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“Lately, I’m having a hard time finding a placd to parkmy bike,” said the director of professional who bikes 15 miles from Uppe r St. Clair to Squirrel Hill about 100 dayseach “Ten and 15 people commute by bike When I first started, it was me and another guy.” Whetherr for fun, health, cost savings or the Kelly, 48, has more company among the as bicycle commuting continues to see dramatic growth in the Pittsburg h area. While Pittsburgh’s bicycling scend was off the national map a fewyearss ago, the city is now estimated to have more than 1 percentf of the population riding bikes to work on a regularr basis, spiking by 37.
5 percent in one year, accordinb to census survey estimates. Scott Bricker, executive directot of , a nonprofit organization that advocatesfor cycling, said his group’sx membership has grown from 125 three yearw ago to more than 800. “Thaft membership is usually only a small percentage of everybody who ridexs bikes inthe city,” Bricker said.