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I'm not sure -- is the increased health contraindicated by the increased chance of injury or death from unobservant car drivers?

• femto 11y ago
  The health benefits outweigh the risks [1], if measured by increased life span. This is a relatively common question about cycling. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920084/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920084/ --- Edit for clarity.
  • eru 11y ago
    Also, cyclists probably kill less other people. So from the city's point of view it's definitely worth it.
  • ebiester 11y ago
    "For deriving the relative risks comparing car driving and cycling, we specified a hypothetical scenario based on statistics in the Netherlands." YMMV.