Wednesday, 3 June 2020

World Bicycle day - 3rd June some facts and figures for social scientists

3rd of June was designated by the United Nations as World Bicycle Day
How many people cycle in the UK?
The Uk government has statistics on wlaking and cycling for 2018 down to local authority area.
the proportion of adults cycling at least once a week in England fell slightly from 2015 to 2016 in 12% to 11% in 2017 to 2018
For Europe see some general facts and figures from the European Cyclist FederationEurostat has a transport database on road rail transport that give details on vehicles, passengers and infrastructure.It also has some survey results on walking and cyclingand data on cycling and road safety
On an international scale the International Transport Forum (OECD) has reprots and policy documents covering cycling
Fia foundation is concerned with philanthropy nin road safety and has case studies of safer city cycling.
Ecocounter has a world wide cycling index they map journeys cycling at night and popularity worldwide and in cities. They have a dashboard monitoring changes in use during the pandemic
Other discussion of changes can be seen in the World Resources Institute blogEIT Urban Mobility website

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