The Northfield LedgerData Desk · Sunday, November 1, 2026
Data · Transport
The quiet boomin city cycling
Daily bike trips in Northfield have nearly quadrupled in a decade — and the curve is still bending upward.
By the Data Desk·6 min read·Charts and data
In numbers
142,000
bike trips a day in 2025, up from 38,000 in 2015
Trips have nearly quadrupled since 2015
Daily bike trips in Northfield, thousands, annual average
2020Protected lanes open on 14 km of main roads. Trips jump 31% in a year.
more daily trips than in 2015
Source: Northfield Transport Office, automatic counters, 2015–2025. Illustrative data.Chart: The Ledger Data Desk
Riverside rides furthest ahead
Share of commuters who cycle to work, by district, 2025
City average13%
Why Riverside?The first district to finish a connected protected-lane network, in 2020.
Source: Northfield Commuter Survey 2025, n = 8,214. Illustrative data.Chart: The Ledger Data Desk
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We built the lanes, and people simply showed up.
Ada OkaforTransport planner, City of Northfield
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