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Has it occurred to you that e-bikes provide greater benefits than just CO2 reduction? They also reduce congestion by removing car journeys, they reduce amount
by avianlyric 4y ago
Has it occurred to you that e-bikes provide greater benefits than just CO2 reduction?
They also reduce congestion by removing car journeys, they reduce amount of road infrastructure that needs to be built, they reduce the cost of maintaining road infrastructure (e-bike cause effectively zero damage to roads), they reduce healthcare costs by improving rider fitness.
In short, for a government getting people on e-bikes can result in huge savings for relatively small investments. I believe for most developed nations you would expect every $1 spent on improving active travel to produce at least $2 of savings over a ten year period.
- lotsoweiners 4y agoSure but do they actually?
- avianlyric 4y agoDo they actually what? Provide other benefits? Then yes, there’s huge body of evidence out there that shows active travel of any kind significantly improves people individual lives, and also the community they live within. I don’t really understand why anyone would struggle to believe the a fitter, healthier population would be a good thing.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoYes
- lm28469 4y agoAnd less pollution in cities, and more physical activities (lack of it is directly causing the leading cause of deaths in the US), &c.