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David Cameron says "this is a cycling nation" - as DfT stats reveal bike use falling across England
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"Cameron says "this is a cycling nation" - as DfT stats reveal bike use falling"
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Posted 11 years ago #
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According to the DfT’s Local Area Walking and Cycling in England: 2012 to 2013 report, published today, the percentage of people cycling at least once a month for either leisure or utilitarian purposes was 14.7 per cent in the year to mid-October 2013, down from 15.3 per cent in the preceding 12 months.
That was 'achieved' despite the best summer for years. So much for the 'bike boom'. I wonder how 2014 will turn out?
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The data reveal that in the year to mid-October 2013, some 6.5 per cent of people cycled at least once a month for utility purposes and 10.2 per cent for leisure, overlap between the two groups explaining the 14.7 per cent total.
Cambridge has the highest percentage of its population riding a bike at least once a month for any purpose at 58 per cent, followed by Oxford (43 per cent) and high levels were also found in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (34 per cent), York (27 per cent), South Cambridgeshire (27 per cent) and New Forest (26 per cent).
Only the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames ranks among the top eight local authorities for both utility and recreational cycling at least once a month – with respective levels of 22 and 19 per cent.
Once again, Cambridge (53 per cent) and Oxford (37 per cent) were top for utility cycling, while for leisure purposes, Winchester is highest with 20 per cent, with Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire third on 18 per cent, and the New Forest district of Hampshire next at 17 per cent.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Well Call Me Dave also said it was a Christian nation.
I'm not convinced he has sussed the difference between nation and state and I speak as an ordained minister in the Church of the Latter Day Dude.
He has been known to ride a bike. I have been known to be Dude.
Posted 11 years ago # -
@wfb, you just conjured images from The Big Lebowski in my mind.
Posted 11 years ago # -
@crowriver
Abiding images.
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