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.
09th Feb 2012
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) 2011 Bicycle Count Report was released in February 2012. The bicycle counts inform bicycle planning efforts in the city, provide the data needed to evaluate the efficacy of the bicycle network, and help identify locations where additional infrastructure improvements may be needed.
08th Feb 2012
Local councils in Australia are invited to register for the Australian Local Government Cycling Participation Survey 2012.
06th Feb 2012
Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers was published by Rails-to-Trails Conservacy in January 2012. It shows that in large and small “rural cores” of 2,500 to 50,000 residents, the share of total trips made on foot or by bike is only 20 percent below the rate for larger urban cores. Furthermore, when it comes to work trips, rural areas fall right in line with the national rates of biking and walking to work.
02nd Feb 2012
In January 2012 the Australian Bicycle Council released the results of Local Government and Cycling Survey undertaken in July 2011. Councils responding to the survey spent more than $72 million on bicycle-related programs in 2009-10. More than two thirds of responding councils either have a bicycle strategy or are working towards one. As at June 2010, councils responding to the survey reported having constructed 11,704km of cycling infrastructure. When their cycle networks are complete the infrastructure will measure 17,842km.
01st Feb 2012
This research report was published in the journal Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board in December 2011.This study investigated the relationship between weather conditions and cycling ridership, as well as the hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly trends for use of urban bicycle facilities. Precipitation, temperature, and humidity had significant effects on bicycle ridership.
01st Feb 2012
This research report was published in the journal Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board in December 2011. Bicycle volume data are useful for practitioners and researchers to understand safety, travel behavior, and development impacts. Several simple models of bicycle intersection volumes were developed for Alameda County, California. The models showed that bicycle volumes tended to be higher at intersections surrounded by more commercial retail properties within 1/10 mi, closer to a major university, with a marked bicycle facility on at least one leg of the intersection, surrounded by less hilly terrain within 1/2 mi, or surrounded by a more connected roadway network.
31st Jan 2012
This report presents results from the second ACT Year 6 Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey conducted in 2009 as well as describing trends since the first survey in 2006. In 2009 fewer children walked or cycled to and from school and time spent on sedentary activities (e.g. computer games, internet and television viewing) increased, particularly for boys. The report is by the ACT Government, Health Directorate and was released in November 2011.
25th Jan 2012
This info graphic, produced by the online blog Good and the design firm Part and Parcel, was published online in June 2010. It uses data from the US Federal Department of Transport to illustrate how rates of walking and cycling have grown as funding has increased.
24th Jan 2012
The Benchmarking Project is an on-going effort by the Alliance for Biking & Walking to collect and analyse data on bicycling and walking in all 50 US states and the 51 largest US cities. This third biennial report includes: bicycling and walking levels and demographics; bicycle and pedestrian safety; funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects; written policies on bicycling and walking; bicycle infrastructure; bike-transit integration; bicycling and walking education and encouragement activities; public health indicators; and the economic impact of bicycling and walking.
03rd Jan 2012
The data for this map came from the Netherlands Mobility Survey. Of all journeys in the Netherlands 26% of people use a bicycle. In some municipalities, such as the islands of Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog, more than 50% of journeys under 7.5km are made by bicycle. In the cities of Zwolle, Groningen and Leiden around 46% of people use bicycles for shorter journeys.
05th Oct 2011
In May 2011 the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM) launched its TEMS online database which aims to show the transport mode split of all cities in the EU with more than 100.000 inhabitants (there are well over 600 such cities).
28th Sep 2011
In September 2011 the League of American Bicyclists released two tables of bicycle commute data, the 2010 bicycle commute estimates for 375 American cities and a 10 year comparison of the 70 largest cities. The data shows that more than half of one percent of American workers use a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation to work, close to 40 percent growth since 2000.
15th Sep 2011
This report was released in Januray 2011 by the NZ Transport Agency. The report looks at transport implications of the findings of the Active New Zealand Survey (ANZS). The ANZS is a high-quality nationwide survey of over 4000 adults collected through face-to-face interviews over 12 months in 2007/08. Although collected mainly to measure levels of sport/recreation activity and to quantify physical activity in general, it includes data of interest to the transport sector on walking and cycling.
12th Sep 2011
In August 2011 the Bureau of Transport Statistics (BTS) from the New South Wales Department of Transport released the 2009/10 Household Travel Survey Summary Report. This publication is a compilation of annual statistics on the travel behaviour of Sydney residents produced from the Bureau of Transport Statistics’ continuous Household Travel Survey (HTS).
07th Sep 2011
This article by Ralph Buehler, John Pucher, Dafna Merom and Adrian Bauman was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in September 2011. It reports on their study that looked at the contributions of daily walking and cycling to recommened physical activity levels in the US and Germany. It concluded that daily walking and cycling can help a large proportion of the population to meet recommended physical activity levels.
31st Aug 2011
On 31 August 2011 the Australian Bicycle Council released the results of the National Cycling Participation Survey. The survey found that in a typical week around 18% of Australians ride a bicycle for transport and recreation with around 3.6 million people riding for recreation, leisure or sport and 1.2 million people making at least one transport journey.
30th Aug 2011
In mid 2011 the City of Copenhagen released their Bicycle Account 2010, a comprehensive look at the state of cycling within the city. 84% of Copenhagen residents have access to a bicycle and 68% cycle at least once a week.
09th Mar 2011
The research objective of the Finding New Solutions leisure cycling project is: “To what extent does a positive leisure experience, accompanied by follow-up support and interventions, lead to more habitual cycling?” A series of lessons are currently being compiled from the projects to show the relevance of leisure cycling for encouraging more regular cycling. Below are some interim results from participants in the on-line survey to monitor behaviour change.
09th Mar 2011
Michael Bordenaro, 21 February 2011, Momentum Planet - News
15th Feb 2011
David O'Byrne, MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Media Release
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21st Dec 2010
by Noah Kazis, December 10, 2010, StreetsBlog
20th Dec 2010
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 12. 3.10
TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
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by Ben Fried on October 22, 2010, StreetsBlog
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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.
21st Sep 2010
Melbourne City Council's Bicycle Account reports the progress of the City of Melbourne’s Bicycle Plan 2007–2011.
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In 2007 the Australian Bicycle Council and Australia Local Government Association (ALGA) worked together to survey Australian local government authorities on cycling. This report provides an overview of the results.
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