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Is it really? Based on micromort stats in the U.S., walking and biking places is way way more deadly than driving a car per km. unless you drive everywhere whil
by maximus-decimus 5y ago
Is it really? Based on micromort stats in the U.S., walking and biking places is way way more deadly than driving a car per km. unless you drive everywhere while living downtown (which sounds unlikely), there is gonna be some sweet spot where you need to drive but don't live too far from where you need to go.
- LeifCarrotson 5y agoPer kilometer, yes. But people living in the city in apartments within walking distance of their workplace go far fewer kilometers per day. I spent a couple unfortunate years commuting some 160 km per day (by car). No one walks or bikes that far every day.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoright, but my point is that driving 16kms to work is not any more dangerous than biking 1km to work. Based on the states, driving 160kms per day is not more deadly than biking 10kms, so living 80kms from work and driving is the same level of danger as living 5kms form work and biking. and that only accounting for deaths, I have to imagine getting in a non-deadly bike accident is more damaging than a non-deadly car accident, although I don't have data to support or deny that theory.