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Our #WalkingCyclingIndex Data Tool was recently updated with data from 2023.

Draw comparisons and gain insights across our interactive dashboards:

💭 What people think
🚴‍♀️ What people do
🏙️ City data
📈 Trips data
💚 Benefits data

Discover the Tool: buff.ly/3D3f8FK
People walking, cycling and running across the new Sighthill Bridge in Glasgow.
January 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Exciting news 🎉 Later this month we'll be launching our first ever Children's Walking and Cycling Index for Scotland.

We want to make sure that children across Scotland are given a voice on transport issues.

Watch this space and find out more
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Children walking, wheeling and cycling in a park
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Children’s voices matter 📣

Find out what children across Scotland have to say about #Transport and #ActiveTravel.

Read our first ever Children’s Walking and Cycling Index, published today.

👀 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

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April 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Our Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals that children in Scotland are making fewer active journeys as they get older 🚨

Cycling rates are dropping when pupils hit secondary school 🚲📉

Full report: sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 22% of primary school children cycle five or more times a week, compared to 15% of secondary school children.
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"Anything that you would do every day with a car, we do on the bike" 🚲

For Perth's most recent #WalkingCyclingIndex we heard from local resident Robin about the benefits of having a cargo bike.

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From commuting to camping, our family cargo bike does it all: Robin’s story
In this blog, a dad from Perth encourages others to follow his lead by explaining the practical benefits of his family's adoption of a cargo bike for commuting, shopping and more.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Hazel, a secondary school pupil from Dumfries & Galloway, shared her experience in the report 🚲

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👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
Hazel, 12 years old from Dumfries and Galloway said: "My dream town would have better places to ride bikes and walk, with more trees and less cars as well."
April 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Our first ever Children's #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals children in Scotland want to walk and cycle more - and want safer streets to do so 📢

We launched the report earlier this month at Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie - find out what pupils there think 👇

Read more here 👀 buff.ly/IuLW1CE
April 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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"It is really about building that nice safe environment for everybody to feel that they can be themselves and have a bit of fun" 🌞

For Stirling's most recent #WalkingCyclingIndex we met the programme breaking down barriers to cycling 👩‍🦽 🚲

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Breaking down barriers to cycling in Stirling
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March 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The report reveals children in Scotland rely on #ActiveTravel to get around their local area 👇

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The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: More than half (59%) of children's trips are made by walking, wheeling, scooting or cycling.
April 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Having safer routes will help more children to travel in active ways.

Like for Mark – he lives in Perth and loves cycling, but he feels unsafe on routes where he has to mix with traffic 🚲 🚦

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👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
Mark, 13 years old from Dundee said: “If the faster roads had cycle lanes, I would feel safer than being in the middle of the road with cars."
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Children across Scotland want safer infrastructure for cycling 📣

Find out more about children’s views on transport issues, by reading our Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex.

👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 77% of children support more cycle paths along roads separated from cars.
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex shows overwhelming support for improved safety 📣

🚸 82% support more road crossings

🚗 71% support reducing the speed of cars

🌳 84% support more traffic-free paths and quiet routes for walking and cycling

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A teenage boy and two teenage girls crossing a main road in a city centre.
April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our Children's #WalkingCyclingIndex revealed what young people across Scotland think about #ActiveTravel 💭

Discover Fatimah's story and others, by reading the report here ➡️ sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

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Fatimah, 12 years old from Dundee, said: “Once you start walking places, it becomes part of your life. Because I've been walking to school since P1, it stuck."
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"If you go out walking, you're part of the world" ✨

For Dundee's most recent #WalkingCyclingIndex, we spoke to Frances about her day-to-day using a powered wheelchair and the importance of walking for mental wellbeing 👩‍🦼

Find out more about the Walking and Cycling Index: buff.ly/38ukoa0
Powered wheelchair is my way of living: Frances’ story
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February 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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It's #GlasgowClimateWeek 🌍

For our 2023 #WalkingCyclingIndex we met Glasgow Tool Library - an organisation cutting emissions and helping ease the cost of living crisis in the city 💡

Hear about their experience using an e-cargo bike trailer 🚲

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May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Yesterday we launched our first ever Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex for Scotland 🎉

We joined Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie during the #BigWalkAndWheel to celebrate 🌞

The Index report gives children a voice on transport issues.

Hear their views 👉 sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
A group photo in the playground of Craigdhu Primary School in Milngavie. Sustrans' Lee Muir alongside school teachers and pupils with their bikes and scooters celebrate the launch of the Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report with their hands in the air. School pupils scooting and cycling in a playground. A school pupil on a bike in a playground.
April 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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And children in Scotland want to travel actively more often:

🚲 almost half (48%) want to cycle more

👩‍🦽🚶‍♂️ almost a third (31%) want to walk or wheel more

🚗 almost a quarter (23%) want to be driven less

Full report: sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

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Promotional graphic for the Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report, featuring a photo of two teenage girls with bikes in a park. Read the report now at sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland.
April 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Eilidh, a teenager from Dundee, uses a powered wheelchair and told us about the barriers she faces every day 👩‍🦼

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👉 sustrans.org.uk/children-index/scotland
Eilidh, 16 years old from Dundee said: “If simple things like surfaces and dropped kerbs were improved, I would be a lot more independent."
April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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To improve our places for young people to thrive, we need to know more about the issues that affect them most.

Find out what children need to be able to walk, wheel or cycle for more of their everyday journeys ➡️ sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland

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Teenage girl cycling on the road in Glasgow city centre.
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our first ever Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex reveals a #GenderGap in children cycling in Scotland 🚴‍♀️📉

Full report: sustrans.org.uk/childrens-index/scotland
The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 16% of girls cycle five or more times a week, compared to 22% of boys.
April 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Our Children’s #WalkingCyclingIndex tells us that disabled children feel less safe travelling around their neighbourhood 👩‍🦽 🚶‍♂️

Read more: sustrans.org.uk/children-index/scotland
The Sustrans Children's Walking and Cycling Index Scotland report front cover, beside the following statistic: 83% of disabled children think walking or wheeling safety in their area is good, compared to 92% of non-disabled children.
April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM