## 3 Results  
### Results According to Shares and Faculties  
Results on the share of students cycling in Maribor are presented in Figure 5. The figure shows that 10.7% of all students involved in the survey cycle every or almost every day. The percentage is slightly higher to the estimated percentage of all inhabitants cycling in the city of Maribor according to the recent localized measurements, which confirms the first hypothesis. On the other hand, there is almost the same amount of students (10.5%) who use a bike only several times a year. Hereby, it has to be mentioned that there is a lack of available traffic data, only a few localized cyclist traffic countings were performed in the last five years. In 2013, at the time of the last official counting, the city's modal split in cycling was 5% [4], but it has grown since then by a few percentage points, up to an estimated 8% (it is important to take into account different sampling methods). The general growth in the percentage of citizens cycling in recent years correlates with slight improvements in infrastructure, particularly better availability of bicycle stands in the city center, but also with the global impulses in the field of cycling. Cycling has become a more socially accepted mode of transportation as it was in the past, and there is increased positive media attention related to cycling.  
The results from Figure 5 apply to students who cycle 4-10 times per month; there were 8.1% of them. These students can be considered active cyclists, but their cycling is not bound to daily commuting, but rather using a bicycle for recreation and sports, shopping, and other activities. Adding both groups together, we have a group of less than 20% of students that can be described as active cyclists. This percentage can position students of Maribor in-between the more developed university cities regarding cycling, as mentioned before with regards to Leiden and, on the other hand, university cities that do not have any developed cycling infrastructure or culture. We should add that those in the Mediterranean countries have in recent years reached meaningful levels [13].  
Referring again to Figure 5, the results show a high number of non-cycling students (63.6%). Including those who cycle only a few times per year, we noticed a rather large group of students, almost three-quarters of the total sample, who are not active cyclists. This group causes curiosity that needs to be better understood, especially in identifying the obstacles to cycling.  
The distribution of active cyclist and non-cyclist was measured according to all faculties involved. Faculty enrolment is frequently used to help in the process of identifying student opinion. Additionally, the location of the faculty may have an impact on the decision to use a bicycle [16]. Figure 6 shows large disparities and differences between faculties, whereas those with orientation in technics and natural sciences such as Faculty for Natural Sciences and Mathematics (FNM) (36.8% of all students cycled every or almost every day); Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture (FGPA) (20% of all students cycled every or almost every day); and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FS) (18.9% of all students cycled every or almost every day) had a noticeably higher amount of active cyclists compared to the faculties oriented in the social sciences. The lowest share of active daily cycling was measured for the Faculty of Law (PF) (2.8%), Faculty of Arts (FF) (4.9%), and Faculty of Education (PeF) (5.9%). Regarding their spatial distribution, it is difficult to draw any conclusions, as they are all located in a close vicinity to the city center, but also dormitories. In most cases, distances did not exceed 3 km (Figure 2).  
Figure 5: Frequency of cycling among students of the University of Maribor.  
Figure 6: Frequency of cycling among students per faculties of the University of Maribor as percentages.