- Increases in observed ridership within one year of protected bike lanes' construction ranged from +21% to +171%
- Increases appeared to be greater than overall increases in bicycle commuting in each city
- Increases were made up of 11% new riders, or riders who would not have traveled by bike without the protected lane, and 89% riders who took the route because of the new lane, but would have biked anyway
- 96% of interviewed cyclists felt that the protected lane increased the safety of bicycling on the street
- 79% of residents interviewed felt that the protected lane increased the safety of bicycling on the street
- 43% of people stated that protected bike lanes had made their neighborhoods a more desirable place to live, as opposed to 14% who believed it actually reduced desirability
- 19% of intercepted bicyclists said that they stopped at businesses along the protected bike lane more often than before its installation
- 53% of drivers in communities where protected bike lanes were installed stated that predictability of bicyclists had increased, as opposed to 12% who said it had decreased
- 14% of respondents said that they avoided roads with protected bike lanes installed
- 30-55% of residents stated that impacts to parking were negative; impact to parking was the study's most negative perception
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