Walking and Cycling Index Data Tool

Explore the data using our interactive dashboards

Our Walking and Cycling Index dashboards allow you to explore and compare data in much more detail. They include:

  • data from 23 cities and regions across the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • different dashboards showing what people think, what people do, the impacts that has, and the infrastructure around them
  • demographic data to understand different groups
  • in many cases, comparison for every two years from 2019

The dashboards

Male and female coworkers cycling side by side

What people think

Explore people's attitudes to walking, wheeling and cycling.

For example, you can find out what people think would make them cycle more, what they think of their local area, or where they would like to see government spending.

Open the 'What people think' dashboard
Three people are in conversation as they walk over a small wooden bridge in Tower Hamlets, London. A leafy green tree is to the left of them and tall buildings are in the distance.

What people do

Explore people's walking, cycling and wheeling behaviours.

For example, you can find our how frequenctly people use different types of transport, what they cycle and walk for, or how many short journeys they make by car.

Open the 'What people do' dashboard

City settings data

Explore data about each of the participating cities.

For example, you can find out total lengths of different types of cycle route, the prevalence of wider pavements, and the proportions of households that are relatively close to different services and amenities.

Open the 'City settings data' dashboard

Trips data

Explore data about the trips people make in our participating cities.

For example, you can find out the daily and annual total distances walked or cycled, to destinations or for enjoyment/fitness.

Open the 'Trips data' dashboard

Benefits data

In this dashboard, you can see measures of the economic, health and environmental benefits of walking, wheeling and cycling.

For example, you can find out the numbers of long-term health conditions avoided thanks to walking and cycling, the greenhouse gas emissions if appropriate journeys that were walked and cycled had been driven, and the combined economic value of these and other factors, based on recent evidence.

Open the 'Benefits data' dashboard

Characteristics data

In this dashboard, you can explore a range of characteristics relating to disability, mobility aids usage and vehicle ownership.

For example, you can find out what percentage of residents have a disability or health condition and whether they use a mobility aid to get around. You can also look at the number of households that own a car, a van or cycles.

Open the 'Characteristics data' dashboard

How to use the data tool

We've put together detailed guidance and helpful tips on how to get the most out of our Index dashboards.

There's also a series of video tutorials you can watch to help you familiarise yourself with the tool.

See how to use the Walking and Cycling Index dashboards.

 

 

Accessing the Walking and Cycling Index data

The Walking and Cycling Index dashboards offer an interactive way to explore data but do not offer the option to download datasets.

If you would like to access the raw data from the Index surveys (anonymised survey responses) for in-depth analysis, please download and fill in our data request form and email it to mathilda.heyman@walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk.

Requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are not guaranteed.

About the Walking and Cycling Index Data Tool

How to use the Walking and Cycling Index dashboards