Tag: bikenomics

January 12, 2015

Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy

Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really had much solid data to know exactly how much cycling helps. Until now. It turns out, it helps maybe even more than many thought. According to a report commissioned by the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office,…
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tagged: bike touring, bikenomics, bikepacking, washington bikes, washington recreation and conservation office
December 16, 2014

Bike Jobs: Development Director at Bike Works + 2 at Cascade

Did you know that the bicycle industry in Europe has created 650,000 jobs? That’s more than the continent’s mining and quarrying industry, and more than the number of people employed by the Big 3 US auto makers combined. Well, join in the jobs bonanza that is bicycling! Below are a few bike job listings floating…
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tagged: bikenomics, jobs
June 22, 2012

3rd Annual Spoke & Food coming to a restaurant in your neighborhood Tuesday

Spoke & Food is a brilliant event that brings bikes, local dining and local non-profit fundraising together. All you have to do is bike to the participating restaurant near you for dinner Tuesday (June 26). A portion of your bill will go to support FamilyWorks (they pick a new organization every year). A restaurant’s best…
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tagged: bikenomics, business, restaurants, spoke & food
May 9, 2011

You have to ride to work this week to get counted

This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta ride! From SDOT: SDOT will be conducting pedestrian and bicycle volume counts at more than 50 locations across…
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tagged: bicycle count, bike benefits, bike month 2011, bikenomics, commuting, earl blumenauer, elly blue, federal government, grist
April 25, 2011

Bikenomics: I spend more money on the military than on my bicycle

I have a terrible, dirty little secret. Even though I depend on my bicycle as my primary means of transportation and spend my days writing about bicycles on this blog, I spend more money on war than on my bike. A lot more. In Elly Blue’s latest “bikenomics” column for Grist, she linked to this…
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tagged: bikenomics, elly blue, federal government, taxes, war, wheredidmytaxdollarsgo
April 4, 2011

Bikenomics: Biking is as fast as driving

Many people have tried to calculate the “true” cost of driving, and the resulting numbers can vary dramatically. Before even attempting to add the costs up, one needs to figure what should even be included. How far do you go? Portland Afoot has a great breakdown of how they reached their estimate of $8,390. That’s…
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tagged: bikenomics, elly blue