bikeconomics - paolo pinzuti - embarq turkey
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Paolo Pinzuti presented on Bikeconomics at the City of [Bike] for City Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 11, 2013. The Seminar was held as part of EMBARQ Turkey's BikeLab project. Pinzuti's presentation was given during Session 3 of the Seminar, "Environmental, Economic and Social Dimensions of Bikes."TRANSCRIPT
BIKENOMICS Why cycling is good for the economy
11 Aralık 2013
Paolo Pinzuti
In the EU 27, 34 million people use the bicycle as their main means of transportation
7.4 % of the population
What does it mean?
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 fuel no insurance
no taxes no 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 year Source: 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 €
€ 200 billion
GDP of Denmark
€ 200 billion
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
‘COZ CYCLING IS FUN
DUDE!
cycling facilities are not a cost
rather an investment
health
pollution
employment
tourism retail
congestion
Thanks for your attention Thanks for your attention
Paolo Pinzuti
Mail: [email protected] Tel: +90 5319428833
Skype: ilpinz www.bikeitalia.it