http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Dull Cycling Statistics - Recent Posts en Mon, 18 May 2026 01:01:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-302726 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:28:02 +0000 paddyirish 302726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can we start by pulling stats from the counters?</p> <p>I know there are some on the Meadows- that should be at a point where YoY progression can be seen. There is also a new one on each of the FRB pathways?</p> <p>I'm sure there are more that I don't go past. Installation at a couple of key places- e.g. the 5 ways NEPN junction near Craigleith would also help make the case?</p> <p>Spokes surveys are good as they have been running for a long time, but are they over too narrow a time window to be statistically useful? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-302721 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:04:26 +0000 chdot 302721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good thread here -</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/sallyhinch/status/1103335890494066690" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/sallyhinch/status/1103335890494066690</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143695 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:19:03 +0000 SRD 143695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry Kim, I think you're wrong there. Edinburgh's expenditure and support for cycling outweighs that of other councils. </p> <p>The first four factors you identify may show why edinburgh has a high rate of cycling generally. But they would do nothing to explain a higher rate of change in edinburgh. </p> <p>The tram works might explain change, but only if cycling starts to fall from this year onwards. </p> <p>Shall we revisit in 5 years? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143693 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:10:53 +0000 Kim 143693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Factors making Edinburgh different? </p> <p><ul><li>Spokes they have been campaigning for improvements for donkeys years</li><li>Edinburgh is a university city and has a higher proportion of students than most</li><li>Edinburgh is also a city of middle class professionals, this is the group who are most likely to cycle commute and lead the way in creating a cycling culture</li><li>the tram works, which inadvertently had a major traffic calming effect (this is the only part the CEC can really take credit for)</li><br /> </ul> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143688 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:48:52 +0000 chdot 143688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> 2 Main Points</p> <p>Major &amp; Minor Roads</p> <p>2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2012 was around 43.5 billion (thousand million) vehicle kms: 0.4% more than 2011, a levelling off of the steady downward trend seen since 2007. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>2.2 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2012 was estimated to be 28.9 billion vehicle-kms. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 7.1 billion vehicle kms (16% of all traffic). This was less than the estimated 9.7 billion vehicle kms on trunk A roads (22% of the total), and the 12.1 billion on non-trunk A roads (28%). Three quarters of A road traffic was in rural areas: 16.3 billion out of the A roads total of 21.7 billion vehicle kms. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2012: an estimated 14.7 billion vehicle kms, most of which was on unclassified roads (8.3 billion). Most (55%) minor road traffic (8 billion vehicle-kms in 2012) is on roads in urban areas. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2012 was 1% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 9%, which will in part due to a 6% increase in the motorway network, see Chapter 5). Minor road traffic was about 0.9% lower than in 2011. Traffic levels are around 2 per cent higher than in 2002. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>Trends</p> <p>2.6 DfT estimates suggest a rising trend in traffic volumes on major roads in Scotland, reaching a peak in 2007 when numbers levelled off, 6 per cent higher than they had been in 2002. Traffic volumes then fell back slightly but after increases in the last couple of years are now at similar levels to 2007. Motorway traffic saw a 17 per cent rise between 2002 and 2008, fell slightly over the next two years and has started to rise again over the last two years. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>2.7 Traffic on minor roads is estimated to have risen by 10% between 2002 and 2007, falling by 6% since and the total volume of traffic on all roads in Scotland in 2012 was also estimated to have risen by 8% between 2002 and 2007, falling 3% since. (Table 5.1)</p> <p>2.8 Cars account for over three quarters (78%) of the total volume of traffic on the roads (i.e. of the total for major roads and minor roads combined), light goods vehicles for 14% and heavy goods vehicles for 6%. Pedal cycles are the only mode of transport to have seen an increase in each of the last five years, with traffic volumes increasing by 29%, though pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume. (Table 5.2)</p> <p>2.9 In 2012, the volume of car traffic was 2 per cent higher than in 2002 but 2 per cent below the 2007 peak, light goods vehicle traffic 27 per cent higher, and heavy goods vehicle traffic 2% higher. (Table 5.3)</p> <p> "</p> <p>And much more </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143687 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:48:35 +0000 sallyhinch 143687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, amazing. So 'wishing and hoping' (the main CAPS activity as far as I can see) doesn't work? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143684 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:41:51 +0000 chdot 143684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Clearly, Edinburgh appears to be bucking this trend, which probably means that cycling is becoming even less common elsewhere."</p> <p>Good/not good!</p> <p>CEC is spending more money. </p> <p>'We' are making a fuss - <em>and</em> riding more. </p> <p>Anything else? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12292#post-143682 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:23:42 +0000 Morningsider 143682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The new edition of Scottish Transport Statistics has just been published. Headline cycling stats:</p> <p>Average number of trips by bike by Scottish residents remains at 9 per year</p> <p>Average distance cycled by Scottish residents increases from 34 miles in 2011 to 35 miles in 2012</p> <p>Average length of cycle trip in Scotland increases from 3.6 miles in 2009/10 to 3.9 miles in 2011/12</p> <p>Cycling to work remains at 2%</p> <p>Cycling to school falls from 3% to 2.9% in Hands Up Survey and from 1.4% to 0.8% in the National Statistic</p> <p>An increase in total distance cycled from 305 million km to 310 million km</p> <p>In summary, people who cycled in 2011 cycled further in 2012 and there seems to be a fall in people cycling to school. There is no obvious increase in the number of people cycling. </p> <p>Clearly, Edinburgh appears to be bucking this trend, which probably means that cycling is becoming even less common elsewhere.</p> <p>Full details: <a href="http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/strategy-and-research/publications-and-consultations/j285663-00.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/strategy-and-research/publications-and-consultations/j285663-00.htm</a> </p>