One year after its inauguration in March 2017, Valencia’s Cycle Ring Road (Anell ciclista) has registered a 20% increase in users.
Valencia’s Transit Management Centre (Center de Gestió de Trà nsit de València) recently published data reflecting the average daily usage of the municipal cycling network, which has registered an overall monthly increase in users of 2.3 percent. The most noteworthy figures reflect the 20.6% increase in use of the city’s Cycle Ring Road, in conjunction with a drop in the volume of motorized traffic over the same period.
Characterized by its uniform width of 2.5 metres and its location on the city’s roads, rather than its pavements, this key element of the city’s transport infrastructure runs in a circular route through the central points of Calle Xátiva, Plaza San AugstÃn, Guillem de Castro,the right bank of the Turia Gardens, Plaza de Tetuán, Puerta del Mar and Calle Colón.
The overall number of users using the Cycle Ring Road has increased by almost 4000 per day over the last year, with points such as Calle XÃ tiva having registered up to 3,105 cyclists per day.
It is notable that the number of cyclists using the bridges which cross the Turia Gardens, and which serve as the main points of access to the Cycle Ring Road, fell by 1.9%, whilst bicycle traffic in the rest of the city rose by 4%.
With a 22.8% increase, Calle Cuenca in the east of the city registered the highest growth in usage of all the points that lie outside the Cycle Ring Road.
