Number of People out Walking & Cycling on the Rise!
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Irish people are beginning to catch the walking and cycling bug! That’s the findings from the third annual Irish Sports Monitor report published today by the Irish Sports Council. The report shows an increase in the levels of physical activity in 2009 with the proportion of adults who actively participated in sport rising significantly between 2008 and 2009, from 30.8% to 33.5%. This welcome development is driven by a combination of increases in participation in sport, recreational walking and walking / cycling for transport. Findings from the recent report show the proportion who are now walking regularly rising over the period 2008/09 from 57.5% to 60.5%, meaning that over 1.8 million Irish adults are getting into walking Walking and cycling as a mode of transport is also contributing substantially to physical activity, with 45.7% and 11.2% of adults doing each regularly. Students, city dwellers, single people and younger people are particularly likely to walk and cycle for transport. These recent figures are warmly welcomed by the Irish Sports Council’s National Trails Office which is one of a number of agencies actively involved with the promotion of walking and cycling in Ireland. The Irish Sports Monitor, along with other joint publications in the series on sport, is available to download below
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