Advocacy & Safety - Great N.Y. Times article: The Bicycle Dividend

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Banded Krait
07-04-11, 08:05 AM
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/the-bicycle-dividend/?hp

This great N.Y. Times column presents some of the detailed economic studies which demonstrate why investing in bicycling infrastructure pays big social dividends.

Bekologist
07-04-11, 08:11 AM
once municipalities begin to mainstream this economic reality, expect a change in the ways roads are designed and rider share too.

I see the tipping happening, its going to be a few more years or a couple of decades, but bicycle traffic is going to become more common as cities realize the economic savings and positive social aspects in normalizing bicycling in america.
nashcommguy
07-04-11, 08:46 AM
Great article. Build it and they will come seems like a pipedream, but when one factors in a cheaper cost to build shower facilities than parking spaces for the same amount of people it's, kind of a no-brainer. As a +20 year cycle-commuter I can just see the upward tick beginning as of late. There're simply more people on bikes during my commutes.