@article{ref1,
title="Reshaping city traffic towards sustainability: Why transport policy should favor the bicycle instead of car traffic",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2012",
author="Meschik, Michael",
volume="48",
number="",
pages="495-504",
abstract="Most cities suffer from congestion and various traffic problems. Faltering public budgets do not allow expenditures for costly transport infrastructure. A recently conducted study on Vienna's inner-city traffic compared resulting financial effects of bicycle and car traffic on the economy as a whole. Health, travel times, accidents, vehicle operation and maintenance, traffic noise, CO2 and pollutants emissions were addressed. Per kilometer travelled, cyclists generate a surplus in external costs of 0.81 € whereas car traffic causes a loss of 0.04 €. Bicycling improves health and solves inner cities' transport and budget problems. Therefore bicycling should be promoted unconditionally.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1028",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1028"
}