In May 2020 the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Shared Data Unit reported that three in five people felt cycling on the road was too dangerous, as cycling was pushed as an alternative to public transport.
Cycling and walking were being backed as alternatives as people who are not able to work from home, were encouraged back to work.
Campaign groups said UK towns and cities must be made cycle-friendly if a change to commuting habits was to succeed.
The latest government survey data before lockdown, however, showed three in five people thought cycling on the road was too dangerous - 61%.
The story used from the Department for Transport.
The Shared Data Unit makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- Blackpool Gazette: 19 May 2020
- Buckingham Today: 19 May 2020
- Burnley Express: 19 May 2020
- Falmouth Packet: 17 May 2020
- Hemel Today: 19 May 2020
- Hereford Times: 19 May 2020
- Ilford Recorder: 19 May 2020
- Northampton Chronicle: 19 May 2020
- St Helen's Reporter: 18 May 2020
- Yorkshire Evening Post: 19 May 2020
- Wigan Today: 23 May 2020
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