Fresh data on bicycle traffic is here! Since 2020, we’ve been providing data on bicycle volumes in 14 different countries, enabling us to report on global cycling trends.

A few years later, after a relatively stable 2022 and 2023, what do the trends for 2024 tell us?

General trends

In 2024, cycling continued to increase slightly. Using 2019 as the reference period, here is how bicycle volumes have evolved in the 14 countries analyzed: a sharp increase in 2020, followed by a “return to normal” in the following years, yet slightly higher than 2019 (+8%).

And now here are some more specific figure from 2024.

An overall stable trend

Of the 14 countries analyzed, the trend in cycling is stable between 2023 and 2024: a 2% increase in traffic during the week, and a 3% increase on weekends.

The countries that saw the greatest increase in bicycle use between 2023 and 2024 were Ireland (+10%), Finland (+6%), and Belgium (+5%). The USA recorded an increase of 2%.

Changes since 2019

And what about the longer-term trend? Between 2019 and 2024, the evolution of bicycle volumes is interesting to look at comparatively. We can see that the countries with the largest increase in cycling are: Belgium (+41%), France (+37%), the United Kingdom (+24%), Poland (+17%), and Italy (+17%).

The trends for 2024 show us that 2020 acted as a catalyst for a “bike boom” stemming from latent demand. However, a plateau now seems to be emerging, with “post-COVID” levels identical to 2019 in some countries, or higher in others. In any case, the rates of increase that we observed in previous years now seem less significant in 2024, and underline one thing: investments are needed to generate sustainable growth in cycling!

It should also be noted that the countries with the highest increase in bicycle traffic are those that invested heavily in infrastructure and services. In Ireland, in particular, where bicycle traffic increased the most between 2023 and 2024, the state had been investing for several years and has announced a budget of nearly €300 million for 2025 for their cycling/walking plan, or €55 per year per inhabitant!

We will continue to closely monitor these trends throughout 2025!

To find out more, you can explore the full 2024 data our Bike Count Dashboard.