Bicycle climate test
The bicycle climate test is a large, non- representative survey that has been developed since 1988 and has been carried out by the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) since 1998 with the help of cooperation partners, usually every two years, with the aim of determining the "bicycle climate", i.e. bicycle friendliness of German cities and municipalities, to classify them according to this criterion and to determine changes over time. More than 170,000 people took part in the last bicycle climate test in 2018.
Since 2018, data has been recorded and assessed in five city size classes: below 20,000 inhabitants, between 20,000 and 50,000 inhabitants, between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants and more than 200,000 inhabitants. The municipalities are to be supported with the bicycle climate test in the implementation of the national bicycle traffic plan in Germany.
With the help of a questionnaire, cyclists can express their opinion about "fun or stress" when cycling and in traffic in their place of residence by being able to rate various aspects of cycling on a scale with six positions, for example on the feeling of safety, guidance and promotion of cycling - Disadvantage - for example at traffic lights, construction sites and crossings, during winter service etc. - up to parking facilities, taking bicycles with you in local public transport and advertising the bicycle as a mode of transport . The survey is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) as part of the implementation of the National Cycling Plan and comprises 27 questions in five categories. It has been carried out primarily as an online survey since 2012 .
history
The "bicycle climate test" method was developed by Tilman Bracher with the ADFC and first implemented in 1988 and 1991 through a reader survey in the then ADFC association magazine Fahrrad.
In the first bicycle climate test in 1989, 4,000 senders answered 21 questions about the bicycle climate in their city. Erlangen received the “Golden Wheel” as the winner (ahead of Münster and Oldenburg in Lower Saxony), Saarbrücken, the worst city, received the “Rusty Spoke”.
The winner of the second bicycle climate test in 2001 for cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants was Münster, for cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants Basel , followed by Erlangen, and for the smaller cities Offenburg . The bottom lights were Essen , Solingen and Rudolstadt .
The surveys in 2003 and 2005 were carried out in cooperation with ADFC and BUND with funding from the Federal Environment Agency. In 2012, the ADFC carried out the survey together with the specialist bicycle retail group ZEG .
In the third bicycle climate test in 2003, 8,000 people voted. Münster was rated as the most bicycle-friendly city with a population of over 200,000, ahead of Bremen and Oberhausen , while Erlangen came out on top before Oldenburg and Hildesheim in cities with between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants, and Bocholt ahead of Brühl and Ettlingen in cities with up to 100,000 inhabitants .
More than 26,000 people took part in the fourth bicycle climate test in 2005. 152 cities and municipalities were included in the rating. Münster was rated as the most bicycle-friendly city with a population of over 200,000, with a result that was slightly worse than in the previous survey, Erlangen won the cities with 100,000 to 200,000 inhabitants and Bocholt won the cities with up to 100,000 inhabitants.
More than 82,000 people took part in the fifth bicycle climate test in 2012. For the first time, the survey was also carried out online. The minimum number of participants was reached in 332 cities and municipalities, so that these locations are represented in the city ranking. First place with a population of over 200,000 was Münster, ahead of Freiburg im Breisgau and Karlsruhe , with Mönchengladbach , Wiesbaden and Wuppertal bringing up the rear . The average grade for cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants was 3.91, for cities between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants it was 3.96 and in cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants it was 3.72.
The 2014 bicycle climate test was carried out from September 24 to November 30, 2014. Over 100,000 people took part in the survey. The minimum number of participants was reached in 468 cities and municipalities.
Over 120,000 people took part in the 2016 Bicycle Climate Test. 539 cities made it into the rating, including all German cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants. The results were presented to the Federal Ministry of Transport on May 19, 2017.
Results
| year | Number of questions |
Co-op partner |
Attendees | Municipalities in the rating |
More than half a million inhabitants |
Biggest cities
(over 200,000 inhabitants) |
Other major cities
(over 100,000 inhabitants) |
Cities with over 50,000 inhabitants |
Municipalities with less than 50,000 inhabitants |
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| Place 1–3 | Taillights | Place 1–3 | Taillights | Place 1–3 | Taillights | Place 1–3 | Taillights | Place 1–3 | Taillights | |||||
| 1998 | 21st | 4000 |
Erlangen Minster Oldenburg |
Saarbrücken | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Muenster | eat |
Basel Erlangen |
Solingen | Offenburg | Rudolstadt | ||||||||
| 2003 | FEDERATION | 8000 |
Minster Bremen Oberhausen |
... |
Erlangen Oldenburg Hildesheim |
... |
Bocholt Brühl Ettlingen |
... | ||||||
| 2005 | 22nd | FEDERATION | > 26,000 | 152 |
Minster Kiel Oberhausen |
Dusseldorf Wiesbaden Hamburg |
Erlangen Oldenburg Ingolstadt |
Zwickau Kassel Wuerzburg |
Bocholt Wesel Westerstede |
Frankfurt / Oder Wilhelmshaven Bleckede |
- | - | ||
| 2012 | 27 | ZEG | > 82,000 | 332 |
Münster Freiburg Karlsruhe |
Mönchengladbach Wiesbaden Wuppertal |
gain | Wins | Bocholt | Ludenscheid | - | - | ||
| 2014 | 27 | > 100,000 | 468 |
Münster Karlsruhe Freiburg |
Bochum Mönchengladbach Wiesbaden |
gain | Pforzheim | Bocholt | Menden | Reken | Zschopau | |||
| 2016 | 27 | > 120,000 | 539 |
Münster Karlsruhe Freiburg |
Cologne Mönchengladbach Wiesbaden |
Göttingen Hamm Erlangen |
Koblenz Bergisch Gladbach Hagen |
Bocholt Nordhorn Wesel |
Lüdenscheid Neuwied Velbert |
Reken Wettringen Heek |
Hof Völklingen Limbach-Oberfrohna |
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| 2018 | 170,000 | 683 | Bremen Hanover Leipzig |
Berlin Dortmund Cologne |
Karlsruhe Munster Freiburg |
Halle (Saale) Mönchengladbach Wiesbaden |
Göttingen Erlangen Oldenburg |
Bergisch Gladbach Hagen Remscheid |
Bocholt Nordhorn Constance |
Velbert Neuwied Lüdenscheid |
Baunatal Ingelheim Rees |
Limbach-Oberfrohna Kulmbach Hof |
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Austria
In 2007, the Research Association for Mobility (FGM) carried out a bicycle climate test in the greater Graz area in Austria's Styria . This was used to determine, among other things, what could stand in the way of the desired increase in the percentage of cyclists of 14% determined by the VCÖ for Graz in 2007 .
Web links
- Official website of the ADFC
- Results of the bicycle climate test 2018 (PDF file)
- Results of the bicycle climate test 2016 (PDF file)
- Questionnaire for the 2005 survey (PDF file; 38 kB)
- Results of the bicycle climate test 2005 (PDF file; 230 kB)
- Results of the bicycle climate test 2003 (PDF; 29 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tilman Bracher at the German Institute for Urban Studies
- ^ ADFC Saar - Moderate results for Saarland cities in the nationwide bicycle climate test. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Bicycle climate test 2005: Münster is ahead again ( memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of the Federal Environment Agency from September 15, 2005.
- ↑ Online questionnaire returns by postcode ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file, accessed December 2, 2012.
- ↑ Bicycle climate test is over ( memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Regional Councilor Kristina Edlinger-Ploder will present the bicycle climate test on November 17, 2007. ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on steiermark.at , accessed November 16, 2008.
