Using historic data from bicyclist counters in 106 European cities, the researchers estimate that the temporary cycleways installed during the coranavirus pandemic have, on average, led to a 7% uptick in cycling rates.“Each kilometer [of pop-up cycleway installed] has increased cycling in a city by 0.6%,” claims the paper, published on August 14.“We calculate that the new infrastructure will generate $3 billion in health benefits per year,” said the study’s authors, Sebastian Kraus and Nicolas Koch, who work for climate change institutes in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany.
Pop-Up Coronavirus Cycleways Deliver $3 Billion In Annual Health Benefits Across Europe – Forbes
Carlton Reid 09:32am | Aug 18, 2020. Keeping the pop-up “corona cycleways” installed on many main roads in European cities would result in health benefits of $3 billion a year, claims a new study from German climate-change researchers.
