2 - Transport
Cycling: Usage and barriers
Questions: Q.6 Which of the following best describes how often you have typically travelled in the following ways in the past 12 months? Q.16 Which, if any, of the following have resulted in you cycling less often in the Cork City area than you would like to? Q.17 Does your employer participate in the Cycle-to-Work Scheme?
Sample size: 509 All adults
Usage (past 12 months)
12% Weekly +
14% Less often
74% Non users
(where in employment) 50% of their employers participate in cycle to work scheme
Public transport users Weekly + Monthly Less often
Barriers to cycling
Feel unsafe cycling beside road traffic
45% 51% 21%
28%
Lack of segregated cycle lanes throughout the city
30% 36% 9%
15%
Steep or hilly terrain on my commute
20% 22% 9%
12%
ANY Lack of parking
18% 6% 7%
8%
Lack of public bicycle parking spread throughout the city
11% 4% 5%
5%
Fear of potential theft of bicycle
12% 10% 4%
5%
Cost of E-Bikes
7% 7% 4%
5%
Lack of private bicycle parking at workplace/school
8% 2% 3%
4%
Traffic lights not sensing cyclists
10% 3% 4%
4%
Workplace/school does not have changing facilities available
4% 5% 2%
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Having to go the long way around a residential area (eg no short cut routes for walkers and cyclists)
4% 3% 2%
2
5% 11% 3%
Other
5%
None of these
19% 17% 22%
21%
Not applicable as I do not want to cycle in the Cork City area
1%
3% 45%
34%
26% of residents cycle. The key barriers to cycling more frequently are perceived safety, and the related absence of cycle lanes. C. 50% of current cyclists indicate that feeling unsafe cycling beside road traffic results in them cycling less often in the Cork City area.
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