Friday, March 23, 2012

New WHO Tool Calculates the Health Savings of Bike/Ped Infrastructure

Sidewalks, bike lanes, traffic calming projects — they save lives. Not just by protecting cyclists and pedestrians (not to mention motorists), but by encouraging physical activity that leads to a healthy life.
How much will that new traffic calming project benefit society? A new tool from the World Health Organization puts a figure on it. Photo: [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/03/23/new-who-tool-calculates-the-health-savings-of-bikeped-infrastructure/

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