approaching city cycling_______________________________________________________________________

Census 2011what can it tell us?

mode share optionstarget demographics

spatial design preferences

______________________________________________________Katja Leyendecker

PhD researchNorthumbria University, Newcastle

Census 2011

• high coverage 19/20• every 10 years• tight and only travel question

"how do you usually travel to work"• main mode, by distance• commute / working population only

Mode share

Mode share

Mode share

Modes by trip lengths

13%

14%

21%

Modes by trip lengths

4%

4%

17%

Modes by trip lengths

8%

15%

20%

8%

15%

20%

Modes by trip lengths

Modes by trip lengths

8%

15%

20%

cycle

8%

15%

20%

cycle& PT

cycle

Modes by trip lengths

Cycle trajectory – world citiesWomen indicate - canaries for cycling environment

Source: Pucher & Buehler (2012)Red: Census 2011 overlay

Cycle trajectory - UK

Census 2011

What do women need?

UK women currently excluded through socialisation, gendered lifestyles: still family-carer

escorting to school

getting the shopping in

short trips

trip-chaining

complex travel diaries

These trips are cycled by choice in• Amsterdam• Copenhagen

Where cycling infrastructure offers – inclusive– equitable– transport participation– comfort– convenience– (safety and security)

Reading material:Eyer, A., & Ferreira, A. (2015). Taking the tyke on a bike: mother's; and childless women's space- time geographies in Amsterdam compared. Environment and Planning A, 47(3), 691-708. doi: 10.1068/a140373p

Credit @amsterdamize

Credit @amsterdamize

Further readingCensusGoodman, A. (2013). Walking, cycling and driving to work in the English and Welsh

2011 census: trends, socio-economic patterning and relevance to travel behaviour in general. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e71790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071790

Aldred, R., Woodcock, J., & Goodman, A. (2015). Does More Cycling Mean More Diversity in Cycling? Transport reviews, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1014451

Nested within presentationGarrard, J., Handy, S., & Dill, J. (2012). Women and cycling. In J. Pucher & R. Buehler

(Eds.), City cycling: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Eyer, A., & Ferreira, A. (2015). Taking the tyke on a bike: mother's; and childless

women's space- time geographies in Amsterdam compared. Environment and Planning A, 47(3), 691-708. doi: 10.1068/a140373p

Thanks for listening

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