High Bike Use Scenarios in 17 Countries: Impacts on Public Health

Source: Streetsblog USA

Reports on a study that models global public health impacts of the mode shift to bicycling and estimates the number of lives that could be saved by shifting from sedentary modes of transport to bicycling. Finds that the benefits of biking outweigh the risks, and that replacing car trips with bike trips could prevent premature deaths from disease as well as from traffic violence.