The collection of data on the number of bicycles per household, number of bicycle journeys and the nature of those journeys helps to inform transport policy and practice.
Victoria:
- Sikic, M. et al (2009) Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001–2006
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The incidence of serious bicycling injury has risen over recent years, highlighting the need for targeted prevention programs. Accurate data on cycling participation, use of injury prevention strategies, and injury profiles would assist in reducing bicycle-related injury. - Bauman, A. and Rissel, C. (2009) Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?
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Cycling, the fourth most popular physical recreation in Australia, is increasingly being used as a means of transport. As a form of regular physical activity, it confers substantial health benefits that are accessible to people of all ages. - VicRoads, website, Cycling data and statistics
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An important introductory site to bicycle statistics for Victoria. Contains information on why collecting data is useful, cycle to work reports, the loop counter program and cycling in Melbourne 1976 – 2001. - VicRoads, 2001, Cycling to work in Melbourne 1976 - 2001, Victorian Government, Melbourne.
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Cycling to work in Melbourne is the most comprehensive report on work related cycle trips in Victoria. - VicRoads, 1999, Cycling in Melbourne: Bicycle ownership, use and demographics 1997 – 1999, Victorian Government, Melbourne.
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This report outlines a number of key statistics on bicycle ownership and use in Melbourne, to serve as a practical, accessible and informative guide for anyone involved in transport planning in Melbourne. It may also serve as a useful starting point for those wishing to develop a cycling data resource manual for other areas. - Melbourne City Council, Melbourne Bicycle Account – Cycling Census 2007
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The Bicycle Account reports the progress of the City of Melbourne’s Bike Plan 2007-2011. It is a summary of cyclist behaviour, a snap-shot of infrastructure and safety standards and a cyclist opinion survey. With cycling growing and evolving at such a rate Council has committed to an annual Melbourne Bicycle Account. This is the first of these annual publications. - Melbourne City Council, Melbourne Bicycle Account: Cycling Census 2008
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The City of Melbourne is committed to promoting and supporting sustainable transport in the city. To ensure our actions do promote and support the use of bicycles in the city, we need to measure cycling activity and trends. Results show us what we do well and what we need to work on in the future.
As with the 2007 version, the 2008 Melbourne Bicycle Account includes a summary of city cyclist behaviour, a snapshot of the City of Melbourne’s actions in improving cyclist infrastructure and safety, as well as results from the City of Melbourne and Bicycle Victoria’s joint 2008 Melbourne Bikescope Survey. - Walking and Cycling: Census analysis, Report based on analysis of Census data, prepared by Bartley Consulting pty Ltd (September 2008) for Dr Evelyn Légaré, Department of Transport - Walking and Cycling Branch Level 15, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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New South Wales:
- Premiers Council for Active Living (PCAL), Cycling in New South Wales
What the data tells us, (8.33 meg) prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Limited
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The purpose of this project by PB was to assemble and report on available cycling data, to inform the preparation of a new NSW BikePlan. The new NSW BikePlan is being prepared by relevant NSW Government agencies on behalf of the Premier’s Council for Active Living. - Roads and Traffic Authority, Cycling in Sydney
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RTA 2008, Cycling in Sydney Fact Sheet - April 2008: bicycle ownership and use, New South Wales Government, Sydney, and the Fact Sheet View PDF
A snap shot of Sydney’s bicycle ownership and usage levels, including the role of the bicycle in Sydney’s transport system. - New, C. & Rissel, C. (2008) Cycling to Work in Sydney - analysis of journey to work Censis data from 2001-2006, Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service
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The present analyses were conducted to examine whether there have been changes in levels of cycling in Sydney between the 2001 and 2006 Census, extending an earlier analysis of data from the 1996 and 2001 Census. Data on the journey to work from both Censuses were purchased from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Use of a bicycle on any part of the journey to work was coded as ‘bicycle used’. Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) in the Sydney area were coded as Inner Sydney if they were within 10 kilometres of Central Station in Sydney, Outer Sydney for the remaining Sydney SLAs and the rest as the Greater Metropolitan Region including the SLAs in Newcastle and Wollongong.
South Australia:
- Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA), website, Cycling facts and figures
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The site provides information on the number of cyclists entering Adelaide’s CBD in the AM peak hour over a number of years.
Australia:
- Bonham, J. & Jungho, S. (2008) Pedalling the city: intra-urban differences in cycling for the journey-to-work, pp. 25-40 ARRB - Road & Transport Research Vol 17 No 4 Dec 2008
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This paper is available for purchase from ARRB Group - The Australian Bicycle Council and the Australian Local Government Association report on cycling
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Cycling survey of Australian Local Governments - July 2007. This report provides an over view of the results received from a survey conducted in 2007. - Bicycle Sales - Cycling Promotion Fund Fact Sheet 2008
View PDF - Johnson, M., Oxley, J. & Cameron, M. (2009) Cyclist bunch riding: A review of the literature Monash University Accident Research Centre - Report #285
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This report is a review of the literature on cyclists who ride in large groups or bunches on public roads. The research was conducted following the Victorian State Coroner's investigation into the death of an elderly pedestrian, following a collision with a cyclist who was riding in a bunch. The aims of the review were to understand the behaviour of bunch riders, particularly the behaviours that may contribute to increased risk of collision and to make recommendations for effective enforcement and countermeasure strategies for this road user group. Due to the paucity of published literature on bunch riding, the review was expanded to include other relevant cycling literature. In addition, footage of bunch riding from Victoria Police, recorded in 2005 and 2007 was analysed and the behaviour of cyclists was found to have differed considerably. Based on the findings of this review, some broad suggestions for enforcement and education are made to improve the safety of bunch cyclists. Furthermore, there is a clear need for further research to address the safety concerns of bunch riding and a number of specific research recommendations are made.
New Zealand:
- ViaStrada Ltd, (2009) "Continuous cycle counting trial", January 2009, for New Zealand Transport Agency
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The benefits of continuous cycle counting over techniques currently used in New Zealand (such as manual counting or temporary pneumatic tube counting) include being able to establish seasonal trends without having to frequently supervise a site or check and replace equipment. It is considered that continuous cycle counting will be a useful tool in monitoring cycle volumes and trends and therefore planning and designing for cycling. - ViaStrada Ltd (2008) "Cycle counting in New Zealand", Land Transport New Zealand, Visit Site
Webpage break down of the research - Visit Site
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Land Transport New Zealand commissioned ViaStrada Ltd to undertake an international literature review of technologies for counting cycle traffic continuously (for several months or more) and to survey all local and regional councils and Transit New Zealand offices about their experience with various types of cycle traffic counting, including continuous, automatic and manual counts.
Section 2 of this report considers equipment for continuous counting of both off-road and on-road cycle traffic. The purpose of the survey (reported in section 3) was to understand how much cycle counting is currently taking place in New Zealand and what methods are being used. - Ministry of Transport, (2008) Cycling for transport: Ongoing New Zealand Household Travel Survey 2003 - 2007
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The New Zealand Household Travel Survey is an ongoing survey of household travel conducted for the Ministry of Transport. Each year, people in over 2 000 households throughout New Zealand are invited to participate in the survey by recording all their travel over a two-day period. Each person in the household is then interviewed about their travel and is also asked about their alcohol consumption and other travel-related information. - Macbeth, A. (2008) Continuous cycle counting trials, presentation to Auckland Regional Walking and Cycling Forum View PDF
International:
- Route Monitoring 2008 - National Cycle Network is cutting car traffic and getting more people active
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Sustrans' latest count of walking and cycling on the National Cycle Network reveals that for the first time in the Network's 14-year history, it carries more than one million journeys every day. In 2008 a total of 386 million trips were made on the Network - half by bike and half on foot - just under a third of the 1.2 billion passenger journeys made on Britain's railways in 2007/08. - April Streeter, 21 May 2009, Here Are Five Cities Where More Than .01% Ride Bikes to Work, Sweden: TreeHUgger - Cars & Transportation
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Bicycle mode share of 5 US Cities. - AMBER SUTHERLAND, KIRSTEN FLEMING and TOM NAMAKO, 15 May 2009, CITY ON AN UP 'CYCLE', New York Post
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Scores of new bike lanes and a sour economy have led to a surge in people pedaling to work, data released yesterday show.
An estimated 185,000 people pedaled to the office in 2008, compared to 76,000 in 2000 -- a 143 percent increase, according to the figures provided by Transportation Alternatives. - Heather Haddon, 14 May 2009, Burn baby, burn - by biking, AM New York
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If miles of new bike lanes weren’t enough, city transit officials think vanity might encourage more New Yorkers to commute by two wheels.
The average roundtrip bike commute burns 440 calories, according to city figures released in tandem with Bike Month. - Paul Dorn, 13 May 2009, Out of excuses: You—yes, you—can ride your bike to work, Bike Commute Tips Blog via GreenRightNow.com
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Paul Dorn knows that getting Americans to ride a bike to work instead of driving a car is quite the uphill battle. Even on a good day, he says, only a tiny percentage of the nation’s commuters use pedal power to get to their jobs. - Sustainable Planning & Innovation for biCYCLES
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Spicycles, (2009) CYCLING ON THE RISE - Public Bicycles and Other European Experiences (3.6 Meg)
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When the Spicycles project was launched in 2006, cycling was not the “hot” mode of transport that it has become today. As project partners, we wanted to gather experience related to specific areas of cycling policy. We were keen to explore how key elements such as communication and awareness raising, and the building of local partnerships, might increase themodal share of cycling. We had big expectations at the beginning of the project regarding cycling planning, but could not have predicted the explosion in the popularity of public bicycle systems that has taken place during Spicycles.
