Auscandoc<p>One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss | Grist <a href="https://grist.org/biking/one-mile-on-a-bike-is-a-42-economic-gain-to-society-one-mile-driving-is-a-20-loss/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/biking/one-mile-on-a</span><span class="invisible">-bike-is-a-42-economic-gain-to-society-one-mile-driving-is-a-20-loss/</span></a> “<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Copenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copenhagen</span></a>, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80 percent of its population commutes by <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a>, even in winter. That’s $300 per person per year. Clearly, the reason the new Danish minister of the interior said she’d “rather invest in <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CycleTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycleTracks</span></a> than freeways,”</p>