equity,&#8221; a report highlighting the changing demographics within the bicycling movement. Today, the League is releasing a new report,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/LAB-Reconnecting-New-Majority-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Reconnecting to the New Majority,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0to update our understanding of demographic trends in bicycling, identify areas of focus to ensure that all people &#8211; particularly Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color (BIPOC) &#8211; have access to safe bicycling, and further progress actions that promote equity in bicycling.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/LAB-Reconnecting-New-Majority-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Reconnecting-New-Majority-cover.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Benchmarking-Bike-Networks-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Untitled-design-97.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Benchmarking-Bike-Networks-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Benchmarking Bike Networks\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Benchmarking Bike Networks<\/h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Benchmarking-Bike-Networks-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Benchmarking Bike Networks&#8221;<\/a> demonstrates the importance of safe bicycle infrastructure and connected bicycle networks in increasing the safety and accessibility of bicycling as a transportation and recreational option. The report&#8217;s findings demonstrate why communities around the United States should prioritize building the safest bicycle facilities for appropriate road contexts to connect more people and neighborhoods to more places.\u00a0The League hopes this report will serve as a tool for communities, planners, state and local bike advocacy organizations, cycling clubs, and individuals who bike to be advocates for bike infrastructure and networks that will contribute to building a Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Benchmarking-Bike-Networks-Report-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Untitled-design-97.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Bicycling%20Benefits%20Business.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bicyclingbenefitsbusines.png\" alt=\"Bicycling Benefits Business report cover\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Bicycling%20Benefits%20Business.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Bicycling Benefits Business\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Bicycling Benefits Business<\/h3>In 2009, the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking and Walking published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Bicycling_and_the_Economy-Econ_Impact_Studies_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bicycling Means Business<\/a>&#8220;, a culmination of research studying the economic benefits of bicycle infrastructure. Today, the League is releasing an updated report, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Bicycling%20Benefits%20Business.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bicycling Benefits Business<\/a>&#8220;, which reviews new research in the nearly 10 years that have passed since the original, and it remains true: communities that support bicycling as a means of transportation and recreation have outsized economic benefits by attracting residents and tourists alike.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Bicycling%20Benefits%20Business.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/bikeleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bicyclingbenefitsbusines.png\" alt=\"Bicycling Benefits Business report cover\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n<h2>\n\t\tRecent Posts from our Research Team\n\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convincing decision makers to prioritize people who bike and walk requires two things: great stories and great data. 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