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PE,SAN L(' ,�- San Leandro Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan * �0 Chapter 3: BICYCLE NETWORK Existing Conditions Existing and Future Bicycle Commuter Population Based on journey to work data from the 1990 and 2000 US Census and the 2006 -2008 American Community Survey (Table 1), it is estimated that less than 1 percent of San Leandro resident commuters use a bicycle as their primary means of transportation to work. Using the commuter data from the 2006 -2008 American Community Survey, this represents an estimated 350 work based daily bicycle trips. It should be noted that this data does not account for commuters with multiple modes of travel to and from work, such as commuters that ride a bicycle to a BART station before transferring to transit for the remainder of their • trip. In these surveys, such trips would be counted as a transit trip. In addition, the census data fails to capture people who commute by bicycle only one or two days per week. Consequently, it is felt that the number of actual commuter bicycle trips is higher than what is represented here. This commuter population represents only a percentage of the total cyclists within the City. Cycle trips made for school, shopping, and recreation purposes often represent a large percentage of total bicycle trips but are not captured within the Census based surveys. The future bicycle commuter population will depend on a number of factors such as the availability of well- connected facilities (bikeway and bicycle parking), population density, and type of future land development. With the current emphasis in San Leandro on transit - oriented development and use of alternative transportation modes for environmental and personal health reasons, it would be expected that the popularity of bicycling would increase at an even greater rate than what has occurred historically. For these reasons, it is estimated that with implementation of the bicycle network, the commuter mode split would reach an estimated 3 percent of the mode share representing approximately 1,200 work -based daily bicycle trips. Table 1: Journey -to -Work Mode Split for the City of San Leandro Mode 1990 2000 2006 -2008 (Home -based work trips Drive Alone 67.2% 70.3% 70.6% Carpool 10.8% 13.1% 9.8% Public Transit 8.4% 10.2% 12.2% Bicycle 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% Walk 2.2% 1.9% 2.2% Other Means 0.7% 1.1% 0.9% Work at Home 1.2% 2.4% 3.5% Source: 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census; American Community Survey 2006 -2008 Page 22