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should be treated preferentially in relation to cars (13% have no opinion). The
bicycle enjoys a wide support of the public also in Poland, which is shown in
Fig. 37 presenting the results of quantitative research for the 'City for Bicycles'
Project of the Polski Klub Ekologiczny prepared by the BBS Obserwator.
Unfortunately, despite such widespread support, cycling accounts for only 1
to 1.5% of all trips in Polish cities, compared with 10% of all trips in Berlin,
which is a larger city than Warsaw. There are certain cities where the situation is
even better despite “theoretical” obstacles to cycling (such as, unfavourable climate
or undulating terrain) which should well be expected to have a negative
impact on the popularity of cycling (see Table 26).
Table 26. Share of the bicycle in total urban trips in %
City Country
Population
(thousand)
Bicycle trips
(% of the total)
..and all despite ....
Amsterdam Netherlands 742 20
Parma Italy 176 19 hot climate
Ferrara Italy 132 31
Vasteras Sweden 115 33 cold
Basel Switzerland 230 23 mountainous terrain
Bern Switzerland 128 15 streets with 7% slope
Cambridge United Kingdom 100 27 damp
Source: “Cycling – the Way Ahead for Towns and Cities” European Commission 2000. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/cycling/cycling_po.pdf
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216
13.90
12.00
7.60
26.10
40.40
yes
rather yes
don’t know/hard to say
rather no
no
Fig. 37. Acceptance of cycling facilities in cities at the expense of road investment in Poland (in %)
Source: Report form quantitative research for the “City for Bicycles: Project of the 'Polski Klub Ekologiczny' prepared
by the BBS Obserwator in 2000... – http://www.rowery.org.pl/badania2000.htm.