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Research tells commuters: On your bike to lose weight

Submitted by don on Mon, 2009-10-19 05:39

From http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10602698

Shifting 5 per cent of urban light-vehicle trips of 7km or less to cycling is calculated annually to reduce:

* Fuel consumption by 22 million litres.

* Transport-related carbon dioxide emissions by 0.35 per cent.

* Air pollution deaths by 5.6.

* Premature deaths from ill health by 116.

* Body fat by 675,000kg, potentially.

 
#1Submitted by callum on Mon, 2009-10-19 05:58.

you didn't feel like

you didn't feel like mentioning their predicted downside? I suppose 5 extra deaths is about right.

It is possible that per-cyclist deaths would decrease with more cyclists on the road due to drivers becoming more aware of them cc 

#2Submitted by mike on Mon, 2009-10-19 06:11.

Yr right more cyclists on the

Yr right more cyclists on the road means likleyhood of accidents goes down

Here is the graph

Number of cyclists decreases likleyhood of accidents

and here is the link to the study 

#3Submitted by mike on Mon, 2009-10-19 06:40.

There is also an article in

There is also an article in this weeks Listener. That has an (un-cited) reference to a UK study that claims that the economic payback on cycling infrastructure (aka green paint) has a 20:1 payback compared with rail and car infrastructure's 3:1 payback. The article and the comments are here .

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