Want to live longer? Ride your bike.
Dutch cyclists have longer lives say researchers.
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Health Risks and Benefits of Cycling - a New Zealand Perspective
This article was written for CAN's Chainlinks magazine, but we are only printing an excerpt of it in Chanlinks, due to constraints on space.
Authors: Alistair Woodward, Graeme Lindsay, Alex Macmillan
School of Population Health in the University of Auckland
Cyclists are ill less often - Dutch companies gain competitive advantage
A new report from the Dutch employer's organisation the TNO says that cycling employees save their employers €27M per year due to lower sickness costs.
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Health and Cycling: ppt slideshow
29 page ppt slideshow of health and economic benefits
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NZ Herald: Walkers call on more cash to be spent on footpaths
Walkers call on more cash to be spent on footpaths
Note: health benefits of cycling measured at 50 cents/km. See below.
Tuesday August 05, 2008
By Mathew Dearnaley
Delegates at a national walking conference in Auckland are calling for a heftier share of infrastructure spending, after being told by Transport Minister Annette King that pedestrians are good for the economy.