[bikeqld] investment in cycling

[Michael Yeates]

Hi all ...

The following may be of interest ... in effect it 
is the investment needed (ie justified by) one 
extra cyclist travelling regularly three days a 
week (presumably but not necessarily instead of using a car ...

Put another way, this means that the long term 
cost:benefit of spending each £100,000 requires 
(ONLY) 11 additional regular cyclists ...!

ALL other cyclists would be cost neutral or cost 
beneficial at no marginal cost ... that is until 
the capacity is reached or peds are allowed to 
use the "path" as on Coro Drive "bikeway"...!
An extract of the summary indicates ...

The study presents for the first time a Cycling 
Planning Model (CPM) that will help local 
planners to better assess the number of 
additional cyclists required to generate a return 
on investment. The model shows how a surprisingly 
small number of additional cyclists will pay for 
investment in new cycling infrastructure. The model suggests:
An investment of £10,000 requires one additional regular cyclist
An investment of £100,000 requires 11 additional regular cyclists
The research defines regular cycling as three 
times a week and measures the impact across the 
lifetime of a project – assumed in this study to be 30 years.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/2009/03/new-economic-analysis-signals-a-more-effective-approach-to-cycling/

For those sufficiently interested, the home page 
for Cycling England is http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/

MY.................................
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