What is it about?
A detailed calculation of the risk and treatment costs each disease that is prevented by cycling. The methodology is freely available online
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Why is it important?
This paper introduces a model that includes not just avoided mortality but also several diseases that can be avoided by increased physical activity. Despite all uncertainties, in allmost all scenarios, the benefits are far higher than the costs
Perspectives
This paper built a clear case for futher investment in Flemish cycling highways.
Professor Luc Int Panis
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
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This page is a summary of: Health impact model for modal shift from car use to cycling or walking in Flanders: application to two bicycle highways, Journal of Transport & Health, December 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2015.08.003.
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