Comment on Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you ever looked into what goes into a road? And what goes into a bike path/sidewalk?

  Have you? I’ve seen wide ranging figures around the world, but Australian data says every dollar spent on bike paths returns $5 to the economy. Meanwhile, money spent on roads costs the economy, returning less than $1 per dollar spent.

  Nobody is saying we shouldn’t have roads, but the amount spent on them is obscene, considering the opportunity cost.

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