Velo-city began in 1980 in Bremen, Germany with deep ties in the founding of the European Cyclists’ Federation. Since then conferences have been held in cities...
Across the globe, the percentage of children that walk or cycle to school has decreased from 82% to 14% within the last 30 years. Source: McDonald, N.C. 20...
The graph below shows the evolution of the percentage of people who answered “cycling” to the question of the Eurobarometer: “On a typical day, which mo...
Drivers overtaking cyclists passed an average of 8.5 cm closer to those wearing helmets. Source. When Australia introduced mandatory cycle helmet law, bicy...
Countries with the lowest levels of cycle use have the poorest cyclist safety records. Source. In a study of 115 cities in the US and Denmark, as well in...
Cycling isn’t as risky as commonly thought, with just one death every 32 million kilometres – that’s over 800 times around the world. Source.
By the begining of 2012, they were 400 bike sharing schemes globally. Velib’, the Parisian bike sharing scheme, launched in 2007, now has 20 000 bicycles and 18...
25% of all urban goods could be delivered by bicycle. This figure rises to 50% when we are refering to light goods. Source.
Cycling is good for the rural economy. A visiting cyclist spends an average of £25/day on locally provided food and services, compared to car-borne visitor’s £7...
When the complete life cycle of the following modes are taken into account, the carbon emissions are approximately: Bicycle: 21 g CO2/passenger/km travele...