“Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people [the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet], saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80 percent of its population commutes by bicycle, 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 cycle tracks than freeways,’ is that only one of those has a positive return.” [photo: Ben]
From Copenhagen’s biannual Bicycle Account | Grist
bah.
I’m not an expert. But the city in the picture looks more like Amsterdam than Copenhagen.
Sorry for hijacking the post.
It IS Amsterdam actually. Moreover, this is around the corner from your favorite shop, on the Keizersgracht.
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