In the EU 27, 34 million people use the bicycle
as their main means of transportation
7.4 % of the
population
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
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
n
GDP ofDenmar
k
€ 200billio
n
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
cycling facilities are not a cost
rather an investment
health
pollution
employment
tourism retail
congestion
Thanks for your attentionThanks for your attentionPaolo Pinzuti
Mail: [email protected]: +90 5319428833
Skype: ilpinzwww.bikeitalia.it