Eco-Counter has partnered with NewCities to release the 2019 World Cycling Index. The results of the Index has been announced at the Wellbeing Cities Forum in Montreal – a city Eco-Counter proudly calls home – on June 20.

Eco-Counter’s data is a vital tool for bicycling planners and cities. The data can serve as a reliable and accurate source for informing projects and local infrastructure that contribute to increased bike activity in cities.

Discover below the detailed results of the Index.

1. Global progression

2. Progression by country

3. Top 10 cities with highest progression in bicycle count data

4. Most cycled days of the year in 2018

5. Cycling activity at night

6. Hourly Profiles for commuting per country

1. Global progression

Progression is calculated by comparing total bicycle counts between 2017 and 2018. This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with at least 4 months of comparable and validated data.

Source: 2017-2018 progression – 3,266 counting sites in 39 countries / Bicycle for transportation: +7% (1,518 counting sites, 35 countries / Bicycle for leisure: +3% (1,306 counting sites, 25 countries)

2. Progression by country

Progression is calculated by comparing total bicycle counts between 2017 and 2018 in countries with at least 20 counters.
This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with at least 4 months of comparable and validated data.

3. Top 10 cities with highest progression in cycling activity

Progression is calculated by comparing total bicycle counts between 2017 and 2018 in cities with at least 15 counters. Number of cities included in the ranking: 57 cities.
This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with at least 4 months of comparable and validated data.

4. Most cycled days of the year in 2018

This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with a full year of validated data in 2018. Total bicycle counts have been summed-up for each day of the year.

(Source: 1383 counters, 27 countries – including: commuting: 681 counters, leisure: 541 counters)

5. Cycling activity at night

Most frequented site

Münster, Germany

The most frequented site during the night is located in Stadt Münster with a daily average of 1,087 cyclists counted between 10:00pm an 6:00am in 2018.

This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with at least 4 months of validated data in 2018. The daily average number of cyclists between 10:00pm and 6:00am is calculated for each counting site.

(Source: 2018 – 3,266 counting sites)

This analysis is based on data coming from automated bicycle counters with at least 4 months of validated data in 2018.
The percentage of cycling activity at night is calculated by comparing the average number of cyclists between 10:00pm and 6:00am with the average daily traffic for every city with at least 3 counters.

Most cycled nights of the year in 2018

(source: 1383 counters, 27 countries)

6. Hourly Profiles for commuting

Scope of the analysis

• 39 countries
• 612 local governments
• 3 266 counting sites :
  • 1,306 classified as “recreational”
  • 1,518 as “utilitarian”
  • 442 classified as mixed profiles.
• 100% of validated data (exclusion of all abnormal variations)

Full methodology available on request