Think you are too old for cycling? Check-out this 2012 chart from Prof. John Pucher Rutgers University NJ. For those over 65 years the trips made by cycling in the Netherlands are 23%, cycling trips made by the same age group in the US are 0.5%.
In a study by the AARP and the US National Household Travel Survey shows non-motorized trips taken by those 40-64 are the largest group. From the 2021 study:
- Bike/Walk trips for those 50 years and older are increasing
- Growth in older adults walking should change Public Health perspective
- Accidents are more prevalent in this group that previously
- Infrastructure to support more bike/walk adults must improve
- More trips by non-working older adults not accounted for here
-LS
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