Percent of people that can cycle

[Gerry Flaherty]

I am looking for information on any research that was carried out that examined the percentage of people in the general population than can cycle. This would have taken into account people with mental or physical health issues or disabilities, other health issues, and age categories.

Gerry Flaherty

[admin]

Hello, Gerry.

I am not quite sure what you are looking for, but a place to start might be with Sustrans:

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/research/?location=null&topic=null

Andrew Fraser

[admin]

With regards to people with disabilities and their ability to cycle, Wheels for Wellbeing is a charity that helps disabled people into cycling and the accessibility issues that poor infrastructure design can create. They may be able to help.

https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/

Also, Rachel Aldred at the University of Westminster who, I believe, has done research in this area (she found that 5.1% of cycle commuters in England and Wales had a physical disability compared to 6.8% of all commuters).

Another myth busted by @RachelAldred : People with disabilities don’t cycle. From census data: 5.1% of cycle commuters in Eng/Wales have a physical disability (vs 6.8% of all commuters) #LabourCycles

— Tab (@mum_on_bike) February 3, 2018

Andrew Russ

[admin]

You might also need to better define your search parameters; do you mean all people who can physically use cycles with assistance (e.g. the stoker on a tandem, or on a quadricycle, etc.) or people who are able to cycle on their own without assistance. The first category, for instance, can include people who are blind, the second probably won’t.

Andrew Russ

[Author]

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