CYCLING PARTICIPATION NUMBERS ARE WAY UP
Cycling levels around Australia have increased by up to 69% compared to pre-COVID. After the initial COVID bike boom, cycling levels dropped and plateaued at higher-than-normal across Australia. E-scooter use has increased dramatically with some sites recording near-on 3 times as many e-scooters in 2020 as 2019. Cargo bike use is also up (by up to 47%), mainly in areas associated with leisure cycling.
Urban traffic count specialists MetroCount recently took a look at seven random bike monitoring sites across Australia to see how COVID has affected cycling and to compare/contrast trends in different cities before, during and after initial lockdowns.