|
World
Bicycle and Automobile Production, 1950-2000
|
|
| Year |
Bicycle
Production
|
Automobile
Production
|
| |
Million
|
| 1950 |
11
|
8
|
| 1951 |
11
|
7
|
| 1952 |
12
|
6
|
| 1953 |
13
|
8
|
| 1954 |
14
|
8
|
| 1955 |
15
|
11
|
| 1956 |
16
|
9
|
| 1957 |
17
|
10
|
| 1958 |
18
|
9
|
| 1958 |
19
|
11
|
| 1960 |
20
|
13
|
| 1961 |
20
|
11
|
| 1962 |
20
|
14
|
| 1963 |
20
|
16
|
| 1964 |
21
|
17
|
| 1965 |
21
|
19
|
| 1966 |
22
|
19
|
| 1967 |
23
|
19
|
| 1968 |
24
|
22
|
| 1969 |
25
|
23
|
| 1970 |
36
|
23
|
| 1971 |
39
|
27
|
| 1972 |
46
|
28
|
| 1973 |
52
|
30
|
| 1974 |
52
|
26
|
| 1975 |
43
|
25
|
| 1976 |
47
|
29
|
| 1977 |
49
|
31
|
| 1978 |
51
|
31
|
| 1979 |
54
|
31
|
| 1980 |
62
|
29
|
| 1981 |
65
|
28
|
| 1982 |
69
|
27
|
| 1983 |
74
|
30
|
| 1984 |
76
|
31
|
| 1985 |
79
|
32
|
| 1986 |
84
|
33
|
| 1987 |
98
|
33
|
| 1988 |
105
|
34
|
| 1989 |
95
|
36
|
| 1990 |
92
|
36
|
| 1991 |
99
|
35
|
| 1992 |
102
|
36
|
| 1993 |
102
|
34
|
| 1994 |
105
|
35
|
| 1995 |
106
|
35
|
| 1996 |
98
|
37
|
| 1997 |
92
|
39
|
| 1998 |
76
|
38
|
| 1999 |
93
|
40
|
| 2000 |
101
|
41
|
|
| Source:
Historical data series compiled by Worldwatch Institute, Vital
Signs 2002 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002). |
| Bicycle
Production of Selected Countries, 1990-2000 |
|
|
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
Million
Units
|
| China |
31.9
|
36.8
|
40.3
|
41.0
|
42.0
|
41.0
|
38.0
|
30.0
|
23.1
|
42.7
|
52.2
|
| France |
1.5
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
| Germany |
3.9
|
4.9
|
4.6
|
4.1
|
3.5
|
3.2
|
2.9
|
2.8
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
3.2
|
| India |
8.4
|
8.8
|
9.0
|
9.9
|
10.5
|
11.5
|
11.3
|
11.0
|
10.5
|
11.0
|
11.0
|
| Indonesia |
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.5
|
2.8
|
3.0
|
2.3
|
3.0
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
N/A
|
| Italy |
3.5
|
3.6
|
4.1
|
5.2
|
5.8
|
5.3
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
| Japan |
8.0
|
7.5
|
7.3
|
6.9
|
6.7
|
6.6
|
6.1
|
6.0
|
5.9
|
5.6
|
4.7
|
| Korea |
1.5
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
N/A
|
0.9
|
0.8
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
N/A
|
| Malaysia |
0.3
|
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
0.5
|
0.8
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
N/A
|
| Taiwan |
6.8
|
7.7
|
7.5
|
7.9
|
9.2
|
9.7
|
7.4
|
11.9
|
10.1
|
8.3
|
7.5
|
| Thailand |
0.7
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.1
|
1.8
|
1.5
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
1.5
|
N/A
|
| United
Kingdom |
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.1
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
1.3
|
1.2
|
| United
States |
5.6
|
7.6
|
8.9
|
7.7
|
7.3
|
8.8
|
8.0
|
6.0
|
2.5
|
1.7
|
1.1
|
|
| N/A
indicates not available. |
|
| Source:
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News Directory, from Cycle Press,
European Bicycle Manufacturers Association, Japan Bicycle Promotion
Institute, Bike Europe, and Bicycle Retailer & Industry News. |
| United
States Bicycle Market, 1991-2000 |
|
|
|
|
| Year |
Total
Shipments |
Imports |
Domestic
Production |
|
Million
Units
|
| 1991 |
15.1
|
6.5
|
8.6
|
| 1992 |
15.4
|
6.3
|
9.1
|
| 1993 |
16.8
|
7.1
|
9.7
|
| 1994 |
16.7
|
7.0
|
9.7
|
| 1995 |
16.2
|
7.2
|
9.0
|
| 1996 |
15.5
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
| 1997 |
15.2
|
9.8
|
5.4
|
| 1998 |
15.8
|
13.8
|
2.0
|
| 1999 |
17.5
|
16.3
|
1.2
|
| 2000 |
20.9
|
20.2
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
|
| Source:
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News Directory, from The Bicycle
Council, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Bicycle Retailer & Industry
News. |
| Selected
Bicycle Promotion Initiatives Around the World |
| Compiled
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute, July 2002. |
|
|
|
| City |
Country |
Initiative |
|
|
|
|
Australia |
Plans
to double bicycle use by 2004 by developing a network of trails, end-of-trip
facilities, improving bicycle safety. |
| Santiago |
Chile |
30-40
kilometer bike path pilot project currently funded by the Global Environment
Facility could grow to 1,000 kilometers over 10 years. |
| Bogot� |
Columbia |
Some
300 kilometers of bicycle paths have been completed; all cars are
banned from 120 kilometers of the city's main streets on Sundays and
holidays; referendum was passed to prohibit car circulation during
rush hours by 2015. |
|
|
France |
The
French Environment Ministry, together with the Transportation Ministry,
created a national bicycle plan in 1994, granting near $2 million
for 10 bicycle promotion projects based on the Dutch model. |
|
Germany |
Over
31,000 kilometers of paths and lanes exclusively for bicycles. |
| Tokyo |
Japan |
Cost
of owning a car is high: fuel taxes double those of the United States
account for almost half of the price of gas; automobile tax levies
and vehicle inspection fees amount to an average of almost $2,000
annually. |
| Nagoya |
Japan |
Employer
contributions for commuting by bicycle doubled in 2000, while allowances
for automobile commuters were halved. |
|
Netherlands |
First
country to establish an official national bicycle policy; currently
almost 19,000 kilometers of paths and lanes exclusively for bicycles. |
| Lima
|
Peru |
Low-interest
loans available to low-income families for the purchase of the bicycle
are helping the city to meet its goal to increase percent of trips
by bicycle from 2 percent in the mid 1990s to 10 percent. Over 60
kilometers of bike paths have been built along major traffic corridors. |
|
United
States |
Almost
$3 billion in federal funding allocated for bicycle and pedestrian
projects between 1998 and 2003 under the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century. |
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