A graphic promoting Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Cardiff Walking and Cycling Index for 2025. The graphic communicates the statistic that 76% of residents support having shops, schools, green spaces and public transport within a short distance of where they live.

People want more services and spaces where they live

Shops, schools, green spaces and public transport within a short distance – sounds good, right?

Find out what else people have said about Cymru’s capital:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index/cardiff

#WalkingCyclingIndex

A graphic promoting Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Cardiff Walking and Cycling Index 2025. The graphic communicates the statistic that walking, wheeling and cycling reduces congestion by taking up to 100,000 cars off the roads every day in a city of close to 400,000 people.

Did you know that walking, wheeling and cycling in #Cardiff reduces congestion by almost a quarter? 🫣

Up to 100,000 cars are taken off the roads every day by people travelling actively 🚗

walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index/cardiff

#WalkingCyclingIndex

Graffeg sy'n hyrwyddo Mynegai Cerdded a Beicio Caerdydd 2025 gan Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Mae'r graffeg yn cyfathrebu'r ystadegyn bod teithio'n llesol yn atal amcangyfrif o 766 o gyflyrau iechyd hirdymor difrifol bob blwyddyn.

Pan newidiwn sut rydym yn teithio, newidiwn bopeth

Mae teithio'n llesol - cerdded, olwyno a beicio - yn dda ar gyfer ein hiechyd ac ein lles ❤️‍🩹

Dysgwch fwy am effeithiau cadarnhaol teithio llesol:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/cy/mynegai-cerdded-beicio/caerdydd

#WalkingCyclingIndex

A graphic promoting Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Cardiff Walking and Cycling Index for 2025. The graphic communicates the statistic that travelling actively prevents an estimated 766 serious long-term health conditions every year.

When we change how we travel, we change everything

Travelling actively – walking, wheeling and cycling – is good for our health and our wellbeing ❤️‍🩹

Learn more about the positive impacts of active travel:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index/cardiff

#WalkingCyclingIndex

Do you know the huge benefits to our economy from walking, wheeling & cycling?
Now is a great time to make changes to your travel habits. Read more in the #WalkingCyclingIndex for Belfast and across the UK & Ireland at www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/the-walking-and-cycling-index

Bar chart showing 53% of people in Belfast would like to walk/wheel more; and 44% would like to cycle more

Web link to report www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index with two cartoon characters below, one with a bike, one in a wheelchair

A survey of < 1,000 Belfast residents found 53% want to walk more & 44% want to cycle more. We need to enable people to travel actively by providing safe, connected infrastructure. Read the report www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index #WalkingCyclingIndex @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk

A purple graphic for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Cardiff Walking and Cycling Index 2025. The graphic communicates that 54% of Cardiff residents support shifting investment from road-building schemes to better fund walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport.

Over half of Cymru’s capital supports more funding for improved public transport and active travel

Better public transport and walking, wheeling and cycling options means less congested roads

Find out more about the #WalkingCyclingIndex:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index/cardiff

Graffeg hyrwyddol ar gyfer Mynegai Cerdded a Beicio Caerdydd 2025 gan Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Mae'r graffeg yn cyfathrebu'r ystadegyn bod cerdded, olwyno a beicio yng Nghaerdydd yn arbed y GIG lleol £9.8 miliwn y flwyddyn.

A wyddoch chi fod cerdded ac olwyno yng Nghaerdydd yn arbed y GIG lleol £9.8 miliwn y flwyddyn? 💸

Ein Mynegai Cerdded a Beicio yw'r astudiaeth cerdded, olwyno a beicio mwyaf yn y DU - darllenwch fwy fan hyn:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/cy/mynegai-cerdded-beicio/caerdydd

#WalkingCyclingIndex

A promotional graphic for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's Cardiff Walking and Cycling Index 2025. The graphic displays the statistic that walking and wheeling saves the [local] NHS £9.8 million per year.

Did you know that walking and wheeling in #Cardiff saves the local NHS £9.8 million per year? 💸

Our Walking and Cycling Index is the UK’s biggest study on walking, wheeling and cycling – read more here:
walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/walking-cycling-index/cardiff

#WalkingCyclingIndex

Quote graphic with a purple and blue border. Text reads: “I feel like these paths are really setting my kids up for choosing active travel in the future. It also replaced a lot of the car trips we used to take. It would be great if this could be city-wide and everyone had access to infrastructure like this.” Claire, Dundee. A photo below shows Claire and her two kids cycling away from camera.

"These paths have been great for my kids too. I truly believe having these routes helps them grow confident on their bikes." 💪

Like Claire's family, everyone deserves access to safe #ActiveTravel routes.

Read about the latest progress in our cities: buff.ly/E6opsWq

#WalkingCyclingIndex

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Graphic with a blue and purple border. Text reads: People in Scotland's cities want more investment to make this happen. 55% of residents support shifting investment from road-building schemes to fund walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport (21% oppose).

People support investment to change this ⏩

Like Claire from Dundee, who feels lucky to have a new cycle route on her doorstep that powers her commute 🚲

"It’s fast, safe, and a convenient way to travel. It makes for a more peaceful start to my day rather than driving."

#WalkingCyclingIndex

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Graphic with a blue and purple border. Text reads: People in Scotland’s cities need more transport choice. Only 61% of city residents can get around easily without a car. 36% of residents often use a car because no other transport options are available.

People in Scotland’s cities need more transport choice 👇

Our new #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals residents want to use #ActiveTravel more 🚶‍♀️👩‍🦽🚴‍♀️

But despite this desire for alternatives, the reality is many still feel locked into driving for everyday journeys 🚗

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Councillor Stephen Jenkinson, Transport and Environment Convener at City of Edinburgh Council, gives a speech at the launch event for the 2025 Edinburgh Walking and Cycling Index.

Fiona MacLeod, Director for Scotland, Cyrmu and Northern Ireland at Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, gives a speech at the launch event for the 2025 Edinburgh Walking and Cycling Index.

Attendees reading the new report at the launch event for the 2025 Edinburgh Walking and Cycling Index.

Yesterday we joined partners @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of their latest #WalkingCyclingIndex 🤩

The report shows 57% of residents support shifting investment from road-building schemes to fund walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport 💪

Full report: buff.ly/owC4RtD

Graphic with a purple and blue border, showing data. Text reads: Scotland Walking and Cycling Index 2025. People in Scotland’s cities are feeling safer when walking, wheeling and cycling. 76% of residents feel safe walking or wheeling (66% in 2023). 48% of residents feel safe cycling (40% in 2023).

📢 Good news! 📢

Our latest #WalkingCyclingIndex shows people in our cities are feeling safer when walking, wheeling and cycling 🎉

We've seen a rise in safety perceptions across the board - including among women, LGBTQ+ and disabled people.

Find out more: buff.ly/E6opsWq

#ActiveTravel

Our latest #WalkingCyclingIndex for Edinburgh shows people are feeling safer walking, wheeling and cycling in the city 🚶‍♀️👨‍🦽🚴‍♀️

Almost half of residents say they want to cycle more - and there is undeniable support for continued investment in active and sustainable travel 👇

Graphic with a purple and blue border, showing data. Underneath logos of a tall building, a heart with a cross, and a tree, text reads: Every year walking, wheeling and cycling in Scotland’s cities makes a big impact. Prevents over 4,500 serious long-term health conditions. Creates almost £1.5 billion for the economy. Saves 93,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

Our new #WalkingCyclingIndex shows what's possible when more people use #ActiveTravel.

❤️‍🩹 Healthier communities which reduce pressure on our NHS

💸 Thriving, sustainable local economies

🌍 Meaningful action on the climate crisis

🔗 walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/scotland

Graphic with a purple and blue border, showing data. Text reads: Scotland Walking and Cycling Index 2025 report. People in Scotland's cities want to travel actively more often. 46% want to walk or wheel more. 45% want to cycle more.

The #WalkingCyclingIndex has become one of the most important tools we share ⚙️

It helps us understand how people experience getting around their city, what’s getting better, and what needs improved.

The new report tells us city residents want to travel actively more often 👇

Graphic with a purple and blue border. It shows the front cover of the Scotland Walking and Cycling Index 2025 report, which includes a photo of a young woman cycling in a city and Walk Wheel Cycle Trust and Transport Scotland logos. Across the bottom of the image, highlighted text reads: Read it now at walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/scotland.

Scotland's cities are changing how they move ➡️ and the public are behind this vision 💪

Today we publish the second ever Walking and Cycling Index for Scotland, bringing together data from our 8 cities.

Read the report 🔗 buff.ly/LXnHk3Q

#WalkingCyclingIndex #ActiveTravel

Photograph from the launch event for the 2025 Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index at the Glasgow City Chambers. The photo shows people speaking in a panel discussion.

Photograph from the launch event for the 2025 Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index at the Glasgow City Chambers. The photo shows a close up of an attendee looking through the report.

Photograph from the launch event for the 2025 Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index at the Glasgow City Chambers. The photo shows people speaking in a panel discussion.

Photograph from the launch event for the 2025 Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index at the Glasgow City Chambers. The photo shows Walk Wheel Cycle Trust representatives holding copies of the report.

It was great to join partners @glasgowcc.bsky.social last Thursday to launch the city's latest #WalkingCyclingIndex 📖

Glasgow has been bold in the last few years and the city is changing how it moves. As a result people are feeling safer getting around on foot, by wheelchair and by bike 📈

A photo of two girls cycling across a main road in a cycle lane. In the background there is colourful street art on the side of a residential building. In the distance there is a person crossing the road on a powered wheelchair.

And we need safer, more connected routes that take women where they need to go.

Because when women and girls feel safer, everyone benefits ✨

Look out for the Scotland #WalkingCyclingIndex 2025 on 17 March.

Find your nearest city's report now 🔗 buff.ly/5uKsx4B

Photo of a woman standing with her bike on the pavement by a city read. Traffic lights and a bus are in the background. To the right, a male cyclist is parking his bike at a stand.

It's time to tackle the cycling #GenderGap ♀️

On #InternationalWomensDay we want to raise awareness of the barriers that stop women getting on bikes.

Our upcoming #WalkingCyclingIndex for Scotland reveals the number of women cycling in our cities is still half that of men 🚴‍♀️

Teenage girl cycling on the road in Glasgow city centre.

To improve our places for young people to thrive, we need to know more about the issues that affect them most.

Find out what children need to be able to walk, wheel or cycle for more of their everyday journeys ➡️ sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

#WalkingCyclingIndex

Fatimah, 12 years old from Dundee, said: “Once you start walking places, it becomes part of your life. Because I've been walking to school since P1, it stuck."

Our Children's #WalkingCyclingIndex revealed what young people across Scotland think about #ActiveTravel 💭

Discover Fatimah's story and others, by reading the report here ➡️ sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

#BackToSchool #LearningForSustainability

It's #GlasgowClimateWeek 🌍

For our 2023 #WalkingCyclingIndex we met Glasgow Tool Library - an organisation cutting emissions and helping ease the cost of living crisis in the city 💡

Hear about their experience using an e-cargo bike trailer 🚲

More: buff.ly/2ObhUg7

Our first ever Children's #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals children in Scotland want to walk and cycle more - and want safer streets to do so 📢

We launched the report earlier this month at Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie - find out what pupils there think 👇

Read more here 👀 buff.ly/IuLW1CE

The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 77% of children support more cycle paths along roads separated from cars.

Children across Scotland want safer infrastructure for cycling 📣

Find out more about children’s views on transport issues, by reading our Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex.

👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

Mark, 13 years old from Dundee said: “If the faster roads had cycle lanes, I would feel safer than being in the middle of the road with cars."

Having safer routes will help more children to travel in active ways.

Like for Mark – he lives in Perth and loves cycling, but he feels unsafe on routes where he has to mix with traffic 🚲 🚦

#WalkingCyclingIndex

👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 22% of primary school children cycle five or more times a week, compared to 15% of secondary school children.

Our Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals that children in Scotland are making fewer active journeys as they get older 🚨

Cycling rates are dropping when pupils hit secondary school 🚲📉

Full report: sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

A teenage boy and two teenage girls crossing a main road in a city centre.

The Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex shows overwhelming support for improved safety 📣

🚸 82% support more road crossings

🚗 71% support reducing the speed of cars

🌳 84% support more traffic-free paths and quiet routes for walking and cycling

sustrans.org.uk/children-index/scotland

Eilidh, 16 years old from Dundee said: “If simple things like surfaces and dropped kerbs were improved, I would be a lot more independent."

Eilidh, a teenager from Dundee, uses a powered wheelchair and told us about the barriers she faces every day 👩‍🦼

#WalkingCyclingIndex

👉 sustrans.org.uk/children-index/scotland