“Every $1300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Among many other benefits, bike-lanes are a really smart public health investment.
Among many other benefits, bike-lanes are a really smart public health investment.
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https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/ford-ontario-ripping-out-toronto-downtown-bike-lanes-traffic
Imagine if we did a really good job connecting the dots between smarter ways to build cities & how much it costs us all.
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bike-lanes-are-a-sound-public-health-investment-idUSKCN11Z239/
Doesn't make any sense
The study also found that bike lanes produced a cost of $2.79 per person. Costs are often compared per year gained, and $2.79 / 0.0022 years = $1300 / 1 year