This new graphic, which allows you to zoom into your area, shows how many people are cycling for their commute all over Ireland.
A fantastic new data map has been developed showing those areas of Ireland where most commutes are done by bike.
You can view it, and gauge your own area, by following this link. It’s based on 2016 Central Statistics Office figures and you can zoom right in on your neck of the woods.
The new graphic offers an easy to digest guide to those locations in the capital and throughout the country where cycling is most, and least popular.
The graphic is best for Dublin; the higher volume of cycling commuters lending itself to a better map.
Back in January of this year it emerged that cycling in Dublin city centre surged by 80 per cent over a five-year period.
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The findings, compiled by Dublin City Council, suggest the construction works for the new Luas line across the city did little to deter cycling in the centre of the capital.
However, it will not be until this year’s data has been compiled that the true impact of the new cross city Luas line will be known.
Trams only started running late last year, long after the city centre cycling study had been completed. However, the construction works were a feature for several years.
The Dublin City Centre Cycle Count shows 93,359 cyclists crossed the bridges of the Liffey and other selected points around the city daily last year.
This represents a 79 per cent increase on the number of cyclists counted in 2012. The increase between 2016 and last year was five per cent.
And when a 10-year comparison – between 2007 and 2017 – is made, the increase in cycling in the city centre is 140 per cent overall and has quadrupled on some places.
In Blackhall Place, for example, the cyclist count was just 525 in 2007 but was 2,607 last year; an increase of 397 per cent.
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The 2017 study was conducted by counting the number of cyclist passing 30 selected locations between 7am and 7pm.
The counts were done between May 4th and 25th - on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - last year.
And the data also shows cyclists as a percentage of the total traffic in the selected locations.
For example, cyclists accounted for 32.5 per cent of all traffic on Dame St-George’s St. That was highest in the city.
The Samuel Beckett Bridge was the next most popular; cyclists accounting for 27 per cent of all traffic on it last year.
The East Link Bridge and some stretches of the quays saw the lowest number of cyclists as a percentage of total traffic.
That finding will surprise very few cyclists familiar with Dublin as those locations can be very dangerous.
For example, at East Link Bridge-North Wall Quay-East Wall Road just under six per cent of total traffic was made up of cyclists.
And at Merchants Quay-Usher’s Quay-Church St cyclists made up just over six per cent of all traffic.
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