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Bike lanes' economic benefits go beyond jobs
The Conversation, Vol.10 April
The Conversation Media Group
2012
Abstract
You might have heard that bike lanes are a waste of money. The Australian National Audit Office recently investigated the $40 million bike path scheme, announced in 2009 as part of the Federal Government’s stimulus package, and found the scheme “fell significantly short” of hitting its aims.
The Australian newspaper article “More stimulus questions as cycle of waste rolls on” took up the story, describing the auditor’s “major concerns”.
According to the Australian, the Australian National Audit Office said the construction of the bike paths didn’t create as large a number of jobs as the scheme had envisaged.
Details
- Title
- Bike lanes' economic benefits go beyond jobs
- Authors/Creators
- B. Pettitt (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Conversation, Vol.10 April
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991005543430507891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.com/au
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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