It would be difficult to calculate precisely, but I’d love to know the cost-savings in health benefits (of all kinds) from cycling. Just speculating but I bet it’s far more than the amount in the headline.
But you won’t see it in a fossil fuel shill newspaper headline.
To be fair, quite a few cycle injuries are from cars hitting bikes/opening doors in front of them etc; those aren't caused by the bikes.
I agree; dedicated lanes would be ideal. Here in NZ we have some shared bike/walking paths, but generally bikes are expected to be on the road.
Here bikes are legally required to be on the road, not the pavement; there aren't a lot of bike lanes. Many car drivers resent them & driver behaviour is a big contributor to cyclist injuries.
People who live on the edges Auckland could well spend an hour each way commuting, on very crowded roads.
The motorway speed limits in Auckland are 80-100kph & they are very highly congested. People who live in dormitory areas like Pōkenō would easily take an hour & then some to get into the city, at peak hours. Friends who live in the city say it can easily take 50+ minutes to cross town then.
They missed scooters. LOL. I didn’t read it. So predictable.
I cycle every day if I can. It is cold in Otago so some days that is a mission. After 40 years of cycling I have only had a couple of occasions to go to a doctor & haven’t claimed ACC for any of it.
Was that for motor bikes or push/ebikes.
Yes now agree do vehicular accidents but I do know ACC has up’d the ACC component of motor bike registrations.
Can't find cars specifically in Oz (just "road crashes" which likely include cyclists) but:
It's estimated that the annual social cost of road accidents in Australia is $27 billion. This incorporates estimated costs of: Fatal road accidents $3.5 billion. Serious injury road accidents $11.8 billion.
I think I just got scraped knees as a kid, would occationally endo on these cool rock-slide type things, so it was all technical. I got pretty good at it, broke bones playing sports.
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"We estimate that there is a net benefit of 67p to society for every mile cycled rather than driven."
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/opinion/can-we-put-a-figure-on-the-value-of-cycling-to-society/
But you won’t see it in a fossil fuel shill newspaper headline.
There should be a sidewalk for pedestrians, a bike lane, & the actual road for cars…
…& all 3 clearly delineated…
…otherwise bicycles just cause a lot of injuries trying to be where they don’t belong!
I agree; dedicated lanes would be ideal. Here in NZ we have some shared bike/walking paths, but generally bikes are expected to be on the road.
Can’t imagine you folks drive 50-80mph for a couple hrs at a time on a daily basis…as many here do. It completely changes the equation!
Here, bikes have a terrible habit of running down pedestrians & causing car wrecks! They should be in their own lane…or not there at all!
People who live on the edges Auckland could well spend an hour each way commuting, on very crowded roads.
I looked it up. Your speed limit in that area’s literally only 31mph!
Only 1hr? At 31mph?
Bikes still don’t belong on roads or pedestrian sidewalks…
…but it’d definitely be much easier to deal w/them there than here!
I cycle every day if I can. It is cold in Otago so some days that is a mission. After 40 years of cycling I have only had a couple of occasions to go to a doctor & haven’t claimed ACC for any of it.
I also have a car.
Yes now agree do vehicular accidents but I do know ACC has up’d the ACC component of motor bike registrations.
It's estimated that the annual social cost of road accidents in Australia is $27 billion. This incorporates estimated costs of: Fatal road accidents $3.5 billion. Serious injury road accidents $11.8 billion.