Cyklistvelometer

2020

NATIONAL CYCLIST SATISFACTION SURVEY

Emilia Sternberg, project manager

Swedish National Cycling Advocacy Organisation

2020.11.25

CYKELFRÄMJANDETS

About Cyklistvelometern 2020• Second (me since 2018• A self-recruited and anonymous

online survey• Ca. 18 000 cyclists responded• Compiled results for 83 municipali(es• Background ques(ons about the

cyclist, cycling habits, sa(sfac(on withcycling condi(ons in the municipality

• Survey and report by EnkäHabriken• Financed with support from the

Swedish Transport Administra(on(Trafikverket)

Background

Recruitment• Primarily online via

social media• Efforts by municipali6es

themselves especially key• Counter to follow

responses / municipality

Method – ranking and grading scale• 28 questions (scale 1-5) divided into 6 categories• Average gives ”total points” on a five-point scale• Total points divided into a grading scale (A-F)• Results compared between groups of municipalities (size)

Who answered?

Cycling habits

Cycling habits contd.

Cycling habits contd.

Selected resultsTotal points

Total points• Na#onally: 2.85• Large municpali#es: 2.99• Medium municipali#es: 2.90• Small municipali#es: 2.69

Selected resultsGeneral sa.sfac.on na.onally

• Less than half(47 percent) aresatisfied ”generally”

• But more than half(61 percent) wouldrecommend othersto cycle

Selected resultsSecurity nationally• 37 percent think it’s safe for

themselves to bike• Only 25 percent think it’s

safe for children and youngpeople to bike

• Unsafe traffic situa@ons areexperienced as the mostcommon barrier to cyclingmore

• Of different types of trafficusers – car drivers cause the most insecurity for cyclists, followed by trucks and pedestrians

Selected resultsCycling infrastructure na2onally

• Less than half (43 percent) think there is good access to cycle roads

• Users of ”regular” bikes think there is be?er access to cycle roads than users ofmodified bikes (e.g. handbike) (3.1 vs 2.81)

• Malmö gets the highestaverage score (4.08)

• Other ques2ons: cycleparking, signage, ligh2ng, traffic lights adjusted for cyclists

Selected resultsNetwork accessibility na4onally

• Ca. half think road management is carried outwell summertime (54 percent)

• But – 32 percent aresatisfied with wintertimeroad management

• Majority of top ten wintermanagement municipalitiesuse sweep salting (to someextent)

• Cyclists who bike mostfrequently wintertime aremost satisfied with wintermanagement

Selected resultsCycle climate nationally

• 8 percent think cycle the6is rare (77 percent think the opposite)

• 11 percent think it’s easilypossible to bring a bike on public transport

• 16 percent agree thatcyclists and cars don’t haveconflicts and 12 percentagree with the same for pedestrians

• 55 percent appreciate the environment around cycleroads in their municipality

Selected resultsCycling’s priority - nationally

• 43 percent think theirmunicipality works ac;velyto make improvements for cyclists

• Top three: Malmö (3.95), Uppsala (3.88) and Linköping (3.87)

• Cycling is sufficientlypriori;zed in infrastructureplanning• Na;onally: 25 percent• Large: 35 percent• Medium: 27 percent• Small: 15 percent

• Best small municipality• Best middle-sized municipality• Best large municipality

Cyklistvelometern 2020Best cycling municipalities - according to cyclists

Best small municipality

Finspångs kommun!

3,45 Total points

På fotot: Hugo Andersson (C), miljö- och samhällsbyggnadsråd i Finspångs kommun.Foto: Finspångs kommun

Small municipali+es – top three(less than 50 000 residents)

1. Finspångs kommun2. Lidingö stad3. Vänersborgs kommun

Best middle-sized municipalityKarlstads kommun!

3,36 Total points

På fotot: David Nordström, Cykelsamordnare Karlstads kommun.Foto: Karlstads kommun

Middle-sized municipali/es– top three(50 000 – 100 000 residents)

1. Karlstads kommun2. Sollentuna kommun3. Östersunds kommun

Best large municipalityÖrebro kommun!

3,42 Total points

På fotot: David Gelinder (KD) presidieledamot Programnämnd Samhällsbyggnad och Ullis Sandberg (S) kommunalråd med ansvar för samhällsbyggnadsfrågor Örebro kommunFoto: Örebro kommun

Large municipalities – top three(more than 100 000 residents)

1. Örebro kommun2. Malmö stad3. Linköpings kommun

Kommunvelometern and Cyklistvelometern 2020

Complete resultscykelframjandet.se/cyklistvelometern/

Interac(ve infographic

In-depthMunicipal reports

National report

Kiitos!

Emilia Sternbergproject manager, Cykelfrämjandet

emilia.sternberg@cykelframjandet.se