Bike Life Belfast

Belfast is a city made for cycling. And this report captures the benefits of striving to make cycling an everyday activity for the people of Belfast.

Bike Life Belfast 2019 report front cover

Read the 2019 Bike Life Belfast report

See Belfast's progress towards making cycling an attractive and everyday way to travel.

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

36% of residents

think Belfast is a good place to cycle

75% of residents

think cycling safety needs to be improved

9 million trips

made by cycle in Belfast in the past year

7,500 return cycle trips

made daily in Belfast by people that could have used a car

Two Young Men Pushing A Bike Past The Palm House In Botanic Gardens, South Belfast

Bike Life Belfast through the years

This is the third time we've collaborated with the Department for Infrastructure of Northern Ireland to survey cycling in the city. Want to see how things have progressed?

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"A women’s cycling course with Sustrans helped give me my confidence back."

- Lisa Rolston, Belfast Community Nurse

Read more from Lisa in the report

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Bike Life is a collaboration between Sustrans and the Department of Infrastructure of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast residents want their city to have less cars and become more cycle-friendly