Melbourne Bicycle Account

The City of Melbourne is working to ensure Melbourne can reach its full potential as a vibrant cycling city. The Melbourne Bicycle Account will keep a regular check on the city’s cycling resurgence.

What is a Bicycle Account?

The Bicycle Account reports the progress of the City of Melbourne’s Bicycle Plan 2007-2011.

It has been modelled on the Copenhagen Bicycle Account, but adapted to suit the cycling culture of Melbourne. It is hoped that other cities continue the trend and develop their own annual Bicycle Accounts, resulting in data on bike use around the world.

When is the next Bicycle Account?

Previously published annually, next Melbourne Bicycle Account will be published in October 2010. The decision to publish the Account every two years will:

• Allow for a more comprehensive report with detailed analysis of cycling trends, participation data and crash information.
• Align with the Copenhagen Bicycle Account, which is being produced every two years, with the next one due to be published in 2010. This will provide the opportunity to benchmark Melbourne cycling trends against Copenhagen.

2008 Melbourne Bicycle Account

A variety of economic, social and environmental factors are influencing peoples' transport choices, and cycling is proving an attractive option for an increasing amount of people.

Some key statistics from the 2008 Melbourne Bicycle Account include:

• 6,806 cyclists ride into the city between 7am – 10am, an increase of 43 per cent since 2007
• All on- and off-road cycling ‘arterials’ leading into the CBD have recorded growth in cyclist numbers since 2007
• A considerable number of cyclists would like to see improvements to CBD bike routes and other major arterials such as St Kilda Road

Download the Melbourne Bicycle Account here:

2008
Melbourne Bicycle Account: Cycling Census 2008 (PDF, 4MB) Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download.

2007
Melbourne Bicycle Account: Cycling Census 2007 (PDF, 2.6MB)