Thanks, Grant, for the link to the TED talk. While the speaker threw out some interesting numbers, nobody I have read/listened to on either side is quoting numbers that really let us compare the dangers of biking versus driving versus walking in urban areas. We need accident (minor and serious) and death rate per hour driven/ridden/walked to make a realistic comparison of how dangerous these modes are. 40000 driver/ passenger death per year sounds impressive, but you can't compare it to bike deaths without knowing numbers of hours spent in cars/on bikes.
Per hour rather than per mile because people make choices as to where they live based on the mode of transportation they use, keeping transit times more or less the same. In other words, someone who bike commutes isn't going to move 50 miles from his/her work, but someone who drives wouldn't think twice about it (in North America, at least). The pain threshold for what is "too far" for any given activity is not measured in miles, but in time in transit. Does anyone know where to find these numbers? Would be great to compare different countries as well. Thanks, Gernot -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
