Comment 116621

By KevinLove (registered) | Posted February 24, 2016 at 19:25:26 in reply to Comment 116620

In my opinion, it is useful to put the percentage of the population onto the Portland graphic. After all, there is plenty of research verifying this model. The Portland model has been verified in cities ranging from London, England to Melbourne, Australia.

Also, I do not like the captioning on this graphic. Instead of, "Will ride conventional bikeways" I would write, "Will use unprotected infrastructure." It is highly inappropriate to use the word "conventional" to describe infra that violates the CROW engineering design manual for bicycle traffic. Violations of these established design engineering standards need to be correctly identified as engineering incompetence and/or negligence.

To quote from my own article, the percentages and their descriptions are:

The "Strong and Fearless." These are people who are willing to cycle without any cycling infrastructure. They are less than 1 percent of the population.

The "Enthused and Confident." These are people who are willing to cycle on unprotected cycling infrastructure. They are about 7 percent of the population, and are disproportionately men between the ages of 18-65.

The "Interested but Concerned." This is 60 percent of the population. They will only cycle on protected or car-free infrastructure.

The "No Way, No How." This is 33 percent of the population. These people just don't like cycling. They will only cycle on protected or car-free infrastructure AND cycling must be faster, easier and more convenient than alternate means of transportation. Many members of this demographic are willing to undergo considerable inconvenience to avoid cycling and take alternate methods of transportation.

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