Cycling industry reports of significant bicycle sales in Australia suggest a boom in cycling part... more Cycling industry reports of significant bicycle sales in Australia suggest a boom in cycling participation. However, there are few systematic assessments of cycling in Australia allowing comparison over time. Two national surveys of cycling participation in Australia were examined. The earlier survey was of travel behaviour in 1985/86 and is the earliest known analysis of daily cyclist numbers in Australia. The second is a telephone survey of cycling behavior in 2011 used by the Australian Government as the baseline for its cycling promotion strategy to 2016. Population growth from 1986 to 2010 and the bicycle mode share for the journey to work were also examined. The Australian population aged nine years and over grew by 58.4% between 1986 and 2010 and the daily average number of bicycle trips grew by only 20.9%, representing a per capita decline in cycling. The proportion of Australian workers who used a bicycle to ride to work was largely unchanged at about 1% of journeys. A hist...
Studies of child and teenage cyclist injury rates in the United States (US) consistently report a... more Studies of child and teenage cyclist injury rates in the United States (US) consistently report a downturn since mandatory bicycle helmet laws were introduced in various states and municipalities during the 1990s and progressively since. However, the decrease in children’s injury rates may be related to decreases in children’s cycling participation. This study examines US children’s cycling participation since 1995, children’s injuries and concussion injuries and, as a proxy for injuries, children’s cycling fatalities by states with bicycle helmet laws and those without. Data examined are publicly available and include the US Census Bureau report on Participation in Selected Sports Activities, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Cycling participation by children aged 7-17 years declined significantly from 1995 to 2012, which was matched b...
Cycling industry reports of significant bicycle sales in Australia suggest a boom in cycling part... more Cycling industry reports of significant bicycle sales in Australia suggest a boom in cycling participation. However, there are few systematic assessments of cycling in Australia allowing comparison over time. Two national surveys of cycling participation in Australia were examined. The earlier survey was of travel behaviour in 1985/86 and is the earliest known analysis of daily cyclist numbers in Australia. The second is a telephone survey of cycling behavior in 2011 used by the Australian Government as the baseline for its cycling promotion strategy to 2016. Population growth from 1986 to 2010 and the bicycle mode share for the journey to work were also examined. The Australian population aged nine years and over grew by 58.4% between 1986 and 2010 and the daily average number of bicycle trips grew by only 20.9%, representing a per capita decline in cycling. The proportion of Australian workers who used a bicycle to ride to work was largely unchanged at about 1% of journeys. A hist...
Studies of child and teenage cyclist injury rates in the United States (US) consistently report a... more Studies of child and teenage cyclist injury rates in the United States (US) consistently report a downturn since mandatory bicycle helmet laws were introduced in various states and municipalities during the 1990s and progressively since. However, the decrease in children’s injury rates may be related to decreases in children’s cycling participation. This study examines US children’s cycling participation since 1995, children’s injuries and concussion injuries and, as a proxy for injuries, children’s cycling fatalities by states with bicycle helmet laws and those without. Data examined are publicly available and include the US Census Bureau report on Participation in Selected Sports Activities, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Cycling participation by children aged 7-17 years declined significantly from 1995 to 2012, which was matched b...
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