While the number of people in Greater Cincinnati who ride bicycles for recreation or for their daily commute is growing, our region still lacks a safe, well-connected system of biking trails and dedicated on-road bike lanes. Though there has been progress over the last decade to make our area more bike-friendly.
According to the non-profit organization , more than 11.1 million miles were traveled walking or biking on multi-use trails around Greater Cincinnati in 2017.
And that number could increase through efforts such as , a program launching this year to actively improve bike and pedestrian connections.
Research by Tri-State Trails shows most people use the existing trail network for recreation 鈥� about 88% versus 8% for transportation 鈥� although 58% of trail users said they would commute more by walking or biking if trails and bike lanes were better connected to their place of work.
May is , and joining Cincinnati Edition to discuss biking in our region are Katie Vogel with ; Wade Johnston (), director of , a initiative; (CORA) President, Operations Manager at and Co-host of cycling podcast, Doug McClintock (); and Transportation and Development reporter Pat LaFleur ().
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