grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square262fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down118file-text
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comgrue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square262fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·18 days agoBicycle commuting reduced all-cause mortality by almost 50%. All-cause. That’s with the risk of getting murdered by a driver priced into the figure.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·18 days agoSource? Notably bike enthusiasts are self selected from those willing and able to do what they do. It is notably not useful to say that a 20 year old commuting 10 miles a day is more healthy than grandma in her walker.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agohttps://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e001295 I encourage you to save methodological speculation until you’ve actually read the study
Bicycle commuting reduced all-cause mortality by almost 50%. All-cause. That’s with the risk of getting murdered by a driver priced into the figure.
Source? Notably bike enthusiasts are self selected from those willing and able to do what they do. It is notably not useful to say that a 20 year old commuting 10 miles a day is more healthy than grandma in her walker.
https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e001295
I encourage you to save methodological speculation until you’ve actually read the study