5% more cyclists saves $200 million.
Researchers say New Zealand could save $200 million per year in health costs if more motorists opted to use a bike instead.
The Centre for Sustainable Cities says it would take only 5% of car trips being replaced by bike rides to make the savings.
Manager Jan Logie says the extra exercise would also save the lives of more than a hundred people each year.
She says a 5% change is not radical, as it is just getting back to the number of cyclists in the 1980s.
But she says people won't opt for bikes...
