Cool. Signed up. But they would only let me select one type of bike (road, mtn, commuter...) for my profile - how the heck am I supposed to do that?? What a problem.
2010-03-10 17:08:34
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2010-03-10 16:10:13
But they let you select as many different kinds of riding as you liked.
2010-03-10 17:22:15
I really like the figure "$10 saved each day by commuting 10 miles round trip by bicycle instead of car." I don't doubt it.
But however they estimated the cost, they did it differently than the IRS, who values one car-mile at 55 cents. Hmm.
2010-03-10 18:17:16
It's 50 cents for 2010, which would work out nicely if they meant 10 miles each way.
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=216048,00.html
2010-03-10 18:31:19
By that math it is $8 a day for me.
2010-03-10 18:41:26
I've read stats similar to "50% of trips Americans make are less than 3 miles" and it always blows my mind with how true that is. I feel like that statistic is a really good starting point when it comes to advocating for bikes and dissin' on using suburban-style planning in urban areas.
2010-03-10 18:46:27
They've got a lot of statistics available.
http://www.bikesbelong.org/statistics
Also they link to:
http://www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm
Lists fixed costs of driving at $0.96 per mile, rounded off that would be the $10 probably.
2010-03-10 18:55:53
i bet it includes car maintenance. And what about parking costs?
2010-03-10 19:08:34
Maintenance and Tires @ 5.3 cents per mile.
Parking (and tolls) are listed at 2 cents per mile.
They also list indirect costs which includes a 1.4 cents per mile cost for "barrier effects for bicycles and pedestrians."
2010-03-10 19:34:19
FWIW, almost every fender bender I've ever been in has been on a trip < 3 miles.
2010-03-10 19:55:24
I was just talking to a friend about the indirect costs like fire, rescue and time lost in traffic from accidents. I am sure the gas tax doesn't pay for that!
2010-03-10 20:26:06
I was just talking to a friend about the indirect costs like fire, rescue and time lost in traffic from accidents. I am sure the gas tax doesn't pay for that!
True, but don't the various taxes levied on moving violations help offset those costs?
2010-03-10 20:54:33
The gas tax falls pretty short of covering external costs of consumption.
www.rff.org/documents/RFF-DP-02-12.pdf
www.rff.org/documents/RFF-DP-03-59.pdf
2010-03-10 22:02:58