grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoOxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiestheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square248linkfedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgbikecommuting@lemmy.mlurbanism@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up11.08Karrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square248linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.orgbikecommuting@lemmy.mlurbanism@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months 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-up3·8 months 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-up6·8 months 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