The pandemic has marked a before and after in displacement in large cities. The increase in the price of fuel, the increase in the cost of living and the fear of sharing space with many people have caused us to change the way we move.
The bicycle has become one of the most used means of transport in our day to day. A vehicle that promotes sustainable mobility and that brings many advantages.
According to data from the Strava application, Spain is among the 10 countries with the most active trips to work on foot or by bicycle, ahead of others such as the Netherlands, Italy or Belgium. At a national level, Barcelona is the province of the country with the most active journeys registered on the platform, ahead of Madrid, Las Palmas, the Balearic Islands, Alicante, Valencia and Malaga.
In fact, a report prepared by Barcelona City Council and the INE shows that only 24% of Barcelonans go to work by car, making it the city where private vehicles are used the least to get to work.
The effort of the town halls to improve and facilitate bicycle routes makes our journeys more comfortable, safer and faster.
A study carried out by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) in 2020 shows which are the cities with the most kilometers of bike lanes and their proportion with the total kilometers of mobility axes. At the top of the list we find Bilbao, Seville, Valencia and Barcelona as the best communicated and Madrid, Coruña and Córdoba with the worst cycling networks.
The ‘Commuters’ of Barcelona, ​​that is, people who actively commute to work, cover, on average, 4.8 kilometers each way. The average duration of their journeys is almost 26 minutes. The city of Barcelona thus becomes the third fastest commuting capital in the country, comparing the average duration of each journey with the average distance of each active journey to work.
On a global scale, there has been increased adoption of cycling, with Paris leading the way with 97% growth thanks to significant investment in cycling infrastructure.
