2011 Mileage count survey

whatever people are doing, it’s working:

Total Miles 274,608

Total Trips 24450

Avg mi/trip 11

Total Respondents 90

Male 69 77%
Female 21 23%

Thanks to others for the group edits. Corrections regarding counting commutes and the “who” for the conduct of the survey have been made.

Round trip commute = two trips
Who = us

@eminva 12717 wrote:

And the other 9% — ?

69 and 21 were the raw number of replies at the time.

77%+23%=100%

I’d be interested to know how the median mi/trip and mi/person end up. I bet there’s a lot of outliers on this forum! 1%ers etc

So I’m calling these the final numbers;

Total Miles 444,310

Total Trips 45579

Avg mi/trip 10

Avg mi/person 2,598

Total Respondents 171

Male 73%

Female 27%

Top 5 Commute Origins:
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[TD]Arlington
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[TD=”align: right”]32%
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[TD]DC
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[TD=”align: right”]12%
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[TD]Alexandria
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[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]7%
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[TD]Fairfax
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[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]6%[/TD]
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[TD]FallsChurch
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[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]6%
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Top 4 Commute Destinations:
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[TD]DC[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]56%[/TD]
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[TD]Arlington[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]21%
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[TD]Rosslyn[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]3%[/TD]
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[TD]Alexandria[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]3%[/TD]
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Attached pie (yum!) charts show origin and destination by state:
please note that the numbers below are percentages of total respondents, of which about 15% did not indicate an origin or destination.

Origin:
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[TD]DC[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]11%[/TD]
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[TD]MD[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]14%[/TD]
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[TD]VA[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]62%
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[TD][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]589[/ATTACH]
Destination:
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[TD]DC[/TD]
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[TD=”align: right”]49%[/TD]
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[TD]MD[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]5%
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]VA[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]31%[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]590[/ATTACH]

Gender balance doesn’t surprise me that much. That said, DC has been said to do better than most, with a 38/62 split – see http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/9885/women-how-comfortable-do-you-feel-biking/

@KLizotte 13185 wrote:

Wow, if this is truly representative of the cycling population in this area, we have a real gender imbalance that is far more than I would expected given the cycling infrastructure here.

Do people want to see the listing of usernames and mileages?

While I likely will be a bit humbled by the accomplishments of my fellow riders, I would love to see the data!

We should consider ways to enlist the riding clubs and local shops to increase the number of individuals responding next year.

444 K miles is pretty impressive – that is 37 autos each driving 12 K miles/year off the road! If we were to assume that each of those miles would have been a single person in a 25 mpg auto, those cars would have consumed 17,770 gallons of gas.

Way to go!

Dana

Also remember this isn’t surveying riders. It’s surveying people who know about this forum

Lots of no-big-deal commuters probably ride lots of no-big-deal miles, but don’t bother to visit specialized forums like this one to discuss it.