Target set for 400% rise in cycling to work by 2020

THE Government has set itself the ambitious target of overseeing a fourfold increase in the number of people who travel to work by bicycle by 2020.

Transport Minister Noel Dempsey said the Government wanted to develop a culture of cycling in Ireland that would see 160,000 commuters cycling to work within the next 11 years — an increase of 125,000 on current levels.

Launching the first-ever National Cycle Policy Framework in Dublin yesterday, Mr Dempsey said the aim was to have 10% of commuters travelling to work by bicycle by 2020 compared to the current rate of just 2%.