BIKENOMICSWhy cycling is good for the

economy

11 Aralık 2013

Paolo Pinzuti

In the EU 27, 34 million people use the bicycle

as their main means of transportation

7.4 % of the

population

What does it mean?

bicycle industry

EU27: 11.5 million bicycles produced per year

EU27: 19.8 k people employed in bike industry

18 billion euro per

year

no fuelno insurance

no taxesno fix costs

low maintainance costs

no parking costs

4.800 €annual cost of the

ownership of a car in Italy*

individual savings

*source: Confcommercio (2012)

fuel savings

2.7 – 5.9 billion € per year*

*source: ECF - Economic benefits of cycling in EU-27

importing goods might cause a deficit

to the balance of payments

=FOREIGN DEBT

REDISTRIBUTION

congestion

The average car driver in Istanbul spends 114 extra hours

per year stucked in traffic (source: TOMTOM Congestion

Index)

Average speed in Italian cities with ordinary traffic: 15

km/h

Average speed in Italian cities during the rush hour: 7

km/h (source: Confcommercio, 2012)

Costs of congestion in Italy: 40 billion € per year (Source:

ACI, 2009)Cycling’s contribution to the reduction of traffic into the EU

27:

24,2 billion euro per yearSource: ECF 2013

1 million people die every year in Europe because

of physical inactivity

1.24 million people die every year in the world because of road

accidents

518 billion US$Source: WHO, 2000

According to ECF’s estimates based on WHO tools, cycling

can reduce mortality and generate up to 141 billion €

per year

touring

2.295 billion cycle tourism trips in Europe per year

In 2009 4,9 million Germans made a holyday by bicycle

spending at least one night outside

Every tourist on the Elbe Radweg spends an average of 66

€/day

Touring Cycling means 12 billion € per year only for

Germany value of cycle touring

in the EU-27

44 billion €

€ 200billio

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GDP ofDenmar

k

€ 200billio

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Bikenomics in EU 27

The society makes a net profit of 0,16 € for every kilometre cycled by one of its citizens and the society makes a net loss of 0,09 € for every kilometre driven by car.  (Source: Copenhagen bicycle account, 2010)

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why

‘COZ CYCLING IS FUN

DUDE!

cycling facilities are not a cost

rather an investment

health

pollution

employment

tourism retail

congestion

Thanks for your attentionThanks for your attentionPaolo Pinzuti

Mail: ilpinz@yahoo.itTel: +90 5319428833

Skype: ilpinzwww.bikeitalia.it