Public Bike Share Users Survey Results 2016
Bike share is developing rapidly in the UK. The Bikeplus Public Bike Share User Survey is the first national research into how people are using bike share schemes. It looks at the impact of these schemes on attracting people to cycling, the health and wellbeing benefits people report and how bike share schemes are influencing people’s travel choices, particularly in moving away from making car journeys. The survey asked over 800 bike share scheme users in England, Wales and Scotland, and compared the data with over 3,000 London users surveyed by Transport for London. The survey shows that 50% of people using bike share schemes are either new cyclists or increasing how often they cycle. In addition, a substantially higher proportion of women use bike share schemes than cycle riding their own bikes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a majority of bike share users report that they feel healthier, however, a similar number also report feeling happier as a result of riding the bike share bik
