Who's Your Daddy? Bikes most popular vehicle sold in USA

Source: RITA, Buearu of Transportation Statistics - Table 1-12: U.S. Sales or Deliveries of New Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances.

  1. Bicycle includes only bicycles with 20" wheels or larger, i.e. not toy bikes primariliy targeted at kids under 10.
  2. Passenger car
  3. Truck Factory sales i.e. not retail. Includes large passenger or utility vehicles that may be considered cars by some, and starting in 1999 includes buses.
  4. Motorcycle Includes ATVs prior to 1985, but not after

Unless otherwise noted all sales are new retail sales estimates

Comments

It's unfortunate that most of

It's unfortunate that most of those bikes will stay in the garage.  Not true with new cars. 

if only...

If only we lived in a world where people felt as safe on the roadways riding bicycles as driving cars...

Let's work on that...

-Dave "making the world safe for wheee" Morse

 

 

Bicycles..

Looks like bicycles are the future. I was thinking today how nice it would be to have one of the lanes on Bardstown rd taken out to allow for two bicycle lanes. Someone start that campaign. Thanks.