The table compares the number of people who used cycles as a mean of transport for their workplaces in 12 different areas in the UK over a 10-year period.
It is clear that the number of cyclists increased in all states in the UK. The highest number of residents went to their work by cycling in Inner London, while the number of cyclists was the lowest in Gate head.
In terms of using cycle, the number of cyclists from Inner London was 43, 494 in 2001, which increased dramatically to 106, 219 after a decade, and this was the highest increment of the percentage of cyclists, compared to Liverpool, soared by 48%, from 2686 to 3970 during this time. Moreover, in Bring ton and Hove, the number of residents cycling to workplaces increase almost twice within 10 years, from 3, 168 to 6, 635; in contrast, there was a gradual growth in the number of cyclists in Gateshaed, at 816 (the lowest number) in 2001, and 1, 314 in 2011.
For the remaining states’ cyclists, between 2001 and 2011, the number of cyclists was four times more in Manchester than that of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2001, at 4, 610 and 1, 781, respectively. Furthermore, 2, 304 of the workers used cycle to their workplaces in Exeter in 2001; however, the number of cyclists in Leeds was double of that of Exeters in this year, at 4,189.