number of cycling commuters

enas

Cycling commuters are on the rise, according to the Census 2011 data, as reported by this article:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1012/1224325187403.html?via=mr

Surely the most impressive figure for me is the 33% increase in Cork. I surely did notice an increase in cycling, but 33% sounds really higher than my own observation.

monument

enas wrote: »

Cycling commuters are on the rise, according to the Census 2011 data, as reported by this article:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1012/1224325187403.html?via=mr

Surely the most impressive figure for me is the 33% increase in Cork. I surely did notice an increase in cycling, but 33% sounds really higher than my own observation.

Article from August 8 about the same on cyclingindublin.com, and further details in the comment section: http://cyclingindublin.com/2012/08/08/880/

And also the figures mapped: http://cyclingindublin.com/2012/08/10/cyclists-in-dublin-by-area-mapped/

The Cork figure is from a lower base than the Dublin figures.

Outkast_IRE

enas wrote: »

Cycling commuters are on the rise, according to the Census 2011 data, as reported by this article:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1012/1224325187403.html?via=mr

Surely the most impressive figure for me is the 33% increase in Cork. I surely did notice an increase in cycling, but 33% sounds really higher than my own observation.

Im in cork i do notice that at college that there have been an obvious increase in the amounts of students cycling in , instead of driving.

Also alot of bike to work scheme people might stick themselves in that catagory even if they ocassionaly cycle.

enas

Here's a tiny map for the Cork figures then.



I don't really know what to see there. The only thing that immediately caught my eye is the little spot in Rochestown, right where the old Cork-Passage railway line starts. It would be interesting to know whether this would affect people's decision to cycle to work.

enas

Just read that according to internal UCC sources, cycling modal share has gone from 6% to 12% between 2007 and 2012 (UCC staff commuting to UCC by bike). Furthermore, 16% of all UCC staff has availed of the cycle to work scheme in the last three years (which in fact doesn't sound to me that high, especially with regard to the 12% figure; sounds like a good proportion of those who availed of the scheme actually use their bike to cycle to work).

Iwannahurl

On the down side, any theories as to why the number of people cycling in Limerick fell by 5 per cent and in Waterford by 9 per cent?

The Census 2011 commuting report won't be available until December. It will be interesting to unpick the modal share stats, given the various factors influencing the commuting numbers in recent years.

AdMMM

They made an absolute dogs dinner of cycling lanes in Waterford. What ones were developed were poorly thought out and the habitual parking of residents 24/7 on the lanes wasn't enforced by anyone. Drivers also have shocking awareness of cyclists and it doesn't even occur to many of them that cyclists even exist. I feel much safer cycling on the road in Dublin after only a couple of months living up here than I ever did in Waterford and purely because drivers in Dublin encounter cyclists more often.

robertxxx

Ive noticed a drop in the number of cyclists from my commute, dublin 15 into town. bad weather and dark mornings must be the problem.

Iwannahurl

AdMMM wrote: »

They made an absolute dogs dinner of cycling lanes in Waterford. What ones were developed were poorly thought out and the habitual parking of residents 24/7 on the lanes wasn't enforced by anyone. Drivers also have shocking awareness of cyclists and it doesn't even occur to many of them that cyclists even exist. I feel much safer cycling on the road in Dublin after only a couple of months living up here than I ever did in Waterford and purely because drivers in Dublin encounter cyclists more often.

Did the bypass make any appreciable difference in terms of modal shift to "active commuting" in Waterford?

By the way, on a positive note, I should say that the c. 33% increase in cycle commuting in certain areas is most welcome and very encouraging. There'll be a snowball effect too, I hope.