Allt fler cyklar till tåget i England

The Guardian: Train companies: we're trying to be bike-friendly
Independent surveys by Passenger Focus show that nationally in 2009, 2.2% of rail passengers got to the station by bicycle. Of these, 1.3% took their bike on the train, and 0.9% parked at the station.

While these are small percentages, in real terms this means there were around 28m bike-rail journeys in 2009 – or 77,000 a day (based on Department for Transport rail journey figures). This represents a huge increase. In 2007 there were just 19.5m bike-rail journeys in total.

Why has this stupendous growth happened? There are two main reasons.

First, there has been an explosion in the use of folding bikes by rail commuters. This growth will continue, as train companies are committed to allowing compact folding bikes to travel for free at all times.

Second, there has been steady growth in the number of people parking their bicycle at rail stations. There are now around 25,000 cycle spaces in the UK, with thousands more planned.

 National Rail Cycling by Train leaflet (PDF)

Nederländerna: 40% cyklar till tåget - Ecoprofile

www.trafikverket.se/cykel

Cyklingen har ökat 19% i England under de senaste två åren, till fem miljarder cyklade kilometer. Det är högre än på nittiotalet och sjuttiotalet, men lägre än 1985 då det cyklades 6,1 miljarder km.

Om det skulle visa sig vara ett trendbrott kan jag tänka mig flera faktorer: hjälmkampanjerna avtar (?), terrorattackerna i Londons tunnelbana, trängselskatten i London, samt att det blivit trendigt att vardagscykla. T ex cyklar premiärminister David Cameron och Londons borgmästare Boris Johnson till jobbet.

Road Statistics 2009: Traffic, Speeds and Congestion