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Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling (theconversation.com)
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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 21 points 1 month ago

Absolutely criminal numbers. Considering we know that cycling infrastructure has an RoI of at least 2, while roads have an RoI less than 1, the spending on cycling infrastructure should be much higher. I've seen 20% as the figure that should be spent, instead of the current 0.1%.

[-] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I remember seeing some numbers that every kilometre driven actually costs the EU money in terms of maintenance and the environment, whereas ever kilometre cycled was a net gain

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