Cycling rates 2022: highs and lows
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All on Fri Dec 8 09:40:55 2023
From official data:
QUOTE Local variations in cycling rates at least once per week, for any purpose, show large differences in cycling levels across England.
In 2022, Cambridge (50%), Oxford (35%), Isles of Scilly (30%), Hackney
(28%), and Southwark (25%) were the five authorities with the highest level
of cycling rates.
These rates show a large contrast to the authorities with the lowest level
of cycling rates, which were Bury, Sandwell (5%), Rochdale, Bolton (4%) and Oldham (3%). This does not include local authorities where data has been suppressed due to low sample sizes. ENDQUOTE
NOTE: the three authorities with the lowest rates of cycling, namely
Rochdale, Bolton, and Oldham, lie in the Greater Manchester area, which consistently claims high usage for its bike-hire schemes. Clearly these are
not reaching the low-cycling areas, and Greater Manchester seems to be
doing little about it apart from talking-up its bike-hire successes.
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