Reshaping City Traffic Towards Sustainability Why Transport Policy should Favor the Bicycle Instead of Car Traffic
Year: 2012
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Most cities suffer from congestion and various traffic problems. Faltering public budgets do not allow expenditures for costly transport infrastructure. A recently conducted study on Vienna's inner-city traffic compared resulting financial effects of bicycle and car traffic on the economy as a whole. Health, travel times, accidents, vehicle operation and maintenance, traffic noise, CO2 and pollutants emissions were addressed. Per kilometer travelled, cyclists generate a surplus in external costs of 0.81 € whereas car traffic causes a loss of 0.04 €. Bicycling improves health and solves inner cities’ transport and budget problems. Therefore bicycling should be promoted unconditionally.
Author: Michael Meschik
Institution: BOKU University
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2018967383