Belfast Walking and Cycling Index

Formerly known as Bike Life, this is the UK's biggest ever study of walking, wheeling and cycling.

Effective active travel networks can help to combat transport inequalities. They provide options for the many people in Belfast who can’t drive or who don’t own a car.

Every year, walking and cycling in Belfast results in:

707

serious long-term health conditions prevented

£201.5 million

in economic benefit for individuals and the region

13,000 tonnes

of greenhouse gas emissions saved

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Up to 80,000

cars taken off the road every day

Sustrans volunteer with cerebral palsy using her etrike in Belfast.

Joanne Garland

I’ve had a trike for over two years and recently upgraded to an e-trike. My walking can be bad because of cerebral palsy, but when I’m on my trike, it’s like my cerebral palsy just disappears.

I had been on anti-depressants for 9 years, but within two months of getting my trike, I was off the medication. It’s life-changing.

I’ve named my new e-trike ‘Joy’, because that is what it gives me. 

It can be tricky because there aren’t many good cycle lanes. The lanes that are there are usually too narrow for my trike, so I either go on the footpath or the road.

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See Belfast's vision for walking, wheeling and cycling.

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This report is also available in a text-only format.

Belfast through the years

This is the fifth time we've collaborated with the Department for Infrastructure of Northern Ireland to survey active travel in the city. Download our previous reports:

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