The table below shows changes in the numbers of residents cycling to work in different areas of the UK between 2001 and 2011.

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chart depicts the evolution of the number of cyclists in the major cities of the UK between 2001 and 2011.

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, we can see that every single metropolitan area has had a significant upturn in their numbers. In sheer numbers, we see that both inner and outer London have the most bicycle users by a large margin. They had around 40 and 30 thousand in 2001, followed by 100 and 50 thousand in 2011. Despite that, the suburbs of the capital have the least compelling increment, only 45%,

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the centre remains at the top of the list in

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category, having shot up by 144%. As for the rest of the country, in 2001, Bristol came second in number , having 8 000 cyclists, a position they kept in the following decade, coming in with 15,000. Yet the second metropolitan area in percentage increase goes to Brighton and Hove, with their 109%, going from 3,000 to 6,000. Bristol City came up third with a 94% rise.