That's pretty great, but, uh, this is a bad week to look upon anything favorable from Baltimore. Ha, ha! Go Stillers!
2011-01-14 15:00:00
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Bicycle Infrastructure Adds to Job Creation, per new report
New data adds job creation to the many benefits of bicycle infrastructure
This week, a coalition of bicycling advocates introduced me to a new report showing that in Baltimore, MD, pedestrian and bicycle projects created nearly twice as many jobs per dollar spent than traditional road projects.
In this case-study, "Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure," the Political Economy Research Institute compiled data provided by the city of Baltimore. They found that on-street bike lanes and pedestrian measures created more direct jobs, more indirect jobs, and more induced jobs per dollar than either road upgrades or road resurfacing.
That report was followed last week by a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating widespread public support--67 percent--in America's cities for street design activities that increase physical activity.
full story at: http://fastlane.dot.gov/2011/01/new-data-adds-job-creation-to-the-many-benefits-of-bicycle-infrastructure.html
Dang, now we have something we have to appreciate Baltimore for......!
2011-01-14 14:52:35
'Even a stopped clock...', and all that.
2011-01-14 15:11:48
any chance a local paper will pick up on that? It'd be fantastic information to spread around... even better if it made it to the little papers in the rest of the state.
edited to add - I sent it to my contact in PH gov't, and some other noisemakers in our community. More asphalt really isn't the only answer.
2011-01-14 15:34:34
ejwme - agreed. Who is friendly with those writers that did that story a while back about ghost bikes?
2011-01-14 15:37:01
i can assure you it took many many people to develop 5 whole miles of bike lanes
2011-01-14 17:14:43