As part of our NIHR-funded 'Travel Well' project, we are advancing this measure beyond London and to incorporate estimated traffic volumes and average speeds. But we'd be really keen to hear from anyone with ideas about how else to improve this tool!
6/6

We have created cyclability scores for every postcode in London. The scores reflect main road infrastructure, access to services, cycling facilities, neighbourhood roads and green pathways in the immediate area surrounding each postcode.

5/6

Whilst we couldn’t compare changes over time for this study – and so cannot establish causality – we did find that Londoners are more likely to cycle if they live in better cycling environments, even when taking account of demographic and other environmental factors.

4/6

We also compared these scores with survey data on people’s travel behaviour, and found that higher cyclability was associated with a higher likelihood of cycling in the past week/year.

3/6

We use data on main road cycle infrastructure, neighbourhood roads, green pathways, access to key services, and other facilities such as public bike pumps to calculate the cycle-friendliness of areas around each postcode.

2/6

Well, maybe not yet. But it’s time to have another very theory build up to Christmas in our plush new Bluesky surroundings.