{"id":209758894,"date":"2011-08-25T18:21:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T18:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=209758894"},"modified":"2011-08-25T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T18:21:34","slug":"cyclists-can-help-britains-economy-get-back-on-its-bike-suggests-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=209758894","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists can help Britain&#8217;s economy get back on its bike suggests research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nThe study quantifies for the first time the full economic success story of the UK\u2019s cycling sector which generates \u00a32.9 billion for the British economy, equating to a value of \u00a3230 for every biking Briton in the country.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe increased levels of cycling also bring a range of benefits for businesses. Regular cyclists take one sick-day less per year, which saves the economy \u00a3128 million per year in absenteeism. Dr Grous found that over a ten year period the net present value of cost savings to the economy could rise to be \u00a31.6 billion. A 20 per cent rise in cyclists by 2015 could save a stretched NHS \u00a352 million in costs. There are also potential benefits associated with reductions in congestion and pollution.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.lse.ac.uk\/newsAndMedia\/news\/archives\/2011\/08\/cycling.aspx\">https:\/\/www2.lse.ac.uk\/newsAndMedia\/news\/archives\/2011\/08\/cycling.aspx<\/a>oldId.20110825182134278<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; The study quantifies for the first time the full economic success story of the UK\u2019s cycling sector which generates \u00a32.9 billion for the British economy, equating to a value of \u00a3230 for every biking Briton in the country. &#8230; The increased levels of cycling also bring a range of benefits for businesses. Regular cyclists &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=209758894\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cyclists can help Britain&#8217;s economy get back on its bike suggests research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209758894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209758894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209758894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209758894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209758894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209758894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209758894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}