Three out of 10 households in South Korea owned bicycles in 2015, with the new administrative city of Sejong showing the highest ownership thanks to the bike-friendly urban environment, data showed Tuesday.
The total number of bikes reached 10.22 million in 2015, up 64 percent from 2010, with 18.75 million households having 1.48 bikes on average, according to the data compiled by the Korea Transport Institute.
Among them, electric bikes accounted for 1.5 percent of total, the institute said.
Sejong, home to major government institutions located 150 kilometers south of Seoul, showed the highest ownership rate with 43.5 percent, followed by the southeastern city of Daegu with 39.3 percent, it said.
In Seoul, 3.63 million households, or 37.2 percent, had an average of 1.65 bikes as the capital expanded bike roads and a rental system as part of efforts to curb traffic congestion. (Yonhap)
