Matters of Scale

Bicycles per 1,000 people in the United States (mid-1990s)
385
In Germany
588
In the Netherlands
1,000
Percent of urban travel accounted for by cycling in the United States (1995)
1
Percent in Germany
12
Percent in the Netherlands
28
Percent of adults that are obese in the United States (2003)
30.6
Percent in Germany
12.9
Percent in the Netherlands
10.0
Total spending on health as percent of GDP in the United States (2002)
14.6
Percent in Germany
10.9
Percent in the Netherlands
8.8
Persons per hour that one meter-width-equivalent right-of-way can carry, by mode:
Auto in mixed traffic
170
Bicycle
1,500
Bus in mixed traffic
2,700
Pedestrian
3,600
Suburban railway
4,000
Energy used per passenger-mile (calories):
Auto
1,860
Bus
920
Rail
885
Foot
100
Bicycle
35

http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/mag/2006/192/mos/

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