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Table 1 Characteristics of intervention and control cities and targeted sampling plan for the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS), 2012-2014

From: Evaluating the impact of environmental interventions across 2 countries: the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS) Study protocol

 

City

 

Intervention

Control

 

Montreal+

Toronto+

Vancouver+

New York~

Boston* ~

Chicago~

Detroit~

Philadelphia~

Population 2012

3,917,900

5,841,100

2,426,200

8,336,697

802,065

2,697,843

701,475

1,547,607

Sample frame population (N)

986,565

1,577,685

773,300

2,754,792

277,184

1,275,196

403,621

606,330

Targeted sample (n)

1458

1723

1168

2136

1142

1750

1198

1424

Sampling fraction ((n/N)*100))

0.15

0.11

0.15

0.08

0.41

0.14

0.30

0.23

Average yearly temperature

11.1

12.5

13.7

12.5

10.8

9.3

9.7

12.8

Cycling as usual mode of transportation to work %

1.6

1.0

1.7

0.8

1.4

1.3

0.3

1.8

Population density (square Km)

854

866

736

10,194

4,697

4,923

2,647

4,337

FSA\ZIP number

56

70

35

85

42

65

18

19

  1. Notes.
  2. *Includes the populations of Boston, Cambridge and Brookline, Massachusetts.
  3. +Statistics Canada Census Metropolitan areas.
  4. (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm).
  5. ~ Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets.
  6. (http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html).