Active travel falls back to pre-Covid levels, DfT stats show – Transport Xtra

Active travel falls back to pre-Covid levels, DfT stats show
01 September 2022
The percentage of 5–10-year-olds walking to school rose rom 50% in 2020 to 51% in 2021
 The number of cycling and walking trips fell to pre-Covid levels after rising during lockdown, the DfT’s National Travel Survey (NTS) 2021 has revealed. 
Compared with 2020, average cycling trips decreased by 27% in 2021 to 15 trips per person – 7% lower than 2019.
There has been a general upward trend in the average cycling miles travelled between 2002 and 2019 (54 miles per person), with a sharp increase in 2020 to 88 miles per person during lockdowns and a fall in 2021 back…