City census has numbers booming
The number of people riding into to the city in the
mornings has increased by 43 per cent in the last year accoding to the City
of Melbourne's latest Bike Account Census.
An average of 6,800 cyclists are riding into the city between 7am and 10am
in 2008, compared to 4,770 riding in the same morning peak period in 2007.
More than 4,000 cyclists were surveyed by Bicycle Victoria to produce this year's account -doubling the number of participants surveyed in 2007.
For the first time in 2008, the survey asked cyclists about the facilities
provided in the workplace. Eight-two per cent had access to showers, 50 per
cent had access to a secure locker to store their gear but more than 25% of
cyclists said there was not adequate bike parking facilities at their
workplace.
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