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Title: Bicycle Methodology

Content: * THIS PAGE IS WORK IN PROGRESS*

In versions of the calculator before 3.5.0 the number of bicycles, and the cost of bicycles, looks implausible. This page documents the new approach:

h1 Calibrating 2007

h2 Data

The National Travel Survey 2012[https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics ]  reports:

# Table NTS0605 - The average distance traveled by bicycle per person in 2007 was 40 miles.
# Table NTS0608 - 42% of people aged 5+ owned a bicycle in 2011/12
# Table NTS0302 - 0.78% of non-air travel is by bicycle in 2012
# Table NTS0101 - 7103 miles travelled per person per year by all modes in 2007

COLBI - the European Bicycle Industry body - 2012 report on the European Bicycle Market [http://www.colibi.com/docs/issuu/European%20Bicycle%20Market%20&%20Industry%20Profile%20-%20Edition%202013.pdf] lists:

# Page 49 - 3771000 bicycles sold in GB in 2007, decreasing to 3600000 in 2012
# Page 50 - €725m value of bicycles sold in GB in 2007, increasing to €1098m in 2012.
# Page 21 - 2012 average bicycle price in GB €305, with NL highest at €724

h2 Calculations

42% of people over 5 own a bicycle, and the over 5 population in the UK is 59 million, so in 2011/12 there were about 25 million bikes in the UK.

The average distance per bicycle must be, approximately, the average distance per person divided by bicycle ownership: 40 miles per person / 42% bikes per person = 100 miles / bike = 153 km / bike.

If we assume no growth, so that bicycle sales replace broken bicycles, then 25 million bikes owned / 3.7 million bikes sold  = average life of a bicycle of 7 years.

h1 What changes to 2050 as mode share changes

For the moment, we will leave the share of trips by Bicycle unchanged:

| Level  | % of total passenger-km, including aviation |
| 2007   | 0.5%                                        |
| 2050 1 | 0.7%                                        |
| 2050 2 | 0.9%                                        |
| 2050 3 | 1.0%                                        |
| 2050 4 | 4.7%                                        |

Need to cross check whether this looks sensible against typical journey lengths and international comparisons.

Level 1: Lets assume that the proportion of bicycles owned in 2050 is unchanged on today (i.e., 42%). 

Level 4: Lets assume that level 4 has 1 bicycle per person (roughly the case in the Netherlands)

In between, lets assume that bicycle ownership increases between Level 1 and Level 4, linearly with respect to increase in passenger km:

| Level  | % of total passenger-km, including aviation | % ownership | km / bike |
| 2007   | 0.5%                                        | 42%         |            |
| 2050 1 | 0.7%                                        | 42%         |            |
| 2050 2 | 0.9%                                        |                                            |            |
| 2050 3 | 1.0%                                        |                                            |            |
| 2050 4 | 4.7%                                        | 100%        |            |

Lets assume that 



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Title: Bicycle Methodology

Content: * THIS PAGE IS WORK IN PROGRESS*

In versions of the calculator before 3.5.0 the number of bicycles, and the cost of bicycles, looks implausible. This page documents the new approach:

h1 Calibrating 2007

h2 Data

The National Travel Survey 2012[https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics ]  reports:

# Table NTS0605 - The average distance traveled by bicycle per person in 2007 was 40 miles.
# Table NTS0608 - 42% of people aged 5+ owned a bicycle in 2011/12
# Table NTS0302 - 0.78% of non-air travel is by bicycle in 2012
# Table NTS0101 - 7103 miles travelled per person per year by all modes in 2007

COLBI - the European Bicycle Industry body - 2012 report on the European Bicycle Market [http://www.colibi.com/docs/issuu/European%20Bicycle%20Market%20&%20Industry%20Profile%20-%20Edition%202013.pdf] lists:

# Page 49 - 3771000 bicycles sold in GB in 2007, decreasing to 3600000 in 2012
# Page 50 - €725m value of bicycles sold in GB in 2007, increasing to €1098m in 2012.
# Page 21 - 2012 average bicycle price in GB €305, with NL highest at €724

h2 Calculations

42% of people over 5 own a bicycle, and the over 5 population in the UK is 59 million, so in 2011/12 there were about 25 million bikes in the UK.

The average distance per bicycle must be, approximately, the average distance per person divided by bicycle ownership: 40 miles per person / 42% bikes per person = 100 miles / bike = 153 km / bike.

If we assume no growth, so that bicycle sales replace broken bicycles, then 25 million bikes owned / 3.7 million bikes sold  = average life of a bicycle of 7 years.

h1 What changes to 2050 as mode share changes

For the moment, we will leave the share of trips by Bicycle unchanged:

| Level  | % of total passenger-km, including aviation |
| 2007   | 0.5%                                        |
| 2050 1 | 0.7%                                        |
| 2050 2 | 0.9%                                        |
| 2050 3 | 1.0%                                        |
| 2050 4 | 4.7%                                        |

Need to cross check whether this looks sensible against typical journey lengths and international comparisons.

Level 4: Lets assume that level 4 has 1 bicycle per person (roughly the case in the Netherlands)

In between, lets assume that bicycle ownership increases linearly with respect to increase in % of passenger km:

| Level  | % passenger km by bike | % bike ownership | Person-km/yr | Person-km by bike/yr | Bike-km | Bike-km / day |
| 2007   | 0.5%                   | 42%              | 14,104       | 72                   | 171     | 0.467         |
| 2050-1 | 0.7%                   | 45%              | 15,363       | 108                  | 241     | 0.659         |
| 2050-2 | 0.9%                   | 47%              | 15,023       | 135                  | 285     | 0.781         |
| 2050-3 | 1.0%                   | 49%              | 15,023       | 150                  | 308     | 0.843         |
| 2050-4 | 4.7%                   | 100%             | 14,076       | 662                  | 662     | 1.811         |



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