If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

120 people travelling individually in 120 cars could instead ride in 1 #Vancouver articulated bus. When they do, it helps EVERYONE move easier. The math of urban mobility, explained to Vancouverites by @scienceworldca. Better mobility in cities is about space. #CityMakingMath

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes. Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias. #CityMakingMath

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes. Original graphic recently cleaned up by @KathrynMathias1. #CityMakingMath

How do you move 1000 people? 1 train, 20 buses or 650 personal vehicles (with a LOT of required parking required!) HT @davidlois_UNED for the Spanish translation of one of my favourite graphics. #CityMakingMath

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking👉🏽 €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. — it wastes public money to NOT do it. mt @brenttoderian #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study. This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes. Any questions? Recently cleaned up by @KathrynMathias1. #CityMakingMath

More street trees in neighbourhoods and cities is one of the smartest investments that a city can make. Trees are strategic and practical infrastructure with a remarkable, multi-faceted return on investment. It’s costing cities money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath

👇 👇 👇 👇 यह है फायदे का गणित यह है साइकिल से सेहत और बचत का गणित नीदरलैंड्स अपने शहर में साइकिल को बढ़ावा देने पर सालाना 59.50 करोड़ यूरो निवेश करता है। इससे सिर्फ जनस्वास्थ्य सेवा में ही 1900 करोड़ यूरो की बचत कर लेता है। @BrentToderian The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. NOT do it. #CityMakingMath @modacitylife

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

स्थापित बात है कि सुई का काम भाला या तलवार नहीं कर सकती है। यह सफर के साधनों पर भी लागू होता है। @BrentToderian ने माॅन्ट्रियल के उदाहरण से बताया है - if each 1-way trip of 10km or less was by bike or public transport, around 1.7 billion could be saved each year. #CityMakingMath #बचत_का_शहर

Choosing a bike rather than a car for short trips would save the public in Montreal more than 1 billion/year, a report reveals…if each 1-way trip of 10km or less was by bike or public transport, around 1.7 billion could be saved each year. #CityMakingMath lapresse.ca/actualites/grand…

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife

“The purpose of bike-share isn't to make cities money — it's to save them money.” That’s well said, @modacitylife. Money saved, and spin-off investment created. That’s why bike-share, and smart bike infrastructure, is an INVESTMENT, not a cost. #CityMakingMath

It’s estimated that one Skytrain transit line in #MetroVancouver replaces between 20 & 26 lanes of freeway vehicle traffic. And then consider the amount of PARKING it replaces, how much pollution & GHG emissions it replaces, how much public cost it replaces. #CityMakingMath

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r…

“Relatively, cycling is extraordinarily cheap. Cycling schemes routinely pay back their investment in 1-3 years. Your average road scheme for vehicles pays back on paper in 20 years but usually doesn't pay back at all. It's a no-brainer." #CityMakingMath theguardian.com/politics/201…

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife